I said I would let everyone know about the progress of my little escapade regarding the "Liberty Dollar" in the federal court of North Carolina. I asked the Federal Court to reconsider my motion to quash and the Magistrate came back with "it is well settled law...."

I decided, due to the situation in this particular case, that I would take a totally different approach to getting heard. I have already began the process, but it may take a little time since I'm not an expert in this kind of stuff.... at least not self-appointed.

I think the main point to remember here is that I'm basically trying to get a hearing which I believe I have a right to (see the Fifth Amendment). At this point it doesn't matter if I can win the case or not, but I won't be able to find out unless I get a hearing. So we are boiling this process down to the Right to he heard. That Right is in the First Amendment where it says, "... to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Most people misunderstand the 'petition' process, and think that it goes to Congress or the federal government, when this is the general idea, the specific process of 'petition' for purposes of obtaining a remedy, is "a formal application to a court requesting judicial action on a certain matter." If you read the next paragraph for the definition of petition in Black's Law, you just might come to the realization that this process may very well be the remedy we have been looking for all this time.

As mentioned in the previous Liberty Dollar Update, the U.S Attorney alleged that I did not have "standing" to challenge the Seizure of the property. In the Order denying my motion, the Magistrate pointed out that I did claim an interest in the property, however he noticed that I did not say that I expected a privacy right at the location where the Warrants were served. I still haven't figured out why he would interject a "privacy right" where no right was needed or available. He denied the motion with prejudice, which means no trying again on that, and he commented that he didn't like my use of such "harsh words" when I gave my "opinion" of the officers investigation.

Although it appears that I have been precluded from proceeding in this particular matter and the Magistrate advises me to pay close attention to the Forfeiture and Criminal cases, I still have a few options that I believe may give a remedy. I'll be working on this for the next couple weeks and will keep everyone posted with the results. It not over yet!