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happyslug

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27. Sorry, I had to look him up on Wikipedia, bad lawyering, unless he wanted to go to jail
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 05:02 PM
Mar 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_DeChristopher

A "necessity defense"? Why not go for the defense that he was MAKING a valid offer, he had raised the money to make an actual bid? i.e. he did NOTHING illegal, his bid was valid. That would have been an adequate defense, but it meant actually looking like you are following the law, as you are undermining it.

I am sorry, he is in Jail for he wanted to be in Jail. His defense left the court with no other choice but to convict him and then to jail him.

On the other hand his placement in Solitary confinement is without justification. How is sending an E-mail a threat to the Prison or its Prison population? Hopefully a Federal Judge will release him from the Solitary Confinement, for the test for such treatment is generally some threat to the security of the Prison OR he is doing ILLEGAL Activities that can NOT be prevented any other way. Is he planning more illegal bids? I doubt it, and protest are NOT illegal by themselves.

I suspect some Oil and Gas Executive disliked his bids, for by "Winning" the bids, he prevented them from winning the bids, and thus lost any standing to oppose Obama's later withdrawal of the leases (The Oil and Gas Companies could have challenged Obama's withdraw of the leases as a taking of property without compensation IF THEY WON THE BID, given that Tim DeChristopher had won the auction for the leases he did make a bid on, the only person with standing to make that claim was Tim DeChristopher, thus the Oil and Gas Company hates Tim DeChristopher for he has no intention of doing so).


His web site:
http://www.bidder70.org/

Peaceful uprising web site:
http://www.peacefuluprising.org/

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Boy, the truth about what America has become can still be shocking sometimes villager Mar 2012 #1
+1 nashville_brook Mar 2012 #32
speechless....... dhill926 Mar 2012 #2
Sounds like the congresspersonis nykym Mar 2012 #3
Send a message to anyone even thinking about doing the same thing. EFerrari Mar 2012 #22
Something is afoul and it is more than the fake birds. (should have been bids --- BIDS DOH!) liberal N proud Mar 2012 #4
+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #8
Fake bids. Bids. nt hack89 Mar 2012 #13
Doh! liberal N proud Mar 2012 #14
I wonder if it's a private prison? One Mr/MRS congress has stock in? midnight Mar 2012 #15
That's why we need to find out who this nazi congressperson is. loudsue Mar 2012 #17
By what Constitutional power does a Congressman have to influence a sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #5
Really. None in the traditional Constitution it even protects from Inhuman treatment BUT than the Justice wanted Mar 2012 #10
They quit paying attention to that some time ago. harun Mar 2012 #16
"Constitution is a goddamn piece of paper" Hawkowl Mar 2012 #28
It's called fascism. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #6
That Congressman should be identified. He has not right that I know of to interfere in sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #7
complaining of an email that Tim had sent to a friend DJ13 Mar 2012 #9
That's another good question. Sounds like there needs to be an investigation. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #11
Patriot act basically allows spying on american citizens and that infomation can be given to congres Justice wanted Mar 2012 #12
My guess is the "friend" is an infiltrator into the organization. loudsue Mar 2012 #18
If sent from inside prison Tim would have no expectation of privacy. TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #33
Everything being done by the book izquierdista Mar 2012 #19
Article 58... Javaman Mar 2012 #26
Wow .. Utah prison is alot different then NC prisons littlewolf Mar 2012 #20
It was "an email he sent to some of his supporters" starroute Mar 2012 #30
He should have just tried to wiretap a Senators office. raouldukelives Mar 2012 #21
President Obama needs to standup and issue Tim DeChristopher SDjack Mar 2012 #23
I'm guessing Mr. Hatch... Hubert Flottz Mar 2012 #24
Sounds like a human rights abuse uwep Mar 2012 #25
Sorry, I had to look him up on Wikipedia, bad lawyering, unless he wanted to go to jail happyslug Mar 2012 #27
dont know what prison he is in .... littlewolf Mar 2012 #34
This is a Federal Charge so he is doing Federal time happyslug Mar 2012 #36
Hearsay about an unidentified Congressman is not really much of a news story, is it? struggle4progress Mar 2012 #29
I think you're grabbing this by the wrong end starroute Mar 2012 #31
The story isn't making much sense so far: struggle4progress Mar 2012 #37
In any case, he was released from the isolation unit today starroute Mar 2012 #38
Story still makes no sense: he was apparently in the SHU from 9 March, struggle4progress Mar 2012 #39
Just another Political Prisoner. America has more and more of these every day. fasttense Mar 2012 #35
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