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FINALLY, Part 2!
Somebody IN LAW might actually be fighting for equal defense as a concept on the more progressive side.
I had seen Christian law firms coming out to defend religious rights violations on Constitutional grounds. But the liberals pushing for defense tend to get lost in "racist" arguments to generate public outcry, and go too far in blaming "bigotry" instead of staying grounded in Constitutional principles.
I may not be the only progressive Constitutionalist in a field dominated by Conservative Christians.
I will try to contact this nonprofit, started by two Harvard graduates Alec Karakatsanis ’08 and Phil Telfeyan ’08
And see if they will take on the Freedmen's Town project, as an issue of equal legal protections vs. discrimination by class, creed, and political conflicts of interest -- by officials giving millions in tax dollars to wealthy developers to seize land and destroy national history, while nonprofits seeking to preserve it were denied equal protections, representation and defense from abuses and corruption. Even the right peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for redress of grievances was censored and destroyed.
Never found a lawyer daring to take on the establishment. Most are sold into the system, and cannot afford to make waves if they are not sure they will win; or it's political and professional suicide. Maybe these younger advocates might grab the opportunity to go national with this case.
If these two aren't afraid to challenge the "profit motive" in criminal justice,
would they be willing to challenge corporate interests abusing the legal and political campaign system to grab property at taxpayers' expense while officials go along with it to stay in office? All the politicians look the other way, and even the media won't cover the story unless it's to blame the poor victims, side with developers, and justify destroying two nationally registered historic landmarks of Freedmen's Town and the APV public housing which is a separate WWII site. Worst of all, govt officials use taxpayer money to destroy history, instead of investing in the community residents plans to build a sustainable campus with built-in student internships (to help public housing families break the cycle of poverty and end dependence on welfare). These community campus plans were written into Federal HUD reform laws, as part of the subgrant agreements http://www.houstonprogressive.org. But these were never enforced due to "lack of equal legal resources, protections of due process and representation". Local residents were supposed to be included in "all phases of development" and restoration of the historic district; but instead they were evicted in order to censor the community, their interests and plans in preservation.
Maybe I can ask James O'Keefe and Project Veritas to cover this story if these young lawyers take this on. Everyone else, who thinks corporate developers will keep winning and keep buying out politicians and the legal system, are too afraid to touch this one.
FINALLY, Part 2!
Somebody IN LAW might actually be fighting for equal defense as a concept on the more progressive side.
I had seen Christian law firms coming out to defend religious rights violations on Constitutional grounds. But the liberals pushing for defense tend to get lost in "racist" arguments to generate public outcry, and go too far in blaming "bigotry" instead of staying grounded in Constitutional principles.
I may not be the only progressive Constitutionalist in a field dominated by Conservative Christians.
I will try to contact this nonprofit, started by two Harvard graduates Alec Karakatsanis ’08 and Phil Telfeyan ’08
And see if they will take on the Freedmen's Town project, as an issue of equal legal protections vs. discrimination by class, creed, and political conflicts of interest -- by officials giving millions in tax dollars to wealthy developers to seize land and destroy national history, while nonprofits seeking to preserve it were denied equal protections, representation and defense from abuses and corruption. Even the right peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for redress of grievances was censored and destroyed.
Never found a lawyer daring to take on the establishment. Most are sold into the system, and cannot afford to make waves if they are not sure they will win; or it's political and professional suicide. Maybe these younger advocates might grab the opportunity to go national with this case.
If these two aren't afraid to challenge the "profit motive" in criminal justice,
would they be willing to challenge corporate interests abusing the legal and political campaign system to grab property at taxpayers' expense while officials go along with it to stay in office? All the politicians look the other way, and even the media won't cover the story unless it's to blame the poor victims, side with developers, and justify destroying two nationally registered historic landmarks of Freedmen's Town and the APV public housing which is a separate WWII site. Worst of all, govt officials use taxpayer money to destroy history, instead of investing in the community residents plans to build a sustainable campus with built-in student internships (to help public housing families break the cycle of poverty and end dependence on welfare). These community campus plans were written into Federal HUD reform laws, as part of the subgrant agreements http://www.houstonprogressive.org. But these were never enforced due to "lack of equal legal resources, protections of due process and representation". Local residents were supposed to be included in "all phases of development" and restoration of the historic district; but instead they were evicted in order to censor the community, their interests and plans in preservation.
Maybe I can ask James O'Keefe and Project Veritas to cover this story if these young lawyers take this on. Everyone else, who thinks corporate developers will keep winning and keep buying out politicians and the legal system, are too afraid to touch this one.
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