Due
to requests for more information, the following webpage contains additional
material for lobbying and letter-writing in support of nominating
a libertarian to the U.S. Supreme Court (instead of John Roberts) http://rexcurry.net/law-re-cases.htm
A libertarian victory against "drug dogs" is at the U.S. Supreme Court as the federal bureaucracy tries to overturn the decision http://rexcurry.net/drugdogsmain.html
PLAYBOY magazine's September issue covers Attorney Rex Curry, the libertarian
who handled the original motion to suppress evidence http://rexcurry.net/drugdog.jpg
A new Legal Defense Fund is ready to fight laws that ban price gouging during
disasters such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Pro Price
Gouging Legal Defense Fund (PPGLDF) will provide aid to people who are harassed
or charged under anti-gouging laws. News media are asked to inform
the public that pro bono help is available to buyers or sellers whenever law enforcement interferes with their commerce. http://rexcurry.net/price-gouging-legal-defense-fund.html
Criminal defense lawyers are organizing to end shortages caused by the laws.
The laws frighten citizens from offering goods and services to disaster
victims, and the laws frighten disaster victims from negotiating for needed goods and services.
PPGLDF attorneys are arranging seminars to train lawyers in attacking laws
that ban gouging and to train lawyers to assist defendants in court.
The spokesperson for the PPGLDF is attorney Rex Curry, a Tampa lawyer who
was inspired by personal experiences with price gouging laws after recent
hurricanes in Tampa, Florida. http://rexcurry.net/gouging-laws.html
"Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist created gas shortages where there
were no shortages," said Curry "After Katrina, Crist created a fear of
accusation that caused stations to stop selling gasoline that they had on
hand. Crist created shortages, misery and suffering. His behavior could have
killed people."
Anti-gouging laws are another example of how the USA's police state is growing.
The anti-gouging mentality causes deaths, suffering, shortages,
misery, and poverty as it did in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(62 million dead) and the Peoples' Republic of China (35 million dead).
Government schools do not teaching basic economics, nor economic freedom,
individual liberty and property rights. It is another reason why government
schools must end. And Charlie Crist is the poster child for ending government schools.
Curry also argued the motion to suppress in another victory against Florida
Attorney General Charlie Crist and against drug dogs. The dog case is
presently before the United States Supreme Court. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/04-1668.htm
The Court recently asked for an official response and transcripts in the
case, peaking interest in the case. Playboy Magazine's September issue quoted
Curry stating "drug dogs are natural libertarians - without constant retraining
they lose interest in the war on drugs. Let's return them to protecting people
from violence and
theft, which is the only proper purpose of law enforcement anyway." http://rexcurry.net/drugdog.jpg
"All anti-gouging laws should be retired for the same reason that all drug
dogs should be retired," according to Curry, adding "Attorney General Crist
is crucifying Floridians. Crist shows that socialism starts shortages. He gives lawyers a bad name."
Curry is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
(NACDL). Curry helps educate NACDL members, the legal community, and the
general public that price gouging is good.
The NACDL listserv contained posts from some lawyers who have the
same economic ignorance as the media. Some NACDL lawyers opposed price
gouging and defended a police-state and stated "Better to have
Mussolini than Michael Brown running FEMA," and "Mao more than ever,"
and "Mussolini .... was, at first, a very good leader" and referred
reverentially to the anti-Semitic Karl Marx whose work inspired the
worst murderers in history. Marx caused widespread poverty via the same
arguments posited against price gouging. Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist uses similar
arguments.
The NACDL is hosting a conference "Defending the White Collar Case: In and
Out of Court" at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC on
September 22-23.
"There is a misconception that price gouging is only a white-collar crime,"
said Curry "Many poor people who desperately need money to buy food,
medicine and other necessities are harassed and threatened if they try to
sell anything they have to raise needed funds for purchases. The poor are
also prevented from buying necessities when police harass and frighten away providers." http://rexcurry.net/gouge-links.html