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BOB DYLAN ADMITS HE'S STOLEN HIS BIGGEST HITS
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Date: June 5th, 2012 2:14 PM BOB DYLAN ADMITS TO STEALING HIS BIGGEST HITS
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Date: July 12th, 2012 6:41 PM
U. S. Department of Justice
Mail Referral Unit
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: DOJ Case No. 2462370
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is James Damiano and for over sixteen years I have been fighting in federal court to retain the
rights to my Intellectual Property from Bob Dylan for the theft of my entire song catalog, which has taken
thirty-seven years of my life to write. This catalog, in the hands of the right people, could be worth close to a half
a billion dollars. That should set the facts straight.
On June 16, 2009 the following letter was sent to Bob Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder written by James
Damiano's Attorney Robert Church, regarding boxes of James Damiano's songs produced to Orin Snyder during
discovery. There were approximately fifteen to twenty-five boxes filled with anywhere from 200 to 400 finished
and unfinished songs in each box - thirty seven years of writing - that were never returned.
Dear Mr. Snyder:
I have one other matter. Mr. Damiano informs me that Steven Kramer (James Damiano's lead attorney)
had several boxes of songs delivered to Parcher & Hayes during the discovery phase of his case against
Dylan. Mr. Kramer never made copies of the documents, since I am presuming he felt pressed to comply
with an overdue discovery request. Mr. Damiano informs me that he has never had all the original songs
returned to his possession, even though the case is over. If you don't mind, please explain what you can
recall about Mr. Damiano's song production. Do you still have songs unaccounted for? Can they be
returned?
Sincerely,
Robert Church
Attached is a copy of my DVD detailing the allegations of theft leveled against Mr. Dylan in addition to
the similar allegations of judicial corruption filed by 5forJustice now 6forJustice.
This DVD includes Bob Dylan's publicist's testimony when asked "Have you ever lied to James
Damiano? Everyone I know that has seen this testimony believed it to be nothing less than shocking?
The enclosed DVD only supplies a small proportion of the actual amount of testimony that implicates
not only Bob Dylan aka Robert Zimmerman but also Judge Simandle for aiding in Bob Dylan's Stealing of James
Damiano's songs. There is another thirty four hours of testimony which I would be happy to produce upon
request.
Please Note: Judge Simandle's rulings are a hundred percent inconsistent with the facts of this
case. The DOJ is well aware that this case was illegally dismissed as per Rule 56 ( c ) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. You know, Law 101?
Over seven years ago the following statement was downloaded by Bob Dylan's attorney Orin Snyder and
produced to the court yet never contested or denied either publicly or judicially. It was then downloaded two
more times and produced to Judge Simandle without being denied or contested and now rests within the docket of
the court.
It is judicially uncontested that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited songs
written by James Damiano for a period of over ten years and eleven months
Another shocking fact in this case is Bob Dylan was subpoenaed to court and never appeared. Bob Dylan
has never produced an affidavit of denial regarding the facts and allegations produced in the complaint and or
during discovery. It appears Bob Dylan is above the law.
This DVD also incriminates Mr. Dylan's lead attorney Orin Snyder of LYING TO THE COURT by
signing his name to declarations stating that I am delusional. Mr. Snyder made this statement in light of the
testimony documented on this DVD which is one hundred percent adverse to Mr. Snyder's statement.
I was asked by the DOJ âs as a favor to them to ¯ not to file criminal charges against Judge Simandle for
illegally dismissing my law suit against Bob Dylan. They also stated that they would Owe Me One So here's
your chance to live up to your word, and pay me back my favor.
Note: This is by no means a comprehensive account of the facts in James Damiano Vs Bob Dylan
CV95-4795 JBS.
Please file this DVD with their original complaint as the 5forJustice are now 6forJustice.
We stand united in our quest for getting our Constitutional right to a jury trial of our peers.
Links to my websites are also provided for reference.
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
Judge Simandle's opinion was as bogus as they come
"To The Ear of This Court The Song's Don't Sound Similar"
Damiano's musicologist graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and was a PhD.
Judge Simandle's Corruption as of rule 56 (C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is well documented let us compare the facts of the case with the Judges opinion
The facts of the case are not at all consistent with the Judge Simandles Opinion
The law states that the verdict must be consistent with the facts of the case right. Let Us compare.
It's a ten thousand page lawsuit. Dylan and or his attorneys never contested any of the issues of fact on the website or in The Motion to the court which mirrors the website and the pdf file "Default Motion Against Bob Dylan"
Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder download the website and produced it to the court without ever contesting even one issues of fact. There was no affidavit of denial.
Also Dylan was a no show to the subpoena.
Judge Simandle entered James Damiano's Motion For Default Against Bob Dylan upon the record 12/02/02 The Motion also included a motion for admission which included all the issues of facts on the website which mirrored the motion
Docket Link see 142
12/02/2002 142
Notice of MOTION for reconsideration of [139-1] order; to vacate protective order; for admissions of defendants; recusal of Judge Simandle; and for default against Sony Entertainment and Bob Dylan by JAMES DAMIANO, Motion set for 1/3/03 on [142-1] motion. (Exhibits in Binder Subm) (sb) (Entered: 12/03/2002)
Docket http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/james-damiano-bob-dylan-federal-court-docket.php
Now Compare the Motion to Judge Simandle's Opinion at Link
below but first see videos
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
Plaintiff has been afforded Additional information since the development of the internet and only recently it has come to our attention that Bob Dylan lied to the court when asked if he had ever been sued for plagiarism His answer to the court was no. The fact is that he had been sued twice.
Cases to be cited soon
Also Dylan recently in a Los Angeles times interview admitted to plagiarism by definition :
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan
This case was never dismissed with prejudice
lets compare the facts with the verdict below for it is uncontested by Bob Dylan and or Bob Dylan's law firms Manatt, Phelps & Phillips ,Parcher Hayes & Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Hecker Brown and Sherry that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited James Damiano's songs and music for over ten years.
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
This is by no means a comprehensive account or review of the issues of fact concerning the Bob Dylan James Damiano litigation
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1989358&forum_id=2#21044487)
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Date: July 8th, 2012 10:42 PM Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com) Subject: An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
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Date: July 8th, 2012 9:08 PM Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com) Subject: Letter Back From DOJ
Letter Back From DOJ
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Date: July 14th, 2012 9:51 PM Date: July 12th, 2012 6:41 PM Author: GibsonDunn Subject: Definition Of Bob Dylan's Plagiarisms
DOJ INVESTIGATING BOB DYLAN LAWSUIT
U. S. Department of Justice
Mail Referral Unit
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: DOJ Case No. 2462370
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is James Damiano and for over sixteen years I have been fighting in federal court to retain the
rights to my Intellectual Property from Bob Dylan for the theft of my entire song catalog, which has taken
thirty-seven years of my life to write. This catalog, in the hands of the right people, could be worth close to a half
a billion dollars. That should set the facts straight.
On June 16, 2009 the following letter was sent to Bob Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder written by James
Damiano's Attorney Robert Church, regarding boxes of James Damiano's songs produced to Orin Snyder during
discovery. There were approximately fifteen to twenty-five boxes filled with anywhere from 200 to 400 finished
and unfinished songs in each box - thirty seven years of writing - that were never returned.
Dear Mr. Snyder:
I have one other matter. Mr. Damiano informs me that Steven Kramer (James Damiano's lead attorney)
had several boxes of songs delivered to Parcher & Hayes during the discovery phase of his case against
Dylan. Mr. Kramer never made copies of the documents, since I am presuming he felt pressed to comply
with an overdue discovery request. Mr. Damiano informs me that he has never had all the original songs
returned to his possession, even though the case is over. If you don't mind, please explain what you can
recall about Mr. Damiano's song production. Do you still have songs unaccounted for? Can they be
returned?
Sincerely,
Robert Church
Attached is a copy of my DVD detailing the allegations of theft leveled against Mr. Dylan in addition to
the similar allegations of judicial corruption filed by 5forJustice now 6forJustice.
This DVD includes Bob Dylan's publicist's testimony when asked "Have you ever lied to James
Damiano? Everyone I know that has seen this testimony believed it to be nothing less than shocking?
The enclosed DVD only supplies a small proportion of the actual amount of testimony that implicates
not only Bob Dylan aka Robert Zimmerman but also Judge Simandle for aiding in Bob Dylan's Stealing of James
Damiano's songs. There is another thirty four hours of testimony which I would be happy to produce upon
request.
Please Note: Judge Simandle's rulings are a hundred percent inconsistent with the facts of this
case. The DOJ is well aware that this case was illegally dismissed as per Rule 56 ( c ) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. You know, Law 101?
Over seven years ago the following statement was downloaded by Bob Dylan's attorney Orin Snyder and
produced to the court yet never contested or denied either publicly or judicially. It was then downloaded two
more times and produced to Judge Simandle without being denied or contested and now rests within the docket of
the court.
It is judicially uncontested that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited songs
written by James Damiano for a period of over ten years and eleven months
Another shocking fact in this case is Bob Dylan was subpoenaed to court and never appeared. Bob Dylan
has never produced an affidavit of denial regarding the facts and allegations produced in the complaint and or
during discovery. It appears Bob Dylan is above the law.
This DVD also incriminates Mr. Dylan's lead attorney Orin Snyder of LYING TO THE COURT by
signing his name to declarations stating that I am delusional. Mr. Snyder made this statement in light of the
testimony documented on this DVD which is one hundred percent adverse to Mr. Snyder's statement.
I was asked by the DOJ âs as a favor to them to ¯ not to file criminal charges against Judge Simandle for
illegally dismissing my law suit against Bob Dylan. They also stated that they would Owe Me One So here's
your chance to live up to your word, and pay me back my favor.
Note: This is by no means a comprehensive account of the facts in James Damiano Vs Bob Dylan
CV95-4795 JBS.
Please file this DVD with their original complaint as the 5forJustice are now 6forJustice.
We stand united in our quest for getting our Constitutional right to a jury trial of our peers.
Links to my websites are also provided for reference.
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
Judge Simandle's opinion was as bogus as they come
"To The Ear of This Court The Song's Don't Sound Similar"
Damiano's musicologist graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and was a PhD.
Judge Simandle's Corruption as of rule 56 (C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is well documented let us compare the facts of the case with the Judges opinion
The facts of the case are not at all consistent with the Judge Simandles Opinion
The law states that the verdict must be consistent with the facts of the case right. Let Us compare.
It's a ten thousand page lawsuit. Dylan and or his attorneys never contested any of the issues of fact on the website or in The Motion to the court which mirrors the website and the pdf file "Default Motion Against Bob Dylan"
Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder download the website and produced it to the court without ever contesting even one issues of fact. There was no affidavit of denial.
Also Dylan was a no show to the subpoena.
Judge Simandle entered James Damiano's Motion For Default Against Bob Dylan upon the record 12/02/02 The Motion also included a motion for admission which included all the issues of facts on the website which mirrored the motion
Docket Link see 142
12/02/2002 142
Notice of MOTION for reconsideration of [139-1] order; to vacate protective order; for admissions of defendants; recusal of Judge Simandle; and for default against Sony Entertainment and Bob Dylan by JAMES DAMIANO, Motion set for 1/3/03 on [142-1] motion. (Exhibits in Binder Subm) (sb) (Entered: 12/03/2002)
Docket http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/james-damiano-bob-dylan-federal-court-docket.php
Now Compare the Motion to Judge Simandle's Opinion at Link
below but first see videos
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
Plaintiff has been afforded Additional information since the development of the internet and only recently it has come to our attention that Bob Dylan lied to the court when asked if he had ever been sued for plagiarism His answer to the court was no. The fact is that he had been sued twice.
Cases to be cited soon
Also Dylan recently in a Los Angeles times interview admitted to plagiarism by definition :
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan
This case was never dismissed with prejudice
lets compare the facts with the verdict below for it is uncontested by Bob Dylan and or Bob Dylan's law firms Manatt, Phelps & Phillips ,Parcher Hayes & Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Hecker Brown and Sherry that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited James Damiano's songs and music for over ten years.
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
This is by no means a comprehensive account or review of the issues of fact concerning the Bob Dylan James Damiano litigation
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1989358&forum_id=2#21044487)
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Date: July 8th, 2012 10:42 PM
Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com)
Subject: An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
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Date: July 15th, 2012 2:35 AM
Dylan in a 2004 Los Angeles times interview admitted to plagiarism by definition :
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's Stealing of James Damiano's Songs
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Date: July 15th, 2012 2:37 AM
U. S. Department of Justice
Mail Referral Unit
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: DOJ Case No. 2462370
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is James Damiano and for over sixteen years I have been fighting in federal court to retain the
rights to my Intellectual Property from Bob Dylan for the theft of my entire song catalog, which has taken
thirty-seven years of my life to write. This catalog, in the hands of the right people, could be worth close to a half
a billion dollars. That should set the facts straight.
On June 16, 2009 the following letter was sent to Bob Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder written by James
Damiano's Attorney Robert Church, regarding boxes of James Damiano's songs produced to Orin Snyder during
discovery. There were approximately fifteen to twenty-five boxes filled with anywhere from 200 to 400 finished
and unfinished songs in each box - thirty seven years of writing - that were never returned.
Dear Mr. Snyder:
I have one other matter. Mr. Damiano informs me that Steven Kramer (James Damiano's lead attorney)
had several boxes of songs delivered to Parcher & Hayes during the discovery phase of his case against
Dylan. Mr. Kramer never made copies of the documents, since I am presuming he felt pressed to comply
with an overdue discovery request. Mr. Damiano informs me that he has never had all the original songs
returned to his possession, even though the case is over. If you don't mind, please explain what you can
recall about Mr. Damiano's song production. Do you still have songs unaccounted for? Can they be
returned?
Sincerely,
Robert Church
Attached is a copy of my DVD detailing the allegations of theft leveled against Mr. Dylan in addition to
the similar allegations of judicial corruption filed by 5forJustice now 6forJustice.
This DVD includes Bob Dylan's publicist's testimony when asked "Have you ever lied to James
Damiano? Everyone I know that has seen this testimony believed it to be nothing less than shocking?
The enclosed DVD only supplies a small proportion of the actual amount of testimony that implicates
not only Bob Dylan aka Robert Zimmerman but also Judge Simandle for aiding in Bob Dylan's Stealing of James
Damiano's songs. There is another thirty four hours of testimony which I would be happy to produce upon
request.
Please Note: Judge Simandle's rulings are a hundred percent inconsistent with the facts of this
case. The DOJ is well aware that this case was illegally dismissed as per Rule 56 ( c ) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. You know, Law 101?
Over seven years ago the following statement was downloaded by Bob Dylan's attorney Orin Snyder and
produced to the court yet never contested or denied either publicly or judicially. It was then downloaded two
more times and produced to Judge Simandle without being denied or contested and now rests within the docket of
the court.
It is judicially uncontested that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited songs
written by James Damiano for a period of over ten years and eleven months
Another shocking fact in this case is Bob Dylan was subpoenaed to court and never appeared. Bob Dylan
has never produced an affidavit of denial regarding the facts and allegations produced in the complaint and or
during discovery. It appears Bob Dylan is above the law.
This DVD also incriminates Mr. Dylan's lead attorney Orin Snyder of LYING TO THE COURT by
signing his name to declarations stating that I am delusional. Mr. Snyder made this statement in light of the
testimony documented on this DVD which is one hundred percent adverse to Mr. Snyder's statement.
I was asked by the DOJ âs as a favor to them to ¯ not to file criminal charges against Judge Simandle for
illegally dismissing my law suit against Bob Dylan. They also stated that they would Owe Me One So here's
your chance to live up to your word, and pay me back my favor.
Note: This is by no means a comprehensive account of the facts in James Damiano Vs Bob Dylan
CV95-4795 JBS.
Please file this DVD with their original complaint as the 5forJustice are now 6forJustice.
We stand united in our quest for getting our Constitutional right to a jury trial of our peers.
Links to my websites are also provided for reference.
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
Judge Simandle's opinion was as bogus as they come
"To The Ear of This Court The Song's Don't Sound Similar"
Damiano's musicologist graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and was a PhD.
Judge Simandle's Corruption as of rule 56 (C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is well documented let us compare the facts of the case with the Judges opinion
The facts of the case are not at all consistent with the Judge Simandles Opinion
The law states that the verdict must be consistent with the facts of the case right. Let Us compare.
It's a ten thousand page lawsuit. Dylan and or his attorneys never contested any of the issues of fact on the website or in The Motion to the court which mirrors the website and the pdf file "Default Motion Against Bob Dylan"
Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder download the website and produced it to the court without ever contesting even one issues of fact. There was no affidavit of denial.
Also Dylan was a no show to the subpoena.
Judge Simandle entered James Damiano's Motion For Default Against Bob Dylan upon the record 12/02/02 The Motion also included a motion for admission which included all the issues of facts on the website which mirrored the motion
Docket Link see 142
12/02/2002 142
Notice of MOTION for reconsideration of [139-1] order; to vacate protective order; for admissions of defendants; recusal of Judge Simandle; and for default against Sony Entertainment and Bob Dylan by JAMES DAMIANO, Motion set for 1/3/03 on [142-1] motion. (Exhibits in Binder Subm) (sb) (Entered: 12/03/2002)
Docket http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/james-damiano-bob-dylan-federal-court-docket.php
Now Compare the Motion to Judge Simandle's Opinion at Link
below but first see videos
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
Plaintiff has been afforded Additional information since the development of the internet and only recently it has come to our attention that Bob Dylan lied to the court when asked if he had ever been sued for plagiarism His answer to the court was no. The fact is that he had been sued twice.
Cases to be cited soon
Also Dylan recently in a Los Angeles times interview admitted to plagiarism by definition :
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan
This case was never dismissed with prejudice
lets compare the facts with the verdict below for it is uncontested by Bob Dylan and or Bob Dylan's law firms Manatt, Phelps & Phillips ,Parcher Hayes & Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Hecker Brown and Sherry that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited James Damiano's songs and music for over ten years.
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
This is by no means a comprehensive account or review of the issues of fact concerning the Bob Dylan James Damiano litigation
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1989358&forum_id=2#21044487)
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Date: July 8th, 2012 10:42 PM
Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com)
Subject: An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1989358&forum_id=2#21045276)
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Date: July 8th, 2012 9:08 PM
Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com)
Subject: Letter Back From DOJ
Letter Back From DOJ
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Date: July 15th, 2012 2:48 AM http://www.massnews.com/2003_Editions/3_March/030703_mn_american_legal_system_corrupt.shtml
Stay tuned no pun intended
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Date: July 15th, 2012 2:51 AM
By Geraldine Hawkins March 7, 2003
The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition, Judge Edith Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, told the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School on February 28.
She said that the question of what is morally right is routinely sacrificed to what is politically expedient. The change has come because legal philosophy has descended to nihilism.
Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit talks to members of Harvard Law School's Fed-eralist Society. Jones said that the question of what is mor-ally right is routinely sacrificed to what is politically expedient.
"The integrity of law, its religious roots, its transcendent quality are disappearing. I saw the movie 'Chicago' with Richard Gere the other day. That's the way the public thinks about lawyers," she told the students.
"The first 100 years of American lawyers were trained on Blackstone, who wrote that: 'The law of nature . dictated by God himself . is binding . in all counties and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all force and all their authority . from this original.' The Framers created a government of limited power with this understanding of the rule of law - that it was dependent on transcendent religious obligation," said Jones.
She said that the business about all of the Founding Fathers being deists is "just wrong," or "way overblown." She says they believed in "faith and reason," and this did not lead to intolerance.
"This is not a prescription for intolerance or narrow sectarianism," she continued, "for unalienable rights were given by God to all our fellow citizens. Having lost sight of the moral and religious foundations of the rule of law, we are vulnerable to the destruction of our freedom, our equality before the law and our self-respect. It is my fervent hope that this new century will experience a revival of the original understanding of the rule of law and its roots.
"The answer is a recovery of moral principle, the sine qua non of an orderly society. Post 9/11, many events have been clarified. It is hard to remain a moral relativist when your own people are being killed."
According to the judge, the first contemporary threat to the rule of law comes from within the legal system itself.
Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America and one of the first writers to observe the United States from the outside looking-in, "described lawyers as a natural aristocracy in America," Jones told the students. "The intellectual basis of their profession and the study of law based on venerable precedents bred in them habits of order and a taste for formalities and predictability." As Tocqueville saw it, "These qualities enabled attorneys to stand apart from the passions of the majority. Lawyers were respected by the citizens and able to guide them and moderate the public's whims. Lawyers were essential to tempering the potential tyranny of the majority.
"Some lawyers may still perceive our profession in this flattering light, but to judge from polls and the tenor of lawyer jokes, I doubt the public shares Tocqueville's view anymore, and it is hard for us to do so.
"The legal aristocracy have shed their professional independence for the temptations and materialism associated with becoming businessmen. Because law has become a self-avowed business, pressure mounts to give clients the advice they want to hear, to pander to the clients' goal through deft manipulation of the law. . While the business mentality produces certain benefits, like occasional competition to charge clients lower fees, other adverse effects include advertising and shameless self-promotion. The legal system has also been wounded by lawyers who themselves no longer respect the rule of law,"
The judge quoted Kenneth Starr as saying, "It is decidedly unchristian to win at any cost," and added that most lawyers agree with him.
However, "An increasingly visible and vocal number apparently believe that the strategic use of anger and incivility will achieve their aims. Others seem uninhibited about making misstatements to the court or their opponents or destroying or falsifying evidence," she claimed. "When lawyers cannot be trusted to observe the fair processes essential to maintaining the rule of law, how can we expect the public to respect the process?"
Lawsuits Do Not Bring 'Social Justice'
Another pernicious development within the legal system is the misuse of lawsuits, according to her.
"We see lawsuits wielded as weapons of revenge," she says. "Lawsuits are brought that ultimately line the pockets of lawyers rather than their clients. . The lawsuit is not the best way to achieve social justice, and to think it is, is a seriously flawed hypothesis. There are better ways to achieve social goals than by going into court."
Jones said that employment litigation is a particularly fertile field for this kind of abuse.
"Seldom are employment discrimination suits in our court supported by direct evidence of race or sex-based animosity. Instead, the courts are asked to revisit petty interoffice disputes and to infer invidious motives from trivial comments or work-performance criticism. Recrimination, second-guessing and suspicion plague the workplace when tenuous discrimination suits are filed . creating an atmosphere in which many corporate defendants are forced into costly settlements because they simply cannot afford to vindicate their positions.
"While the historical purpose of the common law was to compensate for individual injuries, this new litigation instead purports to achieve redistributive social justice. Scratch the surface of the attorneys' self-serving press releases, however, and one finds how enormously profitable social redistribution is for those lawyers who call themselves 'agents of change.'"
Jones wonders, "What social goal is achieved by transferring millions of dollars to the lawyers, while their clients obtain coupons or token rebates."
The judge quoted George Washington who asked in his Farewell Address, "Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths . in courts of justice?"
Similarly, asked Jones, how can a system founded on law survive if the administrators of the law daily display their contempt for it?
"Lawyers' private morality has definite public consequences," she said. "Their misbehavior feeds on itself, encouraging disrespect and debasement of the rule of law as the public become encouraged to press their own advantage in a system they perceive as manipulatable."
The second threat to the rule of law comes from government, which is encumbered with agencies that have made the law so complicated that it is difficult to decipher and often contradicts itself.
"Agencies have an inherent tendency to expand their mandate," says Jones. "At the same time, their decision-making often becomes parochial and short-sighted. They may be captured by the entities that are ostensibly being regulated, or they may pursue agency self-interest at the expense of the public welfare. Citizens left at the mercy of selective and unpredictable agency action have little recourse."
Jones recommends three books by Philip Howard: The Death of Common Sense, The Collapse of the Common Good and The Lost Art of Drawing the Line, which further delineate this problem.
The third and most comprehensive threat to the rule of law arises from contemporary legal philosophy.
"Throughout my professional life, American legal education has been ruled by theories like positivism, the residue of legal realism, critical legal studies, post-modernism and other philosophical fashions," said Jones. "Each of these theories has a lot to say about the 'is' of law, but none of them addresses the 'ought,' the moral foundation or direction of law."
Jones quoted Roger C. Cramton, a law professor at Cornell University, who wrote in the 1970s that "the ordinary religion of the law school classroom" is "a moral relativism tending toward nihilism, a pragmatism tending toward an amoral instrumentalism, a realism tending toward cynicism, an individualism tending toward atomism, and a faith in reason and democratic processes tending toward mere credulity and idolatry."
No 'Great Awakening' In Law School Classrooms
The judge said ruefully, "There has been no Great Awakening in the law school classroom since those words were written." She maintained that now it is even worse because faith and democratic processes are breaking down.
"The problem with legal philosophy today is that it reflects all too well the broader post-Enlightenment problem of philosophy," Jones said. She quoted Ernest Fortin, who wrote in Crisis magazine: "The whole of modern thought . has been a series of heroic attempts to reconstruct a world of human meaning and value on the basis of . our purely mechanistic understanding of the universe."
Jones said that all of these threats to the rule of law have a common thread running through them, and she quoted Professor Harold Berman to identify it: "The traditional Western beliefs in the structural integrity of law, its ongoingness, its religious roots, its transcendent qualities, are disappearing not only from the minds of law teachers and law students but also from the consciousness of the vast majority of citizens, the people as a whole; and more than that, they are disappearing from the law itself. The law itself is becoming more fragmented, more subjective, geared more to expediency and less to morality. . The historical soil of the Western legal tradition is being washed away . and the tradition itself is threatened with collapse."
Judge Jones concluded with another thought from George Washington: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens."
Upon taking questions from students, Judge Jones recommended Michael Novak's book, On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense.
"Natural law is not a prescriptive way to solve problems," Jones said. "It is a way to look at life starting with the Ten Commandments."
Natural law provides "a framework for government that permits human freedom," Jones said. "If you take that away, what are you left with? Bodily senses? The will of the majority? The communist view? What is it - 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need?' I don't even remember it, thank the Lord," she said to the amusement of the students.
"I am an unabashed patriot - I think the United States is the healthiest society in the world at this point in time," Jones said, although she did concede that there were other ways to accommodate the rule of law, such as constitutional monarchy.
"Our legal system is way out of kilter," she said. "The tort litigating system is wreaking havoc. Look at any trials that have been conducted on TV. These lawyers are willing to say anything."
Potential Nominee to Supreme Court
Judge Edith Jones has been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court in the Bush administration, but does not relish the idea.
"Have you looked at what people have to go through who are nominated for federal appointments? They have to answer questions like, 'Did you pay your nanny taxes?' 'Is your yard man illegal?'
"In those circumstances, who is going to go out to be a federal judge?"
Judge Edith H. Jones has a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Her office is in the U.S. Courthouse in Houston.
The Federalist Society was founded in 1982 when a group of law students from Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago and Yale organized a symposium on federalism at Yale Law School. These students were unhappy with the academic climate on their campuses for some of the reasons outlined by Judge Jones. The Federalist Society was created to be a forum for a wider range of legal viewpoints than they were hearing in the course of their studies.
From the four schools mentioned above, the Society has grown to include over 150 law school chapters. The Harvard chapter, with over 250 members, is one of the nation's largest and most active. They seek to contribute to civilized dialogue at the Law School by providing a libertarian and conservative voice on campus and by sponsoring speeches and debates on a wide range of legal and policy issues.
The Federalist Society consists of libertarians and conservatives interested in the current state of the legal profession. It is founded on three principles: 1) the state exists to preserve freedom, 2) the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution and 3) it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to state what the law is, not what it should be.
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Date: July 15th, 2012 12:49 PM
U. S. Department of Justice
Mail Referral Unit
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: DOJ Case No. 2462370
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is James Damiano and for over sixteen years I have been fighting in federal court to retain the
rights to my Intellectual Property from Bob Dylan for the theft of my entire song catalog, which has taken
thirty-seven years of my life to write. This catalog, in the hands of the right people, could be worth close to a half
a billion dollars. That should set the facts straight.
On June 16, 2009 the following letter was sent to Bob Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder written by James
Damiano's Attorney Robert Church, regarding boxes of James Damiano's songs produced to Orin Snyder during
discovery. There were approximately fifteen to twenty-five boxes filled with anywhere from 200 to 400 finished
and unfinished songs in each box - thirty seven years of writing - that were never returned.
Dear Mr. Snyder:
I have one other matter. Mr. Damiano informs me that Steven Kramer (James Damiano's lead attorney)
had several boxes of songs delivered to Parcher & Hayes during the discovery phase of his case against
Dylan. Mr. Kramer never made copies of the documents, since I am presuming he felt pressed to comply
with an overdue discovery request. Mr. Damiano informs me that he has never had all the original songs
returned to his possession, even though the case is over. If you don't mind, please explain what you can
recall about Mr. Damiano's song production. Do you still have songs unaccounted for? Can they be
returned?
Sincerely,
Robert Church
Attached is a copy of my DVD detailing the allegations of theft leveled against Mr. Dylan in addition to
the similar allegations of judicial corruption filed by 5forJustice now 6forJustice.
This DVD includes Bob Dylan's publicist's testimony when asked "Have you ever lied to James
Damiano? Everyone I know that has seen this testimony believed it to be nothing less than shocking?
The enclosed DVD only supplies a small proportion of the actual amount of testimony that implicates
not only Bob Dylan aka Robert Zimmerman but also Judge Simandle for aiding in Bob Dylan's Stealing of James
Damiano's songs. There is another thirty four hours of testimony which I would be happy to produce upon
request.
Please Note: Judge Simandle's rulings are a hundred percent inconsistent with the facts of this
case. The DOJ is well aware that this case was illegally dismissed as per Rule 56 ( c ) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. You know, Law 101?
Over seven years ago the following statement was downloaded by Bob Dylan's attorney Orin Snyder and
produced to the court yet never contested or denied either publicly or judicially. It was then downloaded two
more times and produced to Judge Simandle without being denied or contested and now rests within the docket of
the court.
It is judicially uncontested that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited songs
written by James Damiano for a period of over ten years and eleven months
Another shocking fact in this case is Bob Dylan was subpoenaed to court and never appeared. Bob Dylan
has never produced an affidavit of denial regarding the facts and allegations produced in the complaint and or
during discovery. It appears Bob Dylan is above the law.
This DVD also incriminates Mr. Dylan's lead attorney Orin Snyder of LYING TO THE COURT by
signing his name to declarations stating that I am delusional. Mr. Snyder made this statement in light of the
testimony documented on this DVD which is one hundred percent adverse to Mr. Snyder's statement.
I was asked by the DOJ âs as a favor to them to ¯ not to file criminal charges against Judge Simandle for
illegally dismissing my law suit against Bob Dylan. They also stated that they would Owe Me One So here's
your chance to live up to your word, and pay me back my favor.
Note: This is by no means a comprehensive account of the facts in James Damiano Vs Bob Dylan
CV95-4795 JBS.
Please file this DVD with their original complaint as the 5forJustice are now 6forJustice.
We stand united in our quest for getting our Constitutional right to a jury trial of our peers.
Links to my websites are also provided for reference.
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
http://jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/testimony.php
Judge Simandle's opinion was as bogus as they come
"To The Ear of This Court The Song's Don't Sound Similar"
Damiano's musicologist graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and was a PhD.
Judge Simandle's Corruption as of rule 56 (C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is well documented let us compare the facts of the case with the Judges opinion
The facts of the case are not at all consistent with the Judge Simandles Opinion
The law states that the verdict must be consistent with the facts of the case right. Let Us compare.
It's a ten thousand page lawsuit. Dylan and or his attorneys never contested any of the issues of fact on the website or in The Motion to the court which mirrors the website and the pdf file "Default Motion Against Bob Dylan"
Dylan's Attorney Orin Snyder download the website and produced it to the court without ever contesting even one issues of fact. There was no affidavit of denial.
Also Dylan was a no show to the subpoena.
Judge Simandle entered James Damiano's Motion For Default Against Bob Dylan upon the record 12/02/02 The Motion also included a motion for admission which included all the issues of facts on the website which mirrored the motion
Docket Link see 142
12/02/2002 142
Notice of MOTION for reconsideration of [139-1] order; to vacate protective order; for admissions of defendants; recusal of Judge Simandle; and for default against Sony Entertainment and Bob Dylan by JAMES DAMIANO, Motion set for 1/3/03 on [142-1] motion. (Exhibits in Binder Subm) (sb) (Entered: 12/03/2002)
Docket http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/james-damiano-bob-dylan-federal-court-docket.php
Now Compare the Motion to Judge Simandle's Opinion at Link
below but first see videos
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
http://www.jamesdamiano.yolasite.com/plaintiffs-motion-for-default-against-bob-dylan1.php
Plaintiff has been afforded Additional information since the development of the internet and only recently it has come to our attention that Bob Dylan lied to the court when asked if he had ever been sued for plagiarism His answer to the court was no. The fact is that he had been sued twice.
Cases to be cited soon
Also Dylan recently in a Los Angeles times interview admitted to plagiarism by definition :
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan
This case was never dismissed with prejudice
lets compare the facts with the verdict below for it is uncontested by Bob Dylan and or Bob Dylan's law firms Manatt, Phelps & Phillips ,Parcher Hayes & Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Hecker Brown and Sherry that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan's entourage have solicited James Damiano's songs and music for over ten years.
Trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lb8ZJjmzQ8
Trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qRe-ZBozwac
This is by no means a comprehensive account or review of the issues of fact concerning the Bob Dylan James Damiano litigation
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1989358&forum_id=2#21044487)
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Date: July 8th, 2012 10:42 PM
Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com)
Subject: An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
An Avalanche of Evidence Against Bob Dylan
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Date: July 8th, 2012 9:08 PM
Author: GibsonDunn (gibsondunncrutcherpc@gmail.com)
Subject: Letter Back From DOJ
Letter Back From DOJ
http://bobdylanplagiarisms.yolasite.com/department-of-justice.php
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your catalog isnt worth half a billion dollars. it isnt worth twenty fucking dollars. |
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Date: July 15th, 2012 9:50 PM For what he knows He'll never find
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Date: July 15th, 2012 10:13 PM American Legal System Is Corrupt Beyond Recognition, Judge Tells Harvard Law School
By Geraldine Hawkins
March 7, 2003
The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition, Judge Edith Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, told the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School on February 28.
She said that the question of what is morally right is routinely sacrificed to what is politically expedient. The change has come because legal philosophy has descended to nihilism.
Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit talks to members of Harvard Law School's Fed-eralist Society. Jones said that the question of what is mor-ally right is routinely sacrificed to what is politically expedient.
"The integrity of law, its religious roots, its transcendent quality are disappearing. I saw the movie 'Chicago' with Richard Gere the other day. That's the way the public thinks about lawyers," she told the students.
"The first 100 years of American lawyers were trained on Blackstone, who wrote that: 'The law of nature . dictated by God himself . is binding . in all counties and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all force and all their authority . from this original.' The Framers created a government of limited power with this understanding of the rule of law - that it was dependent on transcendent religious obligation," said Jones.
She said that the business about all of the Founding Fathers being deists is "just wrong," or "way overblown." She says they believed in "faith and reason," and this did not lead to intolerance.
"This is not a prescription for intolerance or narrow sectarianism," she continued, "for unalienable rights were given by God to all our fellow citizens. Having lost sight of the moral and religious foundations of the rule of law, we are vulnerable to the destruction of our freedom, our equality before the law and our self-respect. It is my fervent hope that this new century will experience a revival of the original understanding of the rule of law and its roots.
"The answer is a recovery of moral principle, the sine qua non of an orderly society. Post 9/11, many events have been clarified. It is hard to remain a moral relativist when your own people are being killed."
According to the judge, the first contemporary threat to the rule of law comes from within the legal system itself.
Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America and one of the first writers to observe the United States from the outside looking-in, "described lawyers as a natural aristocracy in America," Jones told the students. "The intellectual basis of their profession and the study of law based on venerable precedents bred in them habits of order and a taste for formalities and predictability." As Tocqueville saw it, "These qualities enabled attorneys to stand apart from the passions of the majority. Lawyers were respected by the citizens and able to guide them and moderate the public's whims. Lawyers were essential to tempering the potential tyranny of the majority.
"Some lawyers may still perceive our profession in this flattering light, but to judge from polls and the tenor of lawyer jokes, I doubt the public shares Tocqueville's view anymore, and it is hard for us to do so.
"The legal aristocracy have shed their professional independence for the temptations and materialism associated with becoming businessmen. Because law has become a self-avowed business, pressure mounts to give clients the advice they want to hear, to pander to the clients' goal through deft manipulation of the law. . While the business mentality produces certain benefits, like occasional competition to charge clients lower fees, other adverse effects include advertising and shameless self-promotion. The legal system has also been wounded by lawyers who themselves no longer respect the rule of law,"
The judge quoted Kenneth Starr as saying, "It is decidedly unchristian to win at any cost," and added that most lawyers agree with him.
However, "An increasingly visible and vocal number apparently believe that the strategic use of anger and incivility will achieve their aims. Others seem uninhibited about making misstatements to the court or their opponents or destroying or falsifying evidence," she claimed. "When lawyers cannot be trusted to observe the fair processes essential to maintaining the rule of law, how can we expect the public to respect the process?"
Lawsuits Do Not Bring 'Social Justice'
Another pernicious development within the legal system is the misuse of lawsuits, according to her.
"We see lawsuits wielded as weapons of revenge," she says. "Lawsuits are brought that ultimately line the pockets of lawyers rather than their clients. . The lawsuit is not the best way to achieve social justice, and to think it is, is a seriously flawed hypothesis. There are better ways to achieve social goals than by going into court."
Jones said that employment litigation is a particularly fertile field for this kind of abuse.
"Seldom are employment discrimination suits in our court supported by direct evidence of race or sex-based animosity. Instead, the courts are asked to revisit petty interoffice disputes and to infer invidious motives from trivial comments or work-performance criticism. Recrimination, second-guessing and suspicion plague the workplace when tenuous discrimination suits are filed . creating an atmosphere in which many corporate defendants are forced into costly settlements because they simply cannot afford to vindicate their positions.
"While the historical purpose of the common law was to compensate for individual injuries, this new litigation instead purports to achieve redistributive social justice. Scratch the surface of the attorneys' self-serving press releases, however, and one finds how enormously profitable social redistribution is for those lawyers who call themselves 'agents of change.'"
Jones wonders, "What social goal is achieved by transferring millions of dollars to the lawyers, while their clients obtain coupons or token rebates."
The judge quoted George Washington who asked in his Farewell Address, "Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths . in courts of justice?"
Similarly, asked Jones, how can a system founded on law survive if the administrators of the law daily display their contempt for it?
"Lawyers' private morality has definite public consequences," she said. "Their misbehavior feeds on itself, encouraging disrespect and debasement of the rule of law as the public become encouraged to press their own advantage in a system they perceive as manipulatable."
The second threat to the rule of law comes from government, which is encumbered with agencies that have made the law so complicated that it is difficult to decipher and often contradicts itself.
"Agencies have an inherent tendency to expand their mandate," says Jones. "At the same time, their decision-making often becomes parochial and short-sighted. They may be captured by the entities that are ostensibly being regulated, or they may pursue agency self-interest at the expense of the public welfare. Citizens left at the mercy of selective and unpredictable agency action have little recourse."
Jones recommends three books by Philip Howard: The Death of Common Sense, The Collapse of the Common Good and The Lost Art of Drawing the Line, which further delineate this problem.
The third and most comprehensive threat to the rule of law arises from contemporary legal philosophy.
"Throughout my professional life, American legal education has been ruled by theories like positivism, the residue of legal realism, critical legal studies, post-modernism and other philosophical fashions," said Jones. "Each of these theories has a lot to say about the 'is' of law, but none of them addresses the 'ought,' the moral foundation or direction of law."
Jones quoted Roger C. Cramton, a law professor at Cornell University, who wrote in the 1970s that "the ordinary religion of the law school classroom" is "a moral relativism tending toward nihilism, a pragmatism tending toward an amoral instrumentalism, a realism tending toward cynicism, an individualism tending toward atomism, and a faith in reason and democratic processes tending toward mere credulity and idolatry."
No 'Great Awakening' In Law School Classrooms
The judge said ruefully, "There has been no Great Awakening in the law school classroom since those words were written." She maintained that now it is even worse because faith and democratic processes are breaking down.
"The problem with legal philosophy today is that it reflects all too well the broader post-Enlightenment problem of philosophy," Jones said. She quoted Ernest Fortin, who wrote in Crisis magazine: "The whole of modern thought . has been a series of heroic attempts to reconstruct a world of human meaning and value on the basis of . our purely mechanistic understanding of the universe."
Jones said that all of these threats to the rule of law have a common thread running through them, and she quoted Professor Harold Berman to identify it: "The traditional Western beliefs in the structural integrity of law, its ongoingness, its religious roots, its transcendent qualities, are disappearing not only from the minds of law teachers and law students but also from the consciousness of the vast majority of citizens, the people as a whole; and more than that, they are disappearing from the law itself. The law itself is becoming more fragmented, more subjective, geared more to expediency and less to morality. . The historical soil of the Western legal tradition is being washed away . and the tradition itself is threatened with collapse."
Judge Jones concluded with another thought from George Washington: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens."
Upon taking questions from students, Judge Jones recommended Michael Novak's book, On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense.
"Natural law is not a prescriptive way to solve problems," Jones said. "It is a way to look at life starting with the Ten Commandments."
Natural law provides "a framework for government that permits human freedom," Jones said. "If you take that away, what are you left with? Bodily senses? The will of the majority? The communist view? What is it - 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need?' I don't even remember it, thank the Lord," she said to the amusement of the students.
"I am an unabashed patriot - I think the United States is the healthiest society in the world at this point in time," Jones said, although she did concede that there were other ways to accommodate the rule of law, such as constitutional monarchy.
"Our legal system is way out of kilter," she said. "The tort litigating system is wreaking havoc. Look at any trials that have been conducted on TV. These lawyers are willing to say anything."
Potential Nominee to Supreme Court
Judge Edith Jones has been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court in the Bush administration, but does not relish the idea.
"Have you looked at what people have to go through who are nominated for federal appointments? They have to answer questions like, 'Did you pay your nanny taxes?' 'Is your yard man illegal?'
"In those circumstances, who is going to go out to be a federal judge?"
Judge Edith H. Jones has a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Her office is in the U.S. Courthouse in Houston.
The Federalist Society was founded in 1982 when a group of law students from Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago and Yale organized a symposium on federalism at Yale Law School. These students were unhappy with the academic climate on their campuses for some of the reasons outlined by Judge Jones. The Federalist Society was created to be a forum for a wider range of legal viewpoints than they were hearing in the course of their studies.
From the four schools mentioned above, the Society has grown to include over 150 law school chapters. The Harvard chapter, with over 250 members, is one of the nation's largest and most active. They seek to contribute to civilized dialogue at the Law School by providing a libertarian and conservative voice on campus and by sponsoring speeches and debates on a wide range of legal and policy issues.
The Federalist Society consists of libertarians and conservatives interested in the current state of the legal profession. It is founded on three principles: 1) the state exists to preserve freedom, 2) the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution and 3) it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to state what the law is, not what it should be.
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Date: July 16th, 2012 3:20 AM
In a 2004 interview with Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times, Bob Dylan stated,
“Well you have to understand that I’m not a melodist. My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. What happens is, I’ll take a song and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate.” “I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes, just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records. That’s the folk music tradition – you use what has been handed down. ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ is probably from an old Scottish folk Song.” "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my head constantly -- while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a song.".......Bob Dylan |
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Date: October 24th, 2012 5:06 PM |