I am not an attorney. However, I am having GREAT success in handling my own issues in court. It isn’t like I am a criminal it is that I will not hesitate to use the judicial system to correct what effects me and may benefit others. Like the movie with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, I sometimes refer to it as my “Good Will Hunting” effect. Who needs a teacher to read me a book where I can read it myself, conduct the study guides myself and basically learn what I need to know, not what “I need to know to manipulate the system” to get a client off the hook. Sure, this may P off a few lawyers but who cares.
I look at it as me having a Ford Mustang and me owning a Chilton Auto repair Manual for my Mustang. Well, in parody, the Mustang is the constitution and my Chilton manual(s) are my Tennessee Jurisprudence books (complete set) Tennessee Code Annotated (online free) as well as approximately 70 feet of books an old attorney/judge friend of mine gave me called “American Jurisprudence” which are great to have but realistically, much of that ancient stuff simply no longer applies.
I also look at things realistically. For example, 2 + 2 = 4, therefore I can add. Since I can add, I can also subtract. I can even divide and multiply. Since I can calculate numbers, I can solve problems. If I can solve problems then all I need do is follow equations or “rules” and hold myself to the “same strict standard of an attorney” (I have often felt that to do so has lowered my standards) but nonetheless, I know the Rules of the Fed. R. of Civ. P. and the ones I don’t know, I always have my little Rule Book (Chilton Manual) with me in which to refer. In any event, I have found that when dealing with police, when you question the police officer, even nice ones, most become insulted because it seems that “they” are the elders and the rest of us on the other side of that blue line are school kids with mental impairments. I have learned that talking is about the worst thing you can do with police.
I have learned that as a general principle, citizens who are minding their own business are not obligated to "show their papers" to police. In fact, there is no law requiring citizens to carry identification of any kind. In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, the Supreme Court upheld state laws requiring citizens to disclose their identity to police when officers have reasonable suspicion to believe criminal activity may be taking place. Commonly known as "stop and identify" statutes, these laws permit police to arrest criminal suspects who refuse to identify themselves. So, for those guys in the video they acted with perfection. They were NICE and educated in their rights.
As for me, if I am not driving, wanting to board a plane, etc. and was merely walking down the road minding my own business then I’d freely give my name but simply deny even having an ID. I freely post comments with my name as the user name. Reason being, I am not stating anything online that would not be stated in person, at a seminar, at a book signing and so forth. But even if I provided an ID, I would NEVER provide identity theft information contained in a driver license or social security number. Show them your AARP membership card. I have showed my American Legion ID several times and all I get is a mean look, and those can work if my name was Iam A. Chicken. Stand on your rights and show the respect to those that fought and died for them, or not.
