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Legal Issue UpdatesPlease return to this page for periodic updates. ALERT: Lawsuit - Update & First firm dateApril 10, 2007 Good morning Fellow Liberty Dollar Supporters, The US government has been served and we have our first firm date. The government must reply by May 25, as they have 60 days from date of service.
Immediately following the government’s reply, which we anticipate will be a denial, the judge will call a Scheduling Hearing with the opposing attorneys and layout the schedule for discovery, briefs, orals, with his decision to follow. Given that each of these four steps will take 30 days, plus the two months the government has to reply, means we will not have a decision until September 25. It is also given that the judge will take 30 days to render his decision. This is just over a year since the US Mint posted their warning on September 13th and just a week shy of our 9th Anniversary on October 1. Interesting timing.
Of course, another six months is a hell of a long time for the Liberty Dollar to hold its breath. As you are probably aware, we are struggling against less demand for Liberty Dollars and more legal expenses.
SO PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTE: The US Mint has acknowledged that the Liberty Dollar is LEGAL. Director of the Mint Moy even acknowledged that the paper Silver Certificate was not illegal in a letter to a Senator! It is only the USE of the Liberty Dollar that is in contention. There is NO HARM in owning Liberty Dollars. There is nothing to fear. You are NOT going to be arrested.
Please be one of the few to have made a donation. Currently we are just over $5,000 and we need to raise $100,000. And if you have made a donation, THANK YOU! And remember, you will receive a special Defense Liberty Dollar for every $20 you do donate... after we win. That is true for donating Liberty Dollars or US dollars... both are acceptable... in any form... check, cash, bank card, digital. It all counts. Please send what you can now... it is going to be a long six months of holding our breaths.
Plus silver is up to almost $14 per ounce! The base for much higher prices seems very strong. So please consider a specially hallmarked Defense Silver Liberty for only $25... This issue is limited during the lawsuit... it will not be available after the lawsuit is over. More info at: http://www.libertydollar.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=55&products_id=180.
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PLEASE don’t let the government steal your right to use gold and silver as a private voluntary currency between consenting adults. The Liberty Dollar v US Mint lawsuit is an important case for everyone who respects value as a means of exchange. Please make a donation today. Our research is very strong that we can and will win. We anticipate that we will win. Otherwise we would not have initiated this lawsuit. Please help us win with a donation or order some Defense Libertys.
Thanks again for all your efforts to return America to value – one Liberty Dollar at a time.
Bernard von NotHaus Monetary Architect Press ReleaseIMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2007 Liberty Dollar Group Seeks Permanent Injunction against US Government http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/legal/legalissues.htm EVANSVILLE , INDIANA - Liberty Dollar filed suit against the U.S. Mint on Tuesday, March 20 in U.S. District Court in Evansville Indiana. The organization - which promotes and distributes the new gold and silver currency - asked the court to declare that the use of the Liberty Dollar is not a 'federal crime,' as claimed by the U.S. Mint. And the organization further asked the court to enter a permanent injunction against the U.S. Mint requiring it to remove any reference that the use of Liberty Dollars is a federal crime from its website. The Liberty Dollar organization denies that its more than 100,000 proponents are federal outlaws. It identifies them as law-abiding citizens who "legally have made the inflation-proof Liberty Dollar America's second most-popular currency". And the organization demands that the federal government cease and desist from threatening them. The Liberty Dollar group maintains it is protecting the right of every American to use or barter any "money" they may voluntarily agree to utilize. They point out that anybody can lawfully barter a dozen eggs for five pounds of sugar without fear of government interference, as an example. The group even quotes Andrew Williams, a spokesman for the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., as saying, "There is no law that says goods and services must be paid for with Federal Reserve notes. Parties entering into a transaction can establish any medium of exchange that is agreed upon." Bernard von NotHaus, the monetary architect of the Liberty Dollar, labels the U.S. government/U.S. Mint's allegation that the use of the Liberty Dollar is criminal as completely misguided. "The Liberty Dollar organization has never claimed that its new gold and silver currency was a 'coin' or 'legal tender.' For over eight years, the Liberty Dollar has prospered from the fact that people could use any 'private voluntary currency' they chose. The Liberty Dollar organization has simply benefited from the differences between the debt-based U.S. dollar and a value-based currency." Von NotHaus concludes, "There is absolutely no violation of U.S. law." Von NotHaus points out that the government forced the lawsuit upon itself. "We had to sue the U.S. Mint, because this unfair and illegal warning was killing the Liberty Dollar and the ideals it represents. We're a relatively small group that can't afford to be smeared by the umpteen billion US dollars of the federal government. It has seriously impacted our business" Von NotHaus finds hope in the fates of other companies who withstood attacks
from the federal government and won. "Just like FedEx, I expect the Liberty
Dollar to win this suit, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: ALERT: Liberty Dollar sues the US MintYour urgent assistance is requested: On Tuesday, March 20, the Liberty Dollar filed suit against the U.S. Mint in U.S. District Court in Evansville Indiana. The organization asked the court to declare that the use of the Liberty Dollar is not a 'federal crime,' as claimed by the U.S. Mint. And the organization further asked the court to enter a permanent injunction against the U.S. Mint requiring it to remove any reference that the use of Liberty Dollars is a federal crime from its website. Of course the US Mint allegation is not the law, in fact, it is a lie. The federal lawsuit Bernard von NotHaus individually and d/b/a Liberty Dollar v. Henry M. Paulson, Jr, Secretary of the Treasury, Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, and Edmond C. Moy, Director, United States Mint can be viewed by clicking the link. Trust me, this lawsuit is no small matter. Nor is the cost. Initially estimated at $100,000 - we simply have no idea what the actual total cost will be. But it is not cheap to sue the US government that makes their money out of thin air and pays their attorneys with your income tax dollars. Please let me be blunt, honest and to the point: We need your help, please.
For more info and to make a small donation to this important case, please click
HERE. I know not how you may decide but for me: Give me Liberty Dollars - or give me death. For it is only by banding together and adopting a free and independent currency which provides us with "just weights and measures" will we be able to throw off the yoke of a manipulated monetary/tax system and generate a peaceful and prosperous society. Thank you again for all your efforts to return America to value - one dollar at a time! Bernard von NotHaus |