Comments on: “Efforts under way to convene ‘common law grand juries'” https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-260594 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:12:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-260594 Boy, Paul. that is just the stupidest thing I have read all week. I am gonna convene a grand jury against you if you convene one against me or someone I like.

]]> By: Paul Stramer https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-260411 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:12:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-260411 Actually this is happening all around the country right now, and it’s not all sponsored by this National Liberty Alliance group.

Here is a bird’s eye view.

http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/grandjury/

http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourpennhills/yourpennhillsmore/4616115-74/grand-common-jury#axzz2qOqOSl3h

http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/5031867-74/grand-jury-law#axzz2qOqOSl3h

http://commonlawgrandjury.com/

http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/grandjuryrules.htm

http://commonlawgrandjury.com/Misc/united%20States%20Constitution_circa%201787.pdf

http://grandjury-snohomish.weebly.com/

http://dumpdc.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-common-law-grand-jury-secessions-nuclear-weapon/

http://www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/runaway.htm

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-260235 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:05:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-260235 Not sure what the last commenter is getting at. Checking several sources on Virginia practice, I find all of them describe Virginia grand juries as summoned by courts, rather than being somehow self-summoning.

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-260216 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:06:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-260216 Actually, in Virginia, they can.

]]> By: Darrell https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-259990 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 05:48:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-259990 Walter, Dan, HFB, Doug, and I now think this is a bad idea. As soon as another 11 agree we’ll be able to form our own grand jury to indict the discontented citizens.

We’d better hurry before the discontented citizens finish their grand jury and indict us!

]]> By: Doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-259832 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:48:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-259832 Isn’t this called “stupid”?

]]> By: HFB https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-259820 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:14:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-259820 I think even a posse is organized by the sherriff…I may need to Google that! All this time I could have been organizing a posse…FML.

]]> By: Dan https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/01/efforts-way-convene-common-law-grand-juries/comment-page-1/#comment-259785 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:10:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43396#comment-259785 Isn’t that called a posse?

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