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Marine arrested for Facebook posts ordered to be released by Circuit Court judge
Today, the Rutherford Institute in released statements stated that an unexpected ruling handed down today by Circuit Court Judge Allan Sharrett, the judge dismissed the government’s case against Brandon Raub, the former Marine who was arrested by local policeand FBI agents, detained in a psychiatric ward and forced to undergo psychological evaluations based solely on the controversial nature of lines from song lyrics, political messages, and virtual card games which he posted to his private Facebook page.
The Paulding County Republican Examiner has been following this case since Raub’sdetention.
They said that Judge Sharrett dismissed the petition for involuntary commitment on the grounds that the petition “is so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy.”
John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute stated that Raub is expected to be released immediately.
“This is a great victory for the First Amendment and the rule of law,” said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute. “Brandon Raub was arrested with no warning, targeted for doing nothing more than speaking out against the government, detained against his will, and isolated from his family, friends and attorneys. These are the kinds of things that take place in totalitarian societies. Today, at least, Judge Allan Sharrett proved that justice can still prevail in America.” MORE
h/t Huckleberry
OozleFanoozle
August 25th, 2012
Thank God for our Constitution.
The enemy is inside the gate now. Let’s hope we can clean up this mess at the next election.
Jack Daniels
August 25th, 2012
Great is the need for more judges like this.
J-Mac
August 25th, 2012
This was a shark bump.
Billy Fuster
August 25th, 2012
So, if he was a muslum devoted to jihad he would have had a free pass? And what was the content? WHERE’S THE REPORTING HERE?
Bob M.
August 25th, 2012
Expect the judge to reverse himself, once his family suddenly goes on unexpected… “vacation.”
Eric Holder’s ‘rule,’ are NOT OUR rules…
>:-(
Immortal Fish
August 25th, 2012
We talk about fearing the government doing things like this.
And then the government does something like this.
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August 25th, 2012
Let’s
hopeget walking door-to-door educating the public about what a subversive POS admin we have so we can clean up this mess at the next election.hanoverfist
August 25th, 2012
Song lyrics?
You mean like N.W.A.’s Fluke the Police?
Xavier
August 25th, 2012
I’m looking forward to meeting you iOTW people IRL at the reeducation camps. Maybe we’ll have special stamps so we can recognize each other.
jwm
August 25th, 2012
Warning- the link goes to a minefield of pop-up ads.
Dear internet:
A pop-up ad, or auto-play signifies my very last visit to your site.
JWM
I'm Your Huckleberry
August 25th, 2012
here’s a link to the outfit that was defending him.
..https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/tri_in_the_news/facebook_posting_marine_veteran_released_from_hospital..
Corona
August 25th, 2012
@JWM
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Absolute muddjuice
August 25th, 2012
Kind of OT
I was told by my Sgt. Yesterday to remove this tag line from my police dept. email:
May God bless and keep you
I was told it was because of the separation of church and state and an impending lawsuit against our city for a church on its city seal.
I then read recent emails from my chief that had the terms “God bless” and “say a prayer” in them.
The persecution is getting worse folks…..
jus askin yo
August 25th, 2012
what? this didn’t come from
We are
gulagbound dot com
Roscoe P. Soultrane
August 25th, 2012
@Bob M: “Expect the judge to reverse himself, once his family suddenly goes on unexpected… “vacation.””
Nah, not necessary. The guy has already been involuntarily committed. He’s basically forever barred from owning or buying firearms, good luck with future job applications, etc. Dude’s pretty well fucked.
MaryfromMarin
August 25th, 2012
@muddjuice–
What are you going to do? Can you put it into the body of your message, so it isn’t technically a “tagline”? Can you put it on as a sort of letterhead? Can you write it in a foreign language, or maybe pig latin? Have some graphic artist [BFH?] put it into a clever logo?
Just trying to think up some stop-gap civil disobedience stuff for you.
MaryfromMarin
August 25th, 2012
@Xavier–
I don’t know about others here, but you’ll recognize me by the scrape marks on my heels, and my hoarse voice.
Absolute muddjuice
August 25th, 2012
@ MaryfromMarin
Well, for now I removed it and here’s why. The email is owned by the city and not me so they can dictate what is or is not on it. That’s not a cop out.
I have long told my wife that the day is soon approaching that I will be told to renounce my religion or get out of government work. This is but the first step.
I will come up with some sort of phrase to put in my tag line. Maybe quote a president or put the national motto on it.
For now, I started compiling a list of biblical or Godly references by the fed govt, on buildings and monuments.
Have you heard of the proposed bill from the 111th Congress (house res 397) from May of 2009?
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres397/text.
Check it out to see a great list of our biblical, Christian heritage……
MaryfromMarin
August 25th, 2012
@muddjuice–
I would never accuse you of a cop out! Just throwing out a couple of little ideas.
Hang in there. The very presence of someone like you, a man of principle and integrity, is more effective than any tagline.
Absolute muddjuice
August 25th, 2012
@ MaryfromMarin
I’m hoping you’re right. But in the 14 years I’ve been there, I’ve seen an increase in persecution. Most of it subtle, now becoming more overt.
I was told by a Lt to “leave my faith at the door” when I come to work. I refused…..
MaryfromMarin
August 25th, 2012
@muddjuice–
“Leave your faith at the door”–as if you could!
I will keep you in my prayers.
As was written in the note handed to Eric Liddell just before his race in the 1924 Olympics in Paris: “As it says in the good book, ‘Those who honor me, I will honor’ [I Samuel 2:30].