Chapter 262: Let's Go Forward! truth
"Well...... Edward pondered for a moment, "it seems that we will have to go through the legal route." This case is not big, but in terms of nature, it is quite bad. ”
"That's right! Very bad! The two fruit lovers nodded in unison, and the posture was really very spirited.
"Okay, then that's what I'm going to do." Once the general policy is settled, the next step is the specific tactical steps, which is where the lawyer is most valuable and professional.
Edward's mind spun quickly, and he came up with two solutions in an instant.
One active, one passive.
Let's start with the passive and go on the defensive: as long as one person is punished for violating this ordinance, then Edward will defend him/her from a constitutional point of view.
But Edward himself preferred an offensive approach, and as soon as the bill was published, he acted as a lawyer to immediately sue the legality of the ordinance from a constitutional point of view.
As he always believes, offense is the best defense, and instead of defending his client, it is better to let the opponent become the defendant first.
I have to say that this very bad routine is very effective, at least Rustberg admits that the offensive approach will work better, and it is more in line with her usual aggressive style in court.
Seeing her eagerness, Edward felt that when it was time to appear in court, Roseberg would like to go to court in person to kill.
Although the Federal Park Service also maintains a large number of "legal advisers" (government lawyers), this is not a wealthy yamen, and the lawyers are of average quality, and most of them are gilded, if it is really against Rustberg......
Edward thought something was going to happen.
The master and apprentice agreed.
However, prompted by the lawyer's professional ethics, Edward still truthfully informed the other party of the advantages and disadvantages of both options.
Although the offensive plan is refreshing, the shortcomings are also obvious, and it takes a long time and is very long......
Cases involving the Constitution are inherently troublesome, and the targets of the prosecution are federal government agencies, and although the lawyers raised by the latter are not very capable, they are also professionals, and they may not go to court, but they will do everything possible to drag the lawsuit through reasonable methods to consume the patience of appeal.
For example, in the principle of jurisdiction, lawsuits in Massachusetts are under the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit, but the Federal Park Administration is in Washington, so it can ask a special circuit court to hear it.
Others such as temporary change of trial counsel, requests for more detailed information from the prosecution department, etc., anyway, these guys are paid, and they wish the case dragged on as long as possible.
But the residents of Trullo can't wait, knowing that the decree is still in force during this trial, which means that people may not be able to walk around naked for five years.
And there's also the concern that if the Federal Parks Service loses, they'll definitely send a pleadings to the High Court, which the justices tend to take on because of their penchant for focusing on constitutional cases.
After the case enters the Supreme Court, it is normal for it to drag on for a few more years.
This is clearly unacceptable.
As for the defensive strategy, it is not so troublesome.
Let's say Steve is fined $25 for running naked, and either he pays the fine on the spot or he can go to a local lower court, which can go to court at will.
At this time, Edward can strike hard as a defense lawyer, and the judges of the lower courts, who specialize in handling small fines, were all scumbags back then, and being a judge is just a mess, and his business ability is a mess, and he will definitely not be able to do a Yale elite like him.
The judge can of course force the sentence, and Steve must pay the fine.
But then Edward can appeal on this, whether it goes to the Second Circuit Court or the Special Circuit Court, the initiative is with him.
In addition, the target of the lawsuit will be changed from the previous "laws and regulations that violate the spirit of the Constitution" to "precedents that violate the spirit of the Constitution", and the difficulty will be much lower.
The trouble with the former lies in the fact that it seems simple to fundamentally argue that the "Prohibition of Fruit Body Order" is illegal from the legal theory, but in practice there will be many professional obstacles, and the prosecution and defense will fight in court about the similarities and differences in the understanding of the legislative concepts of the founding sages, and quote each other to explain each other's absurdity and arrogance.
The latter is much simpler, as long as it is proved that the specific act is unconstitutional.
It is equivalent to having an additional practical gripper, which will save Edward a lot of effort. The downside is that the scene will be dull, but the efficiency is amazing, and if you are lucky, you can end the battle in two or three court sessions.
All things considered, of course, you have to choose the latter, after all, the time saved can be spent on your own teacher, isn't it fragrant?
Roseberg is indeed quite fragrant, she has a habit of using perfume, but Edward went to her house more and found that the shower gel shampoo used by Rustberg was fragrance-free, but after bathing, she had a faint and very good smell......
Ruthberg couldn't agree more with his analysis.
After discussing with each other, Steve and Lee said tragically, "Is it necessary to stump civil disobedience?" ”
Civil disobedience is the deliberate violation of a minor law in protest.
Edward nodded, "I'm afraid that's all I can do......"
"God, I've never even driven over the speed limit in my life...... I'm a decent person who has always obeyed the law...... "Steve is wailing" and now being fined for a decades-old tradition! ”
Lee Bucksundell was calmer than him, but he also had a sympathetic expression.
They were decent middle-class people who never had the idea of breaking the law.
"Lee, it seems that for the sake of freedom, we can only do this......"
"Yes, Steve, I don't think we have a choice......"
Their hands clasped tightly, and they looked each other in the eye before embracing each other......
Edward held his forehead and sighed: "Isn't it just Goben, as for you, I don't know that you think you are going to participate in Doolittle's Tokyo raid......"
"Both, I have to warn you, if you really plan to do this, you'd better get together a few more people, of course, not too many, less than ten, I think it's a more appropriate number." Ruthberg reminded.
"Well, Steve, let's just eight people, four on your side, four on my side."
"Okay, four men and four women, this is more in line with the principle of gender equity" Steve Williams thought thoughtfully, "Yes, all skin tones must be present!" ”
"I wish you guys, uh...... No, I wish us success......" Edward ordered the eviction.
That night, he slept in his study, and his heart was full of trouble.
On the one hand, it's because the case is really funny.
On the other hand, after the two left, he took the mother and daughter to the town for dinner, and along the way, Judith held Lustberg's hand firmly with a tiger face.
Look at it like this, and there should be no illusions tonight.
Anyway...... The day is long.
For two months during the summer vacation, Roseberg was willing to stay in Cape Cod until school started, and of course she had a good reason: "I think Judith will love the sea and the beach, she has never been to the sea, and this time she should be allowed to play through and through......"
Everything still looks pretty good, doesn't it?
At nine o'clock the next morning, Edward slept soundly because it was a vacation.
However, he was woken up by an inexplicably loud buzz and noise.
The lifted the blanket and walked out of the room in a rage, trying to find the dream-disturbing guy - it sounded like three lawnmowers were working at the same time, and he was also in a daze, knowing that the beach was outside the window......
He was dumbfounded by the situation......
Cape Cod is a relatively remote town, and the security is very good, so it is very quiet.
Can ...... now
There was at least one helicopter in the sky, as well as two small single-engine planes, circling back and forth......
“?? Is it a joint pursuit by the police in the open field? This kind of thing is very common in New York, helicopters and police cars are enough to drive any criminal into a state of panic, and in the end he will either hit or plunge headlong into a dead end, and he still hasn't come to his senses, and for a while he thought he was in New York.
"No, it looks like the Federal Park Service is really here......" Rustberg sighed as she was clearly woken up as well, and it was obvious to the naked eye that getting out of bed made her face look terrible.
“???!!” Edward rubbed his face as he desperately as he woke up from his semi-sleepwalking state.
Looking around again, I noticed that it had changed a lot......
It's not just airplanes in the sky.
The ground is also lively.
There are police patrols on tall horses, and ATVs are patrolling not far away.
And their patrol routes...... Well, Edward saw Rustberg holding a telescope in his hand, so he leaned over from behind, and skillfully clasped his hands around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder, "What are you looking at?" ”
"I've taught Judith how to play with knives, you better be careful, she's more talented at this than I was...... If a knife is stabbed in your ass based on her height and age, you will only bleed for nothing......" said so, or handed the glasses to him.
"FXXK" Edward looked through his glasses, and immediately blurted out that there were a few more mobile homes on top of the large sand dunes that the locals were proud of.
He recognized this thing, the scientific name of the radio monitoring post, set up in a high place, where the information of aircraft, vehicles, and mounted police was gathered, and then it was used to give orders and command and dispatch.
"Is this going to be a world war?" He was indignant, "Dealing with a group of unbearable residents who are being harassed by, using so much high technology? Is this the Federal Park Administration or the FBI? If the Russians had been so diligent in dealing with them, I would have estimated that the KGB would have gone bankrupt because of the amount of funeral subsidies to be paid......"
Don't blame him for being full of trash talk, this battle is indeed a bit excessive.
Dealing with unarmed civilians, can you commit the trinity of land, sea and air?
By the way, there are several speedboats on the sea, apparently going for fruit swimmers.
"I kind of understand why federal funding is always underfunded, and officials keep asking Congress to increase the budget......" Lustberg couldn't help but say strange things, which are very rare in normal times.
"Cape Cod has become Normandy?" Edward was shaken by the shock.
This kind of joint dispatch of land, sea and air, coupled with advanced electromagnetic control, to be honest, I know that in the early 90s of this world, the military exercises of a certain major country in the East were not so magnanimous......
And in the United States, it is used to deal with bare-bottomed people......
Steve Williams and Lee Bucksandel hurried over from afar.
Edward continued to maintain his posture, apparently swearing sovereignty to someone of Italian descent.
"Ed......" Rushberg was a little embarrassed, in New Haven, the two of them had more excessive actions than this, but this intimacy was exposed to others for the first time.
Edward pondered that he had to maintain his sanctimonious lawyer persona for now, so he coughed, let go of his claws, and shouted at the two men from afar, "Good morning, gentlemen." ”
He had to be loud, because the roar of the helicopter in the sky was too loud.
Steve Williams had a good eye, obviously he had just seen everything, but the Apennine boy had always thought about it, and quickly left Rushberg behind, after all, this is Cape Cod, and there are big fruit girls......
"Damn, Lawrence Hadley, this bastard, is here to really ......" Lee Buck Sandel was obviously angry, "He's demonstrating to us again, this is the pretext of the law to oppress the demand for freedom!" ”
A professor who studies Marxist aesthetics is obviously really mad when he says this.
"Okay, Lee, now is not the time to talk about this, I have the manpower here ready" Steve was very thunderous "What about you here?" ”
"Well, I'm fine here...... All are good citizens without any bad records......"
"There are even police officers on patrol...... "Rushberg looked helpless.
As far as the eye can see, many police officers are patrolling in pairs, and the combination is very interesting, a man and a woman.
Not to work without getting tired, apparently to target this group of bare-ass guys - it must be the same sex when enforcing the law to avoid related legal problems.
But someone bit his lip and thought about a question: "This is a bare LES or, is it necessary to follow the principle of same-sex law enforcement?" What if it's a T-sexual who is a male biologically but psychologically female? This is really a problem for civilized society. ”
The others, including Rushberg, were apparently not as far-sighted as he was, and the three were discussing with each other how to resist tyranny.
"Well, in the face of the enforcers armed to the teeth, the citizens of the great United States are determined...... Resist with a bare ass as a weapon...... It's so exciting......" Edward gritted his teeth, trying not to laugh out loud......
Three days later, on July 4, 1969, the 193rd anniversary of the founding of the great United States was celebrated.
Cape Cod Beach National Park is still heavily guarded, with planes in the sky, speedboats in the sea, police horses and ATVs on the beach.
On this day, the eight honorary and exemplary residents of the town of Truro resolved to defend the laws laid down by the founding fathers of the United States by their deeds......
The four men and four women, after entering the gate of the national park, immediately took off all their clothes, and the whole process took only three seconds, which made Edward amazed, and felt that "only the hand is familiar" is really a famous saying.
Then they walked hand in hand to the beach, singing "Can you hear the people singing?" 》
It's a bit hard to describe......
Edward and Rustberg followed in good clothes so that legal assistance could be provided at all times......