[e-gold-list] GATA on Bernard's metallic disk lawsuit

[James M. Ray]

Referencing the recent action on Bernard's anticipatory
lawsuit, but I like his words, so minus the gigantic sigfile
I'm going to put them here, too. Like many around these
parts, Chris Powell has guts & tells the truth.
JMR



Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

After requiring several delays, the U.S. Mint at last has responded to 
Liberty Dollar's federal lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that 
use of Liberty Dollar's metallic disks (we mustn't say "coins") in 
barter transactions is legal and not the federal crime the Mint 
claimed it to be last September.

The Mint's legal brief, filed in U.S. District Court in Evansville, 
Indiana, has been posted at the Liberty Dollar Internet site here:

http://www.libertydollar.org/legal/pdf/7-19-07_support_motion_dismiss.pd...

The Mint's brief is all argument over legal procedure and jurisdiction 
and never touches the issue underlying the dispute. But the brief does 
conclude with some wonderful hypocrisy.

Referring to Liberty Dollar's proprietor, Bernard von NotHaus, the 
Mint writes: "At the core of Von NotHaus' complaint is his desire to 
anticipate and to circumvent the criminal justice system."

But of course the purpose of the Mint's declaration last September 
(http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=HotItems) 
that using Liberty Dollars in barter is a federal crime was ITSELF to 
"circumvent the criminal justice system."

For if the Mint was sincere in its claim of criminality, it could have 
had von NotHaus or any Liberty Dollar user arrested any time in the 
last nine months and sought to settle the issue at a criminal trial 
instead of resorting to mere threat and intimidation.

Indeed, your secretary/treasurer met von NotHaus two days ago to 
discuss Liberty Dollar's struggle to keep an independent metallic 
currency available to the American public, and he expressed his 
willingness to be arrested and even serve a few years in prison if 
necessary in defense of the individual rights at stake here.

(Some members of GATA's Board of Directors might be willing to stand 
with von NotHaus in this campaign, having themselves woken up in jail 
a few times in defense of less specific rights.)

In any case, Liberty Dollar's fight against overbearing and 
manipulative government seems pretty close to GATA's own fight, so 
we're happy to publicize it. Note particularly that to raise money for 
its legal fund Liberty Dollar is offering a 1-ounce silver Liberty 
Dollar for every legal fund donation of $25. It's a beautiful coi... 
-- Whoops! Sorry, Attorney General Gonzales! -- metal disk reminiscent 
of the sort of money a certain great North American republic had 
before its imperial wars started to get out of hand in 1965.

You can learn about Liberty Dollar's legal fund and obtain defense 
Liberties here:

http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/legal/legalissues.htm

It's a good cause and probably a good investment too, since in a few 
months an ounce of silver well may carry a dollar price greater than 
the price now being charged for defense Liberties.

The more financially able Liberty Dollar is to resist the government's 
intimidation in court, the less likely the government is to keep 
picking on Liberty Dollar ... and the rest of us.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.




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