Liberty-Lover,
This is a very important matter. I strongly encourage you to read it and spread it around to all your contacts (and make sure that if you forward the email, this portion is at the top of the email).
Legal Action
The county attorney in Flathead County has prosecuted citizens of Montana with a felony carrying up to 20 years in prison for activity that even lawyers in the Montana’s Department of Health and Human Services, who are charged with administering the Medical Marijuana Act, believe is lawful. (But they won’t publically state so because of fear of political punishment from mainly the republican party.)
Yet, the criminal prosecution is pursued under draconian felony criminal statutes against those who are (at the least) acting in good faith under the Medical Marijuana Act. Compare: even a distributor of other controlled (prescription) substances who illegally delivers such drugs commits only a misdemeanor (See, Section 37-7-603, MCA). The effect of this is too serious for those who want to have the protection of Montana law.
Thus, I filed a suit against Ed Corrigan, the county attorney (see attached), to have the court rule on the issues raised concerning a caregiver’s rights under the MMA. Among other responses, Corrigan filed a motion for summary judgment to get my action dismissed and to get the court to rule that the issues I raised are answered in the negative.
In response to Corrigan’s motion for summary judgment, I prepared and filed the brief attached in the case, Montana Marijuana Growers Association v. Corrigan, DV-11-338.
Spread the Brief
Spread this email around and get people educated. This case is not about marijuana. It is about the lawfulness of the government arresting and prosecuting citizens of Montana who want to have the protection of the law. This effects everyone because it could be another law that is unlawfully enforced against you or your children.
We need strong morale and support of this action--and others. For there are many other issues relative to state and federal government action against citizens of Montana—things the media doesn’t tell you—things I learn about only in the practice of law—the media seems to only tell you how bad marijuana is so the people will not pay attention to the injustices perpetrated against those “dopers”.
Contribution
We need funding for this case. I took this case in good faith that there would be people willing to raise the money to pay for my attorney work I am doing, given the seriousness of the issue. I received just over $3,000.00 at the beginning of this case (the court costs alone have reached $500.00), and that retainer amount is getting low given the amount of work that I have put into this case as is reflected by this brief’s detail alone. There is much more to do.
Please, donate to this matter. Any amount will help, and many hands make light work. You can make your check out to Baldwin Law Offices, PA.
A Moral Attorney is Important in a Free Society
I’ve been belittled and called “that attorney who represents ‘dopers’”. Well, if there are no attorneys willing to represent those people in society that are labeled as “outcasts”, what will you do when you are considered the “outcast” and what attorney will be willing to take your unpopular case? If an attorney like me cannot get support from the community on such an important matter, then it is likely that an attorney like me will not be able to help you in your case when you are targeted.
Contact people you know who believe in the cause of limiting state and federal government to its lawful place that we need more contributions for this case and others like it that need to be filed against the federal government.
Further Significance of MMGA v. Corrigan: Montana Sovereignty/Limit Federal Government
If we can prevail on this case, it will help tremendously in combatting federal usurpation of the people’s rights in Montana. Again, this is not about marijuana. This is about liberty, state sovereignty and self-governance.
Whether or not you agree with the medical marijuana act is not the point. The point is for all government to be bound by the law and for the federal government to respect Montana’s right to govern itself. As long as the state of Montana does not protect the rights of Montanans, the federal government will be able to come into our state all day long and arrest, search and seize all the people and property they want.
If you do not believe me, I’d love for you to study the federal forfeiture laws and see what they can do to your propertywithout due process of law. (This is another action I want to bring on behalf of the people of Montana.)
If we cannot regulate our own health and plants and activities relative thereto, then we can’t regulate any other issue and Montana is just a county of the ONE-STATE-AMERICA. It may be YOUR pet issue that is usurped by the federal government one day.
This is the time to stand together. Please help us.
In Liberty,
Tim Baldwin
1001 S. Main St.
PO Box 1520
PO Box 1520
Kalispell, MT 59903
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