Entries Tagged as ‘Trusts’

April 11, 2009

Indictment of Former Illinois Governor Blagojevich

It would be hard to chose the five most illuminating documents I’ve read in the past decade.  But if I had to make that choice, the Indictment of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagovich would be one of the “Chosen Five”.  That indictment has given me more insight and understanding than almost any other document I’ve [...]

April 9, 2009

2008 USA v Benson permanent injunction

In A.D. 1985, Bill Benson and Red Beckman co-authored “The Law that Never Was”–a 2-volume book that presented extensive and convincing evidence that the 16th Amendment (which presumably created constitutional authority for the income tax) was never lawfully ratified.  More recently, Bill Benson used that book as part of a package which helped people to [...]

August 10, 2008

“Contracting to obtain labor” vs “hiring for employment in the United States”

The following section of Title 8 (“Aliens & Nationality) offers some very interesting insight into the difference between “contracting for labor” and “hiring for employment”. It appears that “contracting to obtain labor” might take place at law without the singular “United States” while “hiring for employement” may always take place in equity and [...]

June 17, 2008

The Social Trust Concept

You can sometimes learn more about our legal system by reading foreign publications than by reading domestic court cases. What is hidden in this country can be common knowledge overseas. What follows is an excerpt (plus my inserted comments) from a graduate paper written in A.D. 2005 by Mwiza Jo Nkhata Jr.–a Ugandan law student.
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