tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094628.post2970195374137971587..comments2023-10-25T08:25:30.906-05:00Comments on Constitution: Mistakes made regarding "sovereign citizens"Jon Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009899449185140706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094628.post-45448307706150224122011-05-23T09:25:03.861-05:002011-05-23T09:25:03.861-05:00Great article, as usual. In law school, we did no...Great article, as usual. In law school, we did not study territorial jurisdiction as a stand-alone concept. It's subsumed under personal jurisdiction and not distinguished therefrom except as it relates to in rem and quasi in rem jurisdiction, mostly after Pennoyer v. Neff.<br /><br />The idea that an unconstitutional law is not enforceable ab initio was not considered, probably because this does not lead to the compliance and conformance that makes the status quo possible and ensures the administration, faculty and law school staff pay checks continue to appear.<br /><br />The point that venue is not part of jurisdiction was made clearly. However, I noted that most students did not seem to grasp the distinction. <br /><br />Further, these issues are taught in first year law school as a first term subject (often called Civil Procedure and Practice) and, as such, is not well understood by the doe-eyed, frightened 1Ls who have almost nothing to prepare them for this somewhat-complex subject and are simply trying to survive their first year.<br /><br />The truth is that law school simply runs thousands of people through a mill designed to produce cookie-cutter, mediocre results which is all that's needed for a legal system that has as little to do with justice and fairness as the current medical system has to do with health and wellness.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229614188199216715noreply@blogger.com