Over the years I have faced severe injustices numerous times over. Time and time again, I have been told the same thing, “find a private attorney.”
Anyway, I developed this legal self-help website for years prior to making it my Honors Project at Des Moines Area Community College in spring 2023 with Professor Lisa Ash. it is still a work-in-progress, but it is my hope to be able to hire a team to finish fleshing the website out. At this time, know that it is a student project. I am not a lawyer – just a Citizen using the First Amendment – use at your own risk, and I hope you find it useful!
www.ReUniteTheStates.org contains:
- Thousands of legal term definitions organized by category – The site uses Ballantine’s and Black’s Law Dictionaries, which are recommenced on the US Court of Federal Claims’ website – so you know the definitions found throughout the site are credible. Compare the simplicity this website to opening up any law dictionary – you’ll find the website much more user-friendly.
- Federal Rules of Procedure simplified – this unfinished section of the website untangles the very-confusing Federal Rules of Procedure, and turns them into a DIY step-by-step walkthrough – including attaching direct links to court forms from UScourts.gov in places where they are needed.
- A section on holding public officials accountable
State of Iowa – Iowa Rules of (Courtroom) Procedure – simplified! – there are 309 Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, 63 Rules of Evidence, and 89 Rules of Criminal Procedure. Iowa’s judicial system has been made far too complex for the average Citizen to be able to figure out how to use. Abraham Lincoln said, “The People are the rightful masters of the courts.” How can we be the “rightful masters” when the courts have been made so complex no one can figure out how to access them? As Iowa’s Governor, I will continue to work to help make Iowa’s court system more easily accessible for non-attorneys.
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