Ammon Bundy is an 'originalist' just like Antonin Scalia, says defense

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Ammon Bundy is an 'originalist' just like Antonin Scalia, says defense

Motion to dismiss charges against Oregon standoff leader call him a
peaceful protester sharing constitutional views with the late supreme
court justice

Sam Levin in San Francisco
Monday 9 May 2016 20.06 BST

Oregon standoff leader Ammon Bundy was a peaceful protester advocating the constitutional beliefs of US supreme court justices Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia, according to the jailed activist’s formal defense filed on Monday.

Bundy’s motion to dismiss the federal charges that he led a violent conspiracy against the government with an armed occupation of a wildlife refuge lays the groundwork for a trial that could have a lasting impact on the controversial land-use movement in the west.

On 2 January, Bundy, 40, led a group of activists into the Malheur national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the federal government’s treatment of local ranchers. The protesters, some of whom were heavily armed, took over a number of public buildings at the refuge headquarters, launching a standoff with federal authorities that dragged on for 41 days.

Bundy and two-dozen other activists were eventually arrested and now face serious felony charges for using “force” and “threats” to impede the government, which could lead some of them to spend decades behind bars.

“Contrasted with shallow and uninformed media portrayals and government hyperbole, Ammon is not an ‘extremist’ and is not a member of any militia, patriot group, or political land protest organization,” Bundy’s attorneys wrote in the filing. “Mr Bundy is not a ... so-called ‘sovereign citizen,’ and he does not hold anti-government views.”

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/09/ammon-bundy-oregon-militia-standoff-antonin-scalia

[Ohio Joe]

1. What he is, is a terrorist

Lock the fucker up and let us never hear his bullshit again.

[0rganism]

2. there you go, Trump's 1st SCOTUS nominee

i knew all the talk about Judge Judy was premature

[gratuitous]

3. Peaceful protestors are always armed to the hilt

I don't think it's a very good strategy, waving Justice Scalia's name around. But you go with the whackos you have, not the whackos you want. Also, claiming that Ammon Bundy and his gang aren't extremists or anti-government is just plain lying. It's not clear from the story whether this filing was in the Oregon or the Nevada case, but Judge Brown in Oregon isn't going to like it very much. I hope the next time Mr. Bundy's lawyers appear before her they've packed a toothbrush in case they need to spend a night in lock-up for being such lying liars.

[catnhatnh]

4. I don't care if Mr. Bundy claims he is a round tailed ground squirrel

with an occluded overbite, he needs to answer for his actions, not his proclivities.

[UTUSN]

5. What he is, is an a-hole, an Originalist A-hole just like A-hole SCALIA N/T

[Major Nikon]

6. Channels Posse Comitatus bullshit and then claims he isn't an anti-government nutbag