Appreciate Your Founding Fathers and Due Process

We hear a minor group of people that seek to indoctrinate the naïve, and ignorant alleging that our Founding Fathers were corrupt and evil men. Far from it.  They fled Europe to escape the corruption. They sought a new land to establish a new system. A system improved upon from the Old world of Europe.  A prior land of tyranny. A land where the elites of their time had persecuted, and stolen from mankind freedom of every kind. When the Founding Fathers arrived, the memories of what had transpired in Europe were fresh and ingrained in their minds.  Thus, after bloodshed of many including their own, later arose a Constitution.  A contract with mankind and God. A contract designed to guide a nation. And what a contract it was. Dwell on this:

The Origin of Due Process

          In the Middle ages, I mean the 12th through the 15th century tyranny ruled England and France.  Kings existed. The procedure had been that the king leased land-holds to nobles. Nobels controlled their regions by knights and soldiers.  What happened for a period was that the king of England, “King John,” was seeking to expand his great region by starting foreign wars. Well that all sounds familiar, does it not?  In the process the king was imposing more taxes on the nobles, and others that controlled territories, (sounds even more familiar does it not?).

            In the event of raising taxes, King John began seizing lands from the nobles for failure to pay taxes.  Does this sound ever so common in today’s times?  Gods Word Ecclesiasts 1:8-11 God says, “there is nothing new under the sun, for what has happened before repeats itself.”  The response to this tyranny was that there almost was a civil war. A real war, not simply just a threat of a war. So concerned about the survival of this tyrannical government that King John called a meeting to appease the prospect of war. In Runnymede, England in the year 1215 the first Magna Carta was signed to create peace. Others later followed.

The Magna Carta

Due Process

            The product or essence of the Magna Carta was that there would be a procedure. A process. A manner of dealing with taxes, and issues as they impacted the noble elites. Lands would not be seized without proper procedure.  It guaranteed that elect group of elite’s protections.  Well, that appeased the nobles, but what about the masses? No, they were basically on their own. The government could still run basically rough shot over them. You see, in that era there were two classes, the King; and the elites. Everyone else was a peasant. No matter how hard you tried, your destiny was chosen at birth.  Your color did not control your destiny.  It was impossible for this lower class to get ahead absent birth of privilege. There were no rights or chances of advancement.  Thus, eventually  some people with limited means escaped. Monies were borrowed and some escaped this unfortunate destiny.

            Obviously seeking to escape this life were many. Some of those became our Founding Fathers. Not quite poor, but not Kings or noble leaders. Men of some means that worked to rise about the lowest of the low. Some were born into a higher class and a few struggled to get to a most modest level.

            Yet arriving here, England followed.  Desperate to escape the grip of England, many of those arriving died. They thereupon took it upon themselves to create our Constitution. In it they drafted the Due Process Clause to our Constitution. The Fourth Amendment.  Why? They wanted to pass onto us, the common man, the privileges only few in England had secured. What they did was to take the privileges of procedure that the nobles had within elite class and through the Magna Carta and blew it up on steroids so to speak.  The Magna Carta,  blossomed into a rights for all people and not simply the elites. Thus, when we are accused of a crime, we too have specific privileges that developed originally from the Magna Carta. However, those rights were expanded for us all, rich or poor.

Due Process Today//

The Fourth Amendment

            When our savey Founding Fathers created our Constitution, they created a special rule for us all.  Well, all of the principles are for us, but one is of great mention.  The Fourth Amendment is our Magna Carta clause. A clause for all, and yet much more extensive. There exists a rule of procedure born from past hardship. It governs the rights of discovery. Rights of procedure. It embodies a burden of proof imposed on the State. No more summary accusations and a verdict. It governs a right to a jury trial, and more.  The State must prove guilt. The defendant is not burdened with establishing his innocence. Pretty damn great! 

            You may ask why does the State have to prove guilt in a crime and why is it to the highest standard authorized by law? Because our Founding Fathers decided that freedom is a premium. It is not money and is above all of what man can possess. Thus, in criminal cases, the State must prove one’s guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. This is the highest standard which exists in the world today. Yet, still people degrade our Founding Fathers. How ignorant and deceptive.

            Yet, some within society today, seek to strip us of these privileges, declaring a bunch of racists created the very document.  Why?  All for their power and position.  What a slanderous statement and a degrading act against us all.  To disguise this mindset under a principle of social justice, or anything else, is an act against our Constitution.

Your Rights &

Our Firm

            If you’re accused of a crime, I seek to protect your very freedom. Do not assume that the State is invariably your friend. They don’t mind compromising your rights for their convenience. When I select a jury, I tell potential jurors these very facts. It seems to be appreciated and understood more clearly. Potential Jurors seem to understand more, and appreciate why they are there.   The potential jury learns what duty they serve, and what is truly imposed on the State. This is so valuable to your life and my own. Remember how we got here and know your rights. I hope you appreciate these words and help that you too seek to protect the freedoms we all share. Call me at your time of need.

                                                                                    /s/Jeffrey W. Wiggs, Esq.

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