Liberty Counsel's Fight to Help Mary Susan Pine in DOJ Anti-Abortion Suit

I received this email letter from an organization I strongly support; Liberty Counsel.  I am fed up with attacks by our government on decent Americans.  With that being the case, I figured I would post this letter in its entirety.  Liberty Counsel is always in need of donations, hence the email to me.  If you have a few dollars you can send to Liberty Counsel, despite the tough financial times in which we find ourselves, please do so.  Thanks and may God bless!  - T. Paine

Liberty Counsel

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman

8/26/2010

I have a shocking story to share with you about how the Obama administration is now turning its intimidation tactics directly against ordinary citizens like you and me. Please see below and take action with us to STOP this outrageous bullying. - Mat.

T. Paine,

I just directed our Liberty Counsel defense team to represent a pro-life American who is one of the latest targets of the Obama Justice Department's Chicago-style intimidation.

Here's what happened...

For the past 20 years, Mary Susan Pine has counseled women about the physical and emotional tragedies of abortion. She counsels from her own personal experience. Pine never obstructs anyone and denies she has ever hindered any vehicle from having access to a "clinic" at which she is demonstrating.

In most respects, Mary is just like you and me. She represents tens of millions of pro-life Americans who respond courageously and compassionately to the tragedy of abortion.

Now, Mary is facing the full force of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

In a politically motivated case, Attorney General Eric Holder has filed suit against Mary. Actually, Mary's case appears to be part of a "crackdown" on pro-life demonstrators promised to pro-abortion groups after Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller was killed in 2009. Using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) for cover, Holder alleges that Pine "obstructed" a car entering a Florida abortion clinic nearly a year ago, on November 19, 2009.

Holder's suit alleges that Pine poses an immediate threat and therefore must be fined the maximum penalty of $10,000.  But it doesn't add up: If Mary's alleged offense is so egregious that it must be immediately and severely dealt with, why wait for over nine months to file a complaint?

The Obama administration is obviously sending a message to pro-life Americans - and Liberty Counsel intends to send one right back!

++Liberty Counsel is standing with Mary against the machine.

This lawsuit is politically motivated and patently frivolous. It is one of six such suits launched in the time since George Tiller's death in Wichita, Kansas.  These lawsuits have one purpose - to intimidate pro-lifers and squash legitimate protests at abortuaries.

I assure you, we will NOT allow the Attorney General to push Americans around and intimidate them solely because they hold pro-life beliefs!

When Attorney General Eric Holder should be attending to far more pressing matters (prosecuting known terrorists comes to mind), he is manufacturing baseless lawsuits against law-abiding pro-life Americans.

This is the same Attorney General who recently withdrew a case against an organization engaging in blatant voter manipulation!  This DOJ offensive against pro-life protestors is an abuse of power and an example of badly misplaced priorities.

That is why Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Mary Susan Pine - and why I need your help to send as strong a message as possible from citizens across this country that we REJECT this administration's intimidation tactics!

++ Liberty Counsel is standing at the epicenter of the battle for the soul of America.

The Obama administration's attacks on freedom loving, God- fearing Americans like Mary who cherish our nation's founding values are seemingly endless. Every day Liberty Counsel's legal team works to counter unconstitutional legislation, subversive threats on our religious and civil liberties, and overt attacks on our families.

As a result, both our legal staff and our budget are stretched like few times in our history.

That's why I'm asking for your help today.

Will you prayerfully consider making a tax-deductible gift right now so our team can continue to fight for Mary (at no expense to her) and against the rise of statism, radical pro-abortion groups, and the increasing
attacks of the ACLU and other activist legal organizations? Go here:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=31511&CID=316&RID=26046606

++The best defense against a bully is a good offense.

There are two important lessons to learn from the Obama machine's attack on our client...

First, no one is safe from the administration's intimidation tactics. President Obama's Attorney General has invested the enormous resources of the federal government in a politically- motivated and baseless lawsuit against Mary Susan Pine, a law-abiding, respectful, and compliant American citizen.

Mary could have been you, or me, or any other patriotic American.

This leads me to the second vital lesson...

As Ben Franklin said, "We must all hang together or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately." If Mary were to stand alone against the Obama machine, she would most certainly be run over and crushed in court.

That is why I am so pleased that Liberty Counsel is able to come alongside Mary and fight against this outrageous attack. And it's why I'm asking you to stand with Liberty Counsel at the end of this eventful summer of 2010.

++Facing Obama's giants.

In the twenty-year history of Liberty Counsel, I have never witnessed a more calculated and malicious assault on our pro-liberty, pro-family, pro-life core values as has been orchestrated by this morally deficient administration.

Yet, in the midst of all of it, I see a Mighty God who is greater than the giants we face.  Behind every apparent adversity there is opportunity - because, with God, all things are possible!

I firmly believe it is Liberty Counsel's duty to do everything in our power - both in the courts and the court of public opinion - to turn back these attacks against citizens like Mary. And I believe the Lord has prepared you and me to do just that!

In order to continue our vital work, our ministry relies on financial support from friends like you.

We depend of friends who give $20, $30, $50, $100 - whatever the Lord leads - so we can stay involved in these crucial battles.

Will you help at this pivotal time?

Please go here to make a tax-deductible gift:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=31512&CID=316&RID=26046606

"We The People" are taking a stand and rejecting the Obama machine's unconstitutional and politically
motivated attacks on our liberties!

THANK YOU for all you do as a key member of the Liberty Counsel team, and may God richly bless you!


Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

P.S. If Mary had been forced to stand alone against the Obama machine, she could not have lasted long. Thankfully, Liberty Counsel can defend her in court. Likewise, we must stand together to oppose the many other attacks on our liberty that the Obama/Reid/Pelosi axis of power is launching.  Please consider investing a generous gift in Liberty Counsel today and stand with me in Mary's defense!

Liberty Counsel's Petition for Job-Gate Investigation

I received the following email and am in adamant agreement with the purpose thereof. I am, consequently, copying the letter and a link to the petition in its entirety. I would encourage all of you to click on the link and sign the petition, as this arrogance in breaking federal law by our White House cannot be allowed to go unchecked!

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

My legal team has completed our initial analysis of the available evidence - and the applicable
law - surrounding the Obama Administration-Sestak job payoff. If proven true, there has been a clear violation of federal law for which there must be accountability at the very highest level. See my crucially important message below. - Mat

Late last Friday - as most of America stepped away for a long Memorial Day weekend - President Obama's team tried to bury what may prove to be the most damaging story yet to face his novice presidency.

The White House released its "investigation" of the Obama- Sestak job payoff and shortly thereafter Congressman Sestak stood before the media and told essentially the same story.

But their narratives are full of contradictions and even impossibilities - and they came forth only after the President's team had met with Joe Sestak's brother and former President Bill Clinton, the latter of whom attempted to "take the fall" for the entire sordid episode.

After months of trying to avoid the story and refusing to produce any information whatsoever, both Obama and Sestak suddenly attempted an explanation.

Except for three problems...

First, their explanation is full of inconsistencies. For example, the White House mentioned efforts in both June and July of last year to persuade Sestak to drop out of the Senate race but Congressman Sestak insisted that there was only one episode.

Second, their explanation is completely illogical. As a member of Congress, Sestak could not have legally accepted an Executive Branch appointment due to the separation of powers requirements clearly enumerated in the Constitution.

Former law professor Obama and Congressman Sestak certainly knew this basic fact.

Third, their explanation is - according to our initial legal analysis - essentially an admission that the Obama Administration did, in fact, violate federal law. Let me cite just one of the applicable statutes:

* * *
18 U.S.C. § 600 - Promise of employment or other
benefit for political activity

Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any
employment, position, compensation, contract,
appointment, or other benefit, provided for
or made possible in whole or in part by any
Act of Congress, or any special consideration
in obtaining any such benefit, to any person
as consideration, favor, or reward for any
political activity or for the support of or
opposition to any candidate or any political
party in connection with any general or special
election to any political office, or in
connection with any primary election or
political convention or caucus held to select
candidates for any political office, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both.

* * *

On top of the blatant violation of the law alleged in the emerging Sestak scandal, we are now receiving additional reports about Obama Administration officials seeking to persuade other candidates for public office to bow out of an election in favor of receiving a possible government position.

So, the Sestak offer is not an isolated incident!

But even if it were, the fact pattern surrounding the Sestak job payoff suggests the likelihood of an egregious violation of federal law that should result in criminal charges and directly impact the Obama Administration.

How far should this go? There is already enough evidence to demand that President Obama dismiss any staff members directly involved. But it likely goes much deeper.

++Obama Administration ignoring lessons of the Nixon era.

As has been the case in previous executive branch attempts to "fix" elections, the cover up may be even more damaging to the President than the crime itself.

If it is proven that President Obama's fingerprints are present in the original offer to Sestak, or are found anywhere near the cover up, he may well find his own party turning on him. That's how serious the alleged violations are.

It is hard to imagine that President Obama was not involved in these illegal acts when the offer came from his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, whose office is next to the Oval Office.
Then, from Emmanuel the offer was conveyed by Bill Clinton. You cannot get much closer to the President than his Chief of Staff and the husband of the Secretary of State who is a former President of the United States.

As a constitutional attorney with over two decades of experience, I am well versed in the intricacies of legal code and the processes involved in reaching an informed opinion about what can or cannot be successfully litigated. In other words, over the years I've learned how to "smell a rat."

I smell a rat.

A growing number of Americans feel the Obama Administration is the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States.

Barack Obama's empty campaign promises of transparency and reforming Washington have been supplanted by his unbelievable arrogance and open disdain for the will of the American people.

His administration's condescension has stirred a deep resolve among patriotic citizens to stop the Obama/Reid/Pelosi axis of power before they succeed in remaking the United States of America into a nation we no longer recognize.

++Defiantly claiming "it's just politics" is the height of arrogance!

Things have so deteriorated that President Obama and his team believe they can even essentially admit guilt in the Sestak job payoff and pay no penalty. This is the act of an administration that sees itself as operating above the law.
We simply cannot sit by and let this happen on our watch!

That's why Liberty Counsel is launching a nationwide petition demanding that an independent counsel be appointed to investigate the Sestak job payoff and the emerging revelations of election bribery.

Go here to be among the first to demand accountability:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=28463&RID=24466359

Again, my legal team has been pouring over every available piece of evidence and my conclusion is:

THIS MUST BE INVESTIGATED BY AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL. IF WE DO NOT DEMAND A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES TO EVEN MORE CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL BRIBERY.

Please...

Go here to join me in signing this petition:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=28463&RID=24466359

Then, alert your friends.

Thank you and God bless you!

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel