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Though not having read it, Rice’s lack-of-jurisdiction defense seems a valid one.  I mean, isn’t that the first step, where all of ”us” would start? — ”Lack Of Jurisdiction”?  I, personally, don’t know of any other way to have a case remanded to the proper Article III venue.  I’m assuming Rice, being ”leader of a sovereign group,” would have sought a ”Common-Law Remedy within the Admiralty, by way of the Saving To Suitors clause, at USC Title 28-1333 (1).”  Having had my own experiences in dealing with ”the criminal justice system,” it seems the courts, due to the fact that it’s much harder to fight from inside a cell, have adopted the maxim — ”incarcerate first, ask questions later.”  Haven’t we seen this type of opprobrium before, during the Bolshevik Revolution?  Which reminds me — ”You don’t know the country you live in until you’ve been through its criminal justice system.” — Nelson Mandela