Posted on Nov 17, 2021
DA files complaint against Facebook for information on New Mexico Civil Guard
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Second Judicial District Attorney Raúl Torrez is taking on Facebook in his battle against the New Mexico Civil Guard, which he says is breaking the law by acting as a self-appointed military force in the state.
The Albuquerque-based prosecutor filed a petition Monday asking a California Superior Court judge to force the social media behemoth to comply with a subpoena from his office that seeks information regarding accounts set up by the right-wing militia group and its members.
The Albuquerque-based prosecutor filed a petition Monday asking a California Superior Court judge to force the social media behemoth to comply with a subpoena from his office that seeks information regarding accounts set up by the right-wing militia group and its members.
DA files complaint against Facebook for information on New Mexico Civil Guard
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We're going to court. Just about everything in America is turning into a court case.
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Right to Bear Arms:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Not certain where I stand on this issue; b/c it’s an interpretive issue to be decided state by state and NOT a uniform across the board FEDERAL LAW. This is why I served for the USA as a US Marine; to protect and to preserve these RIGHTS…IMHO!
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Not certain where I stand on this issue; b/c it’s an interpretive issue to be decided state by state and NOT a uniform across the board FEDERAL LAW. This is why I served for the USA as a US Marine; to protect and to preserve these RIGHTS…IMHO!
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A couple of significant points:
First, he's asking a California court to compel an third party to provide evidence or testimony for a civil (not criminal) suit in New Mexico. In most court proceedings, that would be a "take a number and wait" action.
Second, for all the folks who see privately organized militias as a purely Second Amendment issue, there's some relevant verbiage in Article I which the Second Amendment builds on:
"The Congress shall have power to ...
"To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
First, he's asking a California court to compel an third party to provide evidence or testimony for a civil (not criminal) suit in New Mexico. In most court proceedings, that would be a "take a number and wait" action.
Second, for all the folks who see privately organized militias as a purely Second Amendment issue, there's some relevant verbiage in Article I which the Second Amendment builds on:
"The Congress shall have power to ...
"To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
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