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Freedom Friday &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 27 Aug 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

Take a look at this week’s Freedom Friday video for a creative idea for catching people’s attention on Jury Rights Day or any other day you are conducting educational outreach: We invite you to take a moment during your lunch break today to distribute the link to this blog post to your friends and family [...]

Freedom Friday &Jury Nullification &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 20 Aug 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

This week’s Freedom Friday video features Bob Bird asking the question, “If criminals are read their rights, why are jurors not?” He refers to the Citizens Rule Book which can be ordered from FIJA in our Media Catalog. We invite you to take a moment during your lunch break today to distribute the link to [...]

Freedom Friday &Jury Nullification &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 30 Jul 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

This week’s Freedom Friday video features tyranny buster Mike Benoit asking, “Do you want to get out of jury duty or do you want to help a fellow citizen escape the tyranny of government?” We suggest the latter. In Mike’s video, you will find out how you can do that. We invite you to take [...]

Freedom Friday &Jury Nullification &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 25 Jun 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

This week’s Freedom Friday video features Maine Freedom Watchdogs making the case that jury nullification was intended by the United States’ founders as the people’s final check on the other branches of government. We invite you to take a moment during your lunch break today to distribute the link to this blog post to your [...]

Contests &Freedom Friday &Jury Rights Day &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 24 Jun 2010

“Justice Through Jurors” Video Contest

The Fully Informed Jury Association invites you to participate in its first jury rights video contest in conjunction with Jury Rights Day 2010. The theme of the contest is “Justice Through Jurors”. Juries are a rational mechanism for justice. Jurors are independent judges of the facts and the law because they have no legal career [...]

Freedom Friday &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 11 Jun 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

This week’s Freedom Friday video illustrates the people’s intended role from the founding of the United States to be the masters of government and the juror’s role in “The People’s Branch” of government: We invite you to take a moment during your lunch break today to distribute the video to your friends and family via [...]

Freedom Friday &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 28 May 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

Welcome to our second edition of Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online! This week George Washington University Law Professor Paul Butler shares a little idea to counter mass incarceration and unfair criminal-justice policies: jury nullification: We invite you to take a moment during your lunch break today to distribute the video to your friends [...]

Freedom Friday &Lunch Break for Liberty FIJA | 21 May 2010

Freedom Friday: Lunch Break for Liberty Online

With our Lunch Break for Liberty campaign in full swing, we have decided to expand it with a regular Friday feature for those of you who aren’t able to get outside and share literature during the week. We’re calling it Freedom Friday, and you can participate right from your computer or phone! Each Friday, simply [...]

Lunch Break for Liberty &Volunteer FIJA | 18 Nov 2009

Join FIJA’s “Lunch Break for Liberty” Campaign

Take one lunch break a week for liberty. Get your exercise by taking a walk around the neighborhood on your lunch break, and help protect your rights at the same time. Is your workplace near a state or federal courthouse? That’s even better! Just take a handful of pamphlets with you and share them with [...]