I am passing this on from the folks at the Self Help Legal Course – (for less cost than 1 hour of lawyer time). That course is a necessary tool to perfect your abilities in dealing with these courts, if you are ever engaging them past the opening salvo.
The key is to learn how to show the judge an appellate court will reverse his decisions on appeal if he doesn't rule in your favor. Get the details at https://youarelaw.org/jd
Otherwise, the judge will rule as he pleases. If you let the judge think you don't know how to appeal, or won't be able to appeal because you haven't made your record for a winning appeal, he has nothing to fear … and can rule any way he pleases.
Make the judge worry!
That's how you win. Otherwise, justice will be whatever the judge wants it to be. Losers miss this point … and lose! Trial judges are not legal authority! Appellate courts are!
The U.S. Constitution is not controlling law. What appellate courts say the U.S. Constitution means is controlling law. Statutes are not controlling law. What appellate courts say statutes mean is controlling law.
Only controlling appellate court opinions control judges.
Appellate court opinions are the controlling law in this nation and in every nation that follows our English system of justice.
Trial judges fear being reversed on appeal. That's what keeps them straight. That's the ONLY thing that keeps them straight! The buck stops in the appellate courts, not at the Whitehouse, Congress, or your state legislature.
Learn how to convince the judge that his rulings will be reversed on appeal if he doesn't rule in your favor. It's easy to do. Get the full course on doing this at https://youarelaw.org/jd
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