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Our
History Pro
Se Supreme Court (PSSC) was born out of the realization-that due to the chilling effects of the Feres doctrine,
American military members and families are treated as “second class citizens” when it comes to retaining competent
legal representation in our justice system that costs anywhere from $400.00 or more an hour. Most specifically, PSSC was established after its Founder, Leigh E. Wise and V’ERPA Founder, Jeffrey
A. Trueman assisted an American family who’s military loved one died at the hands of an grossly/criminally negligent
Marine Corp drill instructor and when their attorneys who promised to take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court-dropped
the case after a U.S. District Judge dismissed the cause of action based upon “lack of subject matter jurisdiction”
due to the Feres doctrine and the U.S. Appeals Court upheld the dismissal. The History Of Pro Se Representation The history of “pro se” representation is an interesting
one to say the least. In the early days of our Republic, lawyers were actually banned outright or faced tight restrictions.
As a matter of fact, Abe Lincoln, a non-lawyer before he talked a judge into granting him attorney status-and before the “American
Bar Association” or “ABA” was formed-he did just fine; as we U.S. Veterans are doing just fine; in fighting
for liberty and property rights arising from injustices arising “incident to [our] military service” due to the
Feres doctrine and its judicial bar that violates our First Amendment of the United States Constitution rights
to “petition the government for redress of grievance.” Henceforth, our motto “The Right To Be Heard
Comes First”. In all, once the “ABA” convinced state legislatures to pass what is known as "unauthorized
practice of law" statutes in the 1920s and 1930s, this effectively gave lawyers a monopoly over the sale of legal information
and now-the astronomical costs of legal help in American Jurisprudence. In
sum, PSSC is a critical progeny of V’ERPA as most military injustice victims cannot afford the high cost of legal representation
due to the long-process and substantial work involved in prevailing in an “intramilitary” justice related matter.
Thus, we will continue to build PSSC in the years to come while we also focus on Feres doctrine reform.
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Please get in touch to offer comments by contacting Leigh at:
leigh@prosesupremecourt.com
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Mission
Our mission is twofold: 1. To assist our sister-organization V’ERPA and its members with prosecuting “pro se” or
“self representation” bona fide and genuine legal controversies that lawyers are reluctant to take on arising
out of the U.S. Armed Forces; 2. To remedy “incident to military service” injustices
through education, research and sharing of information via prevailing intramilitary “case studies” for our V’ERPA/pro
se members.
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Hello!
I am Leigh Wise and the Founder of "PSSC
LLC."
For the record, due to "incident to military service"
injuries; I will be inactive in pursuing the "PSSC LLC" mission and agenda until further notice. However,
my volunteer-consultant Mr. Jeffrey A. Trueman (True), Founder "V'ERPA" will update this site when newly discovered
materials in support of "The Pro Se Way" and our goal to change the mindset of Americans to understand-pro
se is the way to cheaper legal costs in our Country!
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The V’ERPA-PRO SE idea is growing stronger each day. Presently, we
have five (5) active cases arising out of the military proceeding under intramilitary administrative law. To
clarify our unique idea in consolidating V’ERPA and our sister organization Pro Se Supreme Court, we must explain a
little history of “pro se” or “self-representation.” To achieve this important
aspect of our organizations mission; we submit the following phrase from U.S. Supreme Court justice Stewart arising from the
case of Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 45 L. Ed. 2s 562 (1975): “In sum, there is no evidence that the colonist and the Framers ever doubted the right of self-representation,
or imagined that this right might be considered inferior to the right of assistance of counsel. To the
contrary [they] always conceived of the right to counsel as an ‘assistance’ for the accused, to be used at his
option, in defending himself.” In overview, the basis for pro se in civil rights actions is born
out of the Sixth Amendment. So, don’t believe all you hear about “only a fool represents themselves”
as we all know—bad lawyers give rise to innocent people going to jail and losing their rights in our civil system of
justice!
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