Please Sign The PLEDGE OF SOLIDARITY for Pro Se Litigant Rights!

Dear Justice Seekers -

As someone who has dedicated 17 of his 26 years of paralegal
experience assisting Pro Se Litigants with their litigation needs, I
am a STAUNCH supporter of the RIGHT TO SELF-REPRESENTATION. In my
view, EVERY AMERICAN has a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to represent
themselves in any legal proceeding, without fear of harassment,
injustice or judicial prejudice; and no law, regulation, or policy
should exist to abridge or extinguish that right.

In honor of the foregoing principles, I have launched a nonprofit
organization called P.U.L.S.E. - PEOPLE UNITED FOR LEGAL SYSTEM
EQUALITY. The purpose of PULSE is to develop and administer a
grassroots, educational, and legal support campaign advocating for
necessary reforms to prevent the harassment, prejudice and abuse often
suffered by the Pro Se Litigant at the hands of the Legal System.

Contrary to the mainstream view on the part of many judges and
lawyers, those who decide to litigate their own cases without the aid
of an attorney are not SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS deserving of contempt and
prejudice, but rather BRAVE AMERICANS with an inalienable right to
have their legal cause adjudicated with FAIRNESS and JUSTICE. It is
not easy being a Pro Se Litigant. For most, it can be a very
difficult and even frightening task, especially when having to contend
with the pressures of earning a living, tending to a family, and
coping with the other day-to-day responsibilities we all have. Those
who attempt it should be honored, rather than scorned.

Pro Se Litigants are NO LESS ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS than those who
access the Legal System through the services of an attorney. In a
DEMOCRACY, it is reasonable to expect our courts to be kind, patient,
fair, and welcoming to all those who come before it. It is also
REASONABLE to expect that in a democracy, JUSTICE SHOULD BE FREE and
should not be contingent on spending money to hire an attorney to get
it, particularly when those fees are unregulated and outside of the
Legal System's control. After all, with the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
TAX REVENUE spent annually on the administration and maintenance of
the Legal System (the buildings, their contents, utilities, salaries
for judges and court personnel, etc.), it is logical to assume that
the Pro Se Litigant has already "paid his/her dues" to the
System.

In order for PULSE to have the greatest effect, a grassroots network
of like-minded supporters needs to be organized. Our voices need to
be heard throughout this great country of ours, both for the victims
of the Legal System and for those of us who may someday after to
access the System for our own needs!! To that end, I submit for your
review my PLEDGE OF SOLIDARITY, which has been posted online (click
here ---- PRO SE LITIGANT RIGHTS!), or it can be emailed to you as an
attachment, if you contact me at . I
hope you will sign the Pledge, and respectfully request that you
kindly distribute it to your friends, family members, neighbors, co-
workers and anyone else who believes in the principle of JUSTICE FOR
FREE, JUSTICE FOR ALL.

LET'S TAKE BACK OUR COURTS from those lawyers, judges and court
administrators who, in the interest of protecting THE ATTORNEY
MONOPOLY, perpetuate an antagonistic and often abusive legal system
calculated to discourage self-representation in favor of making ALL
AMERICANS "paying customers" for the attorneys. The more signatures
that are collected, the more credibility PULSE will have when
approaching the courts, legislatures, and the media about addressing
the serious VIOLATIONS OF JUSTICE suffered by the Pro Se Litigant.

Please sign the Pledge Statement and return it to us via fax, regular
mail or by email attachment. Also, I would very much welcome your
help in distributing the Pledge through out your network, as well as
any ideas you have that would help me get the word out on this very
important mission to others.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JOSEPH L. DELGADO

Founder/Executive Director,
People United for Legal System Equality - P.U.L.S.E.
(a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization)

Office: 407-971-3848
Fax: 407-209-3399

5703 Red Bug Lake Road, #278, Winter Springs, Florida 32708-4969

QUOTE OF THE WEEK . . . "The public welfare demands that
constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the
Constitution itself, and not according to judges' views of fairness,
reasonableness, or justice." -- Justice Hugo L. Black (U.S. Supreme
Court Justice, 1886 - 1971).