John Sophocleus was the 2002 Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of Alabama. I worked on his campaign.
-Paulie
The description of the video at Motorhome Diaries:
When visiting the good folks at the http://mises.org the http://motorhomehomediaries crew were told about John Sophocleus, a professor who’s property the Alabama Department of Transportation was attempting to seize. In this video John details the experience, including his picking up his rifle as a earth moving machine approached his house and his subsequent courtroom battles, which made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1 paulie // Aug 26, 2009 at 9:14 am
More about the 2002 campaign:
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/12/dick-clark-introduction-to-libertarianism/
2 Chuck Moulton // Aug 26, 2009 at 9:29 am
I talked to John at length about this when I lived in Auburn. It’s an amazing 3rd Amendment case! Having a 3rd Amendment case is extraordinarily unusual.
3 paulie // Aug 26, 2009 at 10:34 am
John told me it was the first 3rd amendment case in the federal courts (or maybe just SCOTUS) in about 80 years.
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