DON'T FORGET TOThis Is An Election Year!THE 'M'EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981WEEK OF MARCH 8-16, 1996Reginald Frazier files suit against North Carolina BarIN THE UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT FOR THEEASTERN DISTRICT OFNORTH CAROLINA EASTERNDIVISIONNO. 95-HC-463-BOREGINALD L. FRAZIER,Petitioner,V. MOTION FORIMMEDIATE TEMPORARYSTAY AND INJUNCTIVE RE-LIEFNORTH CAROLINA STATEBAR,et al.,RespondentsTo the Honorable TerrenceBoyle, United States DistrictCourt Judge for the Eastern Dis-trict of North Carolina.NOW COMES, Reginald L.Frazier, pro se, in the abovecause, having lodged before thisUnited States District Court acomplete record (whole record)93-CVS-1771, 95-HC-463-BO,pursuant to 28 USC 2254, 42USC 1983; relying upon PowellVs. McCormick 395 U.S. 486,494-500 (1969) and Steffell vs.Thompson 415 U.S. 452, 472-73(1974). oA 1983 suit may beinstituted prior to the commence-ment of an administrative pro-cess or may be litigated concur-rently with the administrativeremedy T; i.e., Reqinald L. Fraziervs. North Carolina State Bar; 93CVS 1771, 95 BRC 4, 94-HC463-BO; the Respondents havingwaived all exhaustion and thematter is properly before thisCourt.The cessation of the adminis-trative process; i.e., the final de-cision of the Order of Disbar-ment of the N.C. State Bar andtheDisciplinary Hearing Commis-sion disbarment of November 6,1989 (89DHC-15), does not rep-resent an adjudication of themerits of the Movant Ts federalclaims; that the judgments ofdisbarmentare absolutely ovoid �and that the said (disbarmentjudgement); i.e., the taking ofthe right of property/without/dueprocess, is an infringement onthe right to practice law by thelst, 5th, and 14th Amendmentsto the United States Constitu-tion; (see) Article 1, Section 5 ofthe N.C. Constitution, 1g65Voter Ts Rights Act, Section IJ;i.e., (84.28.1).The N.C. State Bar, nor theDisciplinary Hearing Commis-sion, may not, pursuant to theauthority of- 42 USC 1983 Steffellvs. Thompson 415 U.S. 452(1974)*abort by any claim, real orimagi-nary, or any attempt as it has sopervasively done herein, tobeguide and beguile this Court,as to the current state of the lawin the State of North Carolinaand the United States, concern-ing the lawful right of ReginaldL. Frazier, a Negro citizen, topractice law before the StateCourts of North Carolina or theFederal Courts of Eastern NorthCarolina, in particular. The prac-tice of law is a right of property;i.e., law license, and is entitled toequal protection and due pro-cess.This Court is hereby requestedto grant an immediate stay ofthe disbarment order of Novem-Braddy files for DistrictCourt JudgeG. GALEN BRADDYG. Galen Braddy, an attorneywith Harrington, Edwards &Braddy, L.L.P. of Greenville an-nounced his candidacy for Dis-trict Court Judge at noon todayat the Pitt County Courthouse.Mr. Braddy attended EastCarolina University where hewas a member of the Pirate Foot-ball Team. After attending EastCarolina he received his under-graduate degree from the Uni-versity of North Carolina atChapel Hill and later graduatedwith Honors from the NorthCarolina Central School of Law.Mr. Braddy is a partner in thelaw firm of Harrington, Edwards& Braddy, L.L.P. where he con-centrates his practice in personalinjury, criminal defense,worker Ts compensation, and so-cial security law. He is currentlya member of the East CarolinaUniversity Faculty and is attor-ney for the East Carolina Uni-versity Student Body.Mr. Braddy was recentlyelected as the Secretary/Trea-surer for the Pitt County Judi-cial District 3A Bar and is Vice-President of the Pitt CountyCriminal Defense Bar. He is amember of the Pitt County BarAssociation, the North CarolinaAcademy of Trial Lawyers, theNorth Carolina Bar Association,the National Association ofCriminal Defense Lawyers andthe American Bar Association. oPitt County has given memany opportunities from play-ing football at East Carolina andbeing a member of the ECU Fac-ulty to practicing law in the PittCounty courts daily. My practicehas exposed me to all segmentsof society and has made meawareof the problems facing our citi-zens in court. I want to use mybackground to bring to the bencha hardworking and enthusiasticapproach to restore ourcommunity Ts confidence in thelegal system through an efficient,fair and just application of thelaw to all parties. �The Treasurer for Braddy forDistrict Court Judge is DannyHarrington, a partner in the firmof Harrington Edwards &Braddy, L.L.P. His CampaignManager is Marcy W. Romary ofGreenville who assisted Con-gressman Martin Lancaster andCongressman Tim Valentine inrecent campaigns.The New Populist PartnershipBy Dr. Lenora FulaniWhile the press is busy writingabout the Buchanan upset inNew Hampshire, the other bigpolitical story of 1996 " what Tsgoing to happen with the Blackvote " has yet to be covered.Black Democrats are alreadyworking overtime to get theirmessage ~ut. And while the toneand form of the message mightvary, the goal is the same " keepthe Black voter tied to the Demo-cratic Party at all costs. SomeDemocrats think that the partyshould play directly upon thefears the Black community hasabout social policy under a Re-publican administration. Othersurge that Black voters " to-gether with our traditional al-lies like white liberals, thewomen Ts movement, etc. " workto elect 75 additional DemocraticCongresspersons to restore theDemocratic majority. Still oth-ers argue that the Black commu-nity should consider (but nottake) an independent option "in coalition with our traditionalliberal partners " as a way toleverage our position with re-spect to the Democratic Party.These are all efforts to containthe growing dissatisfactionwithin the Black electorate aboutpolitics in general and the Demo-cratic Party in particular.Mwy dissatisfaction, however,t showing any signs of dissi-" saw Manda wee DW Miswdawwho wants to keep us in the foldwhile giving us as little as pos-sible, made his appearance atthe NAACP Ts swearing-in cer-emony for Kweisi Mfume. Presi-dent Clinton is well aware thatthe African American electorateis restless and dissatisfied. Wesee that sentiment manifest inthe monumental outpouring forthe Million Man March last Oc-tober at which MinisterFarrakhan urged the Black com-munity (even as I have person-ally urged Minister Farrakhanfor years) toreconstitute itself asan independent othird force. � Thepolls continue to back this up.Most recently, Dr. Michael Daw-son, a political scientist from theUniversity of Chicago, conducteda poll showing that 57% of Afri-can Americans favored the for-mation of a third party.But those Black leaders whoare trying to persuade us to re-sist the pull towards indepen-dent politics are relying uponthe assumption that we can con-tinue to ally with what have beenour traditional white liberal coa-lition partners. I think this is anerror. The story of the last 10years of U. S. politics has beenthe story of betrayal of AfricanAmerican interests by white lib-erals. Look, for example, at thedesertion of New York MayorDavid Dinkins by tens of thou-sands of whips voters whoaveréahnd Vavealetiio ta tha Ranh\licans during Dinkins T 1993 re-election bid. Look at the liberalDemocrats refusal to support thecreation of new majority Blackdistricts in the South. Look atthe white liberal establishment Tsvirulent attacks on MinisterFarrakhan and other Black lead-ers who work.There is less and less evidencethat the white liberal commu-nity will work to coalesce with usat all, even inside the Demo-cratic Party. There is no evidencethat white liberals would join usin leading the way to a new,independent party! They, for themost part, reject independentpolitics. Indeed, they have beenall too willing to downplay andignore our interests in favor ofkeeping the Democrats in powerno matter what the cost. But ifkeeping the Democrats in powermeans giving up on what Ts bestfor our people, what reason dowe have to stay with the Demo-crats? In my opinion, none!The fundamental challenge forthe African American commu-nity in this election year is toestablish that we can come to-gether with other forces in wayswhich make us a significantenough threat to the status quoto give us some genuine lever-age. I have argued, and continueto argue, that the potential forthat new alliance exists with thepopulist owhite center, � or as(Dantlawad anc enen Q\ber 6, 1989 and recognize theorder lawfully issued by the Su-perior Court Judge, GeorgeGreene, on December 13, 1993;and strike and declare as oanullity � the arbitrary and ca-pricious order entered in thecause on December 28, 1993,which is a fraud upon theiurisdiction of the Courts of theState of North Carolina andmore particularly, a fraud uponthe jurisdiction of the FederalCourts of the United States, par-ticularly this Honorable Court,in that said order appears on itsface to be null and void and is ofno legal effect whatsoever; forthe obvious reason that the Or-der of December 13, 1993 is notaRestraining Order but a validOrder of Stay pursuant to 150-B-48.REGINALD L. FRAZIER, ANEGRO LAWYER AND CITI-ZEN HAS ALLEGEDTHROUGHOUT THE oRECORD � THAT AS ANEGROLAWYER AND CITIZEN, THEN.C. STATE BAR HAS ACTEDWITHOUT LAWFULAUTHOR-ITY INISSUING ORDERS ANDJUDGMENTS OF DISBAR-MENT FOR THE .REASON; ASIT HAS BEEN CLEARLY ANDCOGENTLY DEMON-STRATED BY SUBSTANTIALEVIDENCE; THAT THEREHAS BEEN SELECTIVE PROS-ECUTION OF NEGRO LAW-YERS (PARTICULARLY,REGINALD L. FRAZIER),THROUGHOUT THE HIS-TORY OF THE N.C. STATEBAR; disproportionately withgross disparity, for the reasonthat Negro Lawyers constituteless than 1%; i.e., 500 members,as opposed to 16,000 White mem-bers which when translated sim-ply means, that, the 1% NegroLawyers suffer 65% of all thedisbarments and suspensions(Continued on page 2)Mercer files for re-electionLINWOOD MERCERState Representative LinwoodMercer filed for re-election onThursday, February 1, at 11 a.m.at the Pitt County Board of Elec-tions. Mercer, a Democrat fromFarmville, has represented the 8thhouse district since 1992. The 8thdistrict includes most of GreeneCounty and parts of Pitt,Edgecombe and Martin County.Rep. Mercer serves ont he ap-propriations committee, and is theRanking Minority Member of thesubcommittee on Justice and Pub-lic Safety. He is also the RankingMinority Member of the commit-tee on Pension and Retirement.He has been assigned, by theSpeaker of the House, to severalstudy committees including theElection Reform Committee, Cor-rections Oversight Committee, andthe Administrative Rules ReviewCommission. In the last term, heserved as Chair of the Fire andRescue Pension Fund Study Com-mittee. Rep. Mercer Ts leadershipon this committee led to a dra-matic increase in funding for ourfire and rescue personnel.Rep. Mercer has previouslyserved as Chair of the Pitt CountyCommissioners, Mayor of the townof Farmville, and was Pitt County TsSmall Businessman of the Year in1993. Linwood and his wife, Aliceare members of the FarmvilleUnited Methodist Church and theyhave three daughters: Sarah,Nancy and Rebecca.Mercer Ts proudest accomplish-ment was the creation of over sixtynew state jobs in his district. Addi-tionally, millions of dollars havebeen invested in state construc-tion projects in his district duringthe last term. Mercer says, oWhatthe people of my districtd needmost is good jobs with good ben-efits. I have been successful inbringing these home and I plan tocontinue. �Our African-AmericanHeritage/LegacyIn the words of the HonorableLouis Farrakhan, oBlack peopleshould stop depending on thewhite man and do some thingsfor themselves.... �We want freedom, we wantjus-tice, we want equal opportunity,freedom, justice, equality, self-preservation of laws. We wantfreedom, just, equality to all...regardless of creed, class, or color.We want freedom, justice, equal-ity, membership in society withthe best in civilized society. Wewant our people in America,whose parents or grandparentswere descendants from slaves,to be allowed to establish a sepa-rate state or territory of theirown...either on this continent orelsewhere.I feel that those black people,as a whole, should have theirown businesses, own land, openschools for their children to at-tend. We need to provide thewherewithal for our children tofunction independently by own-ing and operating factories, bar-ber shops, music shops, restau-rants, motels, banks, car washes,supermarkets, departmentstores (such as a J.C. Penny),mechanics garages, weldersshops. We need to build our ownhouses (providing carpentry,brick masonry, electrical, andlandscaping jobs); we need to ownand operate our own schools (pro-viding nursing and physicianspositions). These are just someof the ways we could move to-ward economic independence.The list of possibilities is end-less.In order for these possibilitiesto become a reality, however,some fundamental preparationmust be completed: our childrenneed to go to school and get theirbasic education, complete therequirements for a diploma; goto college and earn a degree; goto technical schools and learnsome kind of trade. Our childrenmust have gainful employment,maintain a bank account, main-tain asavings account, make wiseinvestments. Through thesesteps, there is no limit to thepotential our children can reach.There is more: our childrenSpeaker Harold Brubakernamed oNorth Carolinian YOUNG, BLACK ANDof the YearNorth Carolina TaxpayersUnited has named N.C. HouseSpeaker Harold Brubaker astheir 1995 oNorth Carolinian ofthe Year. � The statewide groupsaid they chose SpeakerBrubaker because of his commit-ment to fiscal responsibility andhis efforts to reduce state gov-ernment spending and taxes. oAs Speaker, RepresentativeBrubaker has shown a uniquecommitment to effectively movetaxpayer protection legislationthrough the N.C. House, � saidU.S. Congressman Richard Burr,Co-Chairman of North CarolinaTaxpayers United, oUnder hiswatch, the N.C. House passedthe largest tax cut in the historyof North Carolina. �North Carolina TaxpayersUnited also commended SpeakerBrubaker for his role in the pas-sage of the Taxpayer ProtectionAct in the N.C. House. The mea-sure would limit future statespending to the rate of the infla-tion with an adjustment for popu-lation growth. The bill remainsin a Joint Conference Commit-tee. oSpeaker Brubaker exempli-fies the highest standards of pub-lic service in North Carolina, �said Rebecah Moore, N.C. Tax-payers United Executive Direc-(Continued on nage 3)Pa a a ee Bg eR RYon ee Ae ee ee ee gee a) aneed to be taught to put GodFIRST in their hearts and be-lieve in Him. Our children needto avoid bad company (peoplewho do bad things...wrongthings). They need to know thatit is wrong to rob, steal, kill oneanother; that they should stayaway from drugs, durg addicts,crack houses, and alleyways. Ourchildren today need to honor theirfathers and their mothers withall their hearts. Amen, Amen,Amen.TRONG ... John Lynch,candidate for ECU's StudentGovernment Association. Ourcamera caught up withBrother Lynch at the ECUMendenhall Student Centerrecently while a function wasunderway to aid CorneliaAnderson, a young giftedAfrican American sister whois in need of a bone marrowtransplant. Brother Lynch isaspiring to be the first AfricanAmerican SGA president. Heis reaching out to the blackand white communities topray for him and give him.Give your support to ouryoung son. He is our future.Staff ohoto by Jim