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To: butterdezillion
BZ, I think you are confused. Rule 902 of the Federal Rules of Evidence says:

The following items of evidence are self-authenticating; they require no extrinsic evidence of authenticity in order to be admitted:

(1) Domestic Public Documents That Are Sealed and Signed. A document that bears:

(A) a seal purporting to be that of the United States; any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; the former Panama Canal Zone; the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; a political subdivision of any of these entities; or a department, agency, or officer of any entity named above; and

(B) a signature purporting to be an execution or attestation.


Note that it says "purported to be," and there is no question that the Letters of Verification bear items that are "purported to be" a stamp and a seal.

That leaves an opening for the other side to counter the documents' presumption of authenticity. Since that hasn't been done, the documents are legally considered to be authentic.
206 posted on 08/11/2013 12:47:20 PM PDT by BigGuy22
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To: BigGuy22

(my mistake, “purported” should be “purporting”)


207 posted on 08/11/2013 12:54:32 PM PDT by BigGuy22
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To: BigGuy22

The Letters of Verification state that information in an internet picture “matches the original record in our files”. A BC attested “a complete and true copy” with seal as not been presented.


208 posted on 08/11/2013 1:20:00 PM PDT by Ray76 ( Common sense immigration reform: Enforce Existing Law)
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To: BigGuy22

How long do they have, to counter the presumption of regularity? When new evidence comes up are they able to present it to the court?

It was when I was going to help Terry Lakin’s counsel counter the presumption of regularity that the sheathing on the wiring on my husband’s van was either cut or decayed uniformly all of a sudden, causing sparking next to the engine that could have killed him.

But shortly after all that Judge Denise Lind decided that the lawfulness of combat orders have nothing to do with whether they were issued by a Constitutionally-acting Commander-in-Chief, who alone is authorized to order lawful combat operations by the Authorization to Use Force...


256 posted on 08/11/2013 6:05:47 PM PDT by butterdezillion (,)
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