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Clifford Johnson is a semi-academic naturalized Brit. He first entered the U.S. as a rah-rah Harkness Fellow. For theater, language, and also as a questionable ex-Brit, Johnson adopts a Tom Paine II persona. His activist credentials comprise serial terminations of employment and pro se litigations raising public policy questions.
Johnson claims to be the only person who has sued the Comptroller of the Currency for a failure to regulate a national bank -- the Bank of America -- which he did in the early 1980s.
Johnson's 15-minutes of fame came in the mid-1980s. Then a manager of computing at Stanford University, he sued the Pentagon, challenging the constitutionality of its nuclear hair-trigger "launch on warning" posture, for riskily and unconstitutionally delegating the decision to initiate nuclear Armageddon to a 3-minute computer-governed military drill.
Johnson is currently challenging the Treasury and GAO in federal court, for misrepresentations as to Federal Reserve versus United States currency. The case raises novel issues of law re the government's right to lie.
Monday, May 20, 2013 Lincoln's buried bank note veto applies today (2 comments)
Lincoln's most important veto is buried and forgotten. Yet, it saved the union, and it still applies today.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 How The One-Dollar Coin Can Cure The Economy (18 comments)
This article, written for those well-informed re monetary policy, supports a longstanding proposal to replace all Federal Reserve one dollar bills with one dollar United States coins. It quotes at length a related lawsuit against the Treasury now before the Ninth Circuit court of appeal. The complaint and briefs on appeal are available under the Treasury menu at commondada.com.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 Federal Court Affirms Sweeping "Bully Pulpit" Government Right to Lie: Treasury Can't Be Sued (2 comments)
An appeal brief filed in the Ninth Circuit raises the question as to whether the government speech immunity doctrine extends to misrepresentations designed to suppress disfavored viewpoints. At issue are allegations of multi-billion dollar Treasury misrepresentations.
Thursday, January 5, 2012 The American Crisis: To Free a Lender-Owned Nation (Part III)
Part 3 of 4 articles.
How the GAO, mentored by the Fed and Treasury, in a series of five reports, have concealed the great financial benefits of United States currency versus Federal Reserve currency.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 The American Crisis: To Free a Lender-Owned Nation (Part 1) (4 comments)
Part 1 of 4 articles.
Just filed Greenbacker lawsuit against Treasury highlights 21-year "Treasury-Fed coin-swap cover-up." The issues are introduced.
