Your Honor, you have heard nothing which
suggests any relief at all that ought to be granted Richard
Howd. Ask yourself that question, Your Honor: What is it
that I need to do for Richard Howd, the Petitioner, in this
case, based on what I have heard? What does he need? What
does he need to feel safe? What’s happened to him in the
last six months? The answer is you don’t know because this
case has been high-jacked. You’re not being asked to deal
with the party to the case. You’re not being asked to
respond to the needs and the desires of the Petitioner.
You’re being asked to respond to the needs and the desires
of a non-party.

And, you know, if Scientology wants to step up
to the plate, if Scientology wants to come forward and say
in its own name, we hate speech, we hate freedom, we demand
silence, maybe they can; but there is absolutely no sort of
analysis which would authorize that in this case because
they’re not even a party.

Judge, the bottom line is there is no way that
you can grant any relief to Richard Howd based on what
you’ve heard today.

And I will leave you with one last thought,
Judge. Who prosecuted John Peter Zenger? What was that
guy’s name? Nobody knows, Judge. We remember John Peter
Zenger and we remember those nameless jurymen who went to