ORLANDO, Florida - March 14, 2011 - For a second day, libertarian activist Julian Heicklen flaunted Judge Belvin Perry's order that anyone passing out jury information around "his" courthouse in Florida's Orange County will be held in contempt of court for jury tampering.
For a second day nothing happened.
Or almost nothing. Deputies handed him a copy of the Judge's order Monday morning but didn't return when Heicklen resumed his one-man act of civil disobedience in the afternoon.
After failing in his mission to get arrested for defying Judge Perry's order on Friday, Heicklen returned to the courthouse in Orlando Monday for a repeat performance.
At one point, reports the Orlando Sentinel, Heicklen handed a jury rights pamphlet to a man wearing a juror's badge while an Orange County deputy stood just a few feet away.
Anthony Colarossi, the Sentinel reporter who has been closely following the story, wrote, "That act seemed to be a clear violation of Perry's order, committed right in front of one of the officials responsible for enforcing the dictate, but nothing was done to stop Heicklen's obvious defiance; and for that reason Heicklen proudly claimed a victory."
"I was the jury for the judge, and I've nullified his order," said Heicklen.
Referring to Judge Perry, Heicklen said, "I've now made it extremely difficult for him to convict anyone else for doing this because it's… selective enforcement. In other words, I've provided a defense for anyone else who would wants to do this."
