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RICHARD: Part VIII – Governor John W. King

January 10, 2026 Daniel Richard

The First Democrat Governor in Decades and His Role in Ushering Judicial Monopoly In the preceding installments of this series, we’ve traced the deliberate erosion of New Hampshire’s constitutional safeguards over the judiciary and legal profession. From the voluntary foundations of the Bar Association in 1873 (Part IV and earlier), through the “quiet coup” of … Read more

RICHARD: PART VII: The Story Continues

January 2, 2026 Daniel Richard

In the previous six articles, I outlined the history and evolution of the judiciary in New Hampshire. In the last article, I covered how the 1968 BAR merger subverted New Hampshire’s legislative will and entrenched judicial corruption. Therefore, it begs the question: Were these changes to our judiciary a series of unintended consequences (a lawful … Read more

RICHARD: Part VI: The Illegitimate Unification

December 27, 2025 Daniel Richard

How the 1968 BAR Merger Subverted New Hampshire’s Legislative Will and Entrenched Judicial Corruption In the preceding installments of this series, we’ve peeled back the layers of New Hampshire’s judicial system, revealing a web of self-serving machinations that have transformed what should be a bastion of justice into a tool for elite control. From the … Read more

RICHARD: PART V – Time Machine – Judges and The Lawyer Class

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Daniel Richard

The Founding Fathers held nuanced and sometimes conflicting views on judges and the lawyer class. They valued an independent judiciary as essential to liberty and checks on power, while some expressed wariness toward lawyers as a professional group, seeing them as potentially self-interested or prone to creating an “artificial aristocracy.” Views on Judges and the … Read more

RICHARD: Part IV – The Creation of the Deep State in NH: RICO for Revenue

December 21, 2025December 14, 2025 Daniel Richard

“Now for the rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey used to say. Our tale resumes in the pivotal year of 1967. The Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire (BASNH), a creature born of the Legislature 94 years earlier and still a purely voluntary association, appeared before the General Court with a seemingly … Read more

RICHARD: The Foundations of the New Hampshire Bar Association

December 11, 2025 Daniel Richard

A Voluntary Beginning Rooted in Legislative Charter In my previous pieces for Granite Grok—”An Open Letter to the People of New Hampshire” and “The Quiet Coup That Stole New Hampshire’s Legal Profession“—I delved into the current state of affairs within our state’s legal system, highlighting concerns over how power has shifted and consolidated in ways … Read more

RICHARD: The Quiet Coup That Stole New Hampshire’s Legal Profession

December 2, 2025 Daniel Richard

How the Supreme Court and the Legislature Illegally Seized Control of the Practice of Law — and Why Every Citizen Should Be Alarmed In 1967, without a single vote in the New Hampshire House or Senate, and without a single amendment to the State Constitution, the practice of law in the Granite State was quietly … Read more

The New Hampshire Judicial-Legal System – Institutional Elitism That Denies Citizens Constitutional Rights

December 4, 2024 Laurie Ortolano

I have written several articles labeling the judicial-legal system as one that operates on connections: it’s about who you know, not what you know. A recent article on GraniteGrok by Andrew Cline, titled “Rising Up, Not Against Institutions, but Elitism,” highlights that citizens are not opposed to institutions themselves but rather to the elitism represented … Read more

About Grand Jury Indictments

July 30, 2023 Norm Silber

Historically, Grand Juries, an institution inherited from England, were designed to act as buffers between over-zealous and/or overreaching prosecutors and anyone from the public who might be accused of a crime. In other words, it was originally designed to protect individuals. The members serving on a Grand Jury (the “Grand Jurors”) are lay people from … Read more

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The Judicial System’s “Policy” on Mental Health and Fitness for Duty matters within the Profession

July 7, 2023 Laurie Ortolano

I have had discussions with the Attorney Discipline Office (ADO) about Nashua’s Corporation Counsel and his fitness for duty. I tried to address this matter confidentially first with an Alderman, then the Board of Alderman, and the Mayor. The topic was too hot to touch. I then turned to the ADO.

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I Can’t Believe I’m About To Say This – YAY For the Lawyers!

June 17, 2023 Skip

Subtitle: SUE THEM ALL! This will kill of Wild, Wild West of Transgenderism child mutilation by the Medical Community. Next, do what you do to School Districts! Make it too toxic to their wallets and at least one social norm will be restored (“First, Do No Harm”) followed by “Leave The Little Kids Alone!”. There’s … Read more

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Are Our Problems REALLY About the Lawyers?

April 22, 2023 Skip

One could reliably ask when did our country start to become the lentiginous juggernaut that it is today because there was a lot going on just before and after 1970. And one could ask if our society would be better know if they had, you know, become engineers instead?

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An Overview of What a Car Accident Lawyer Does

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 Guest Contributor

If you have been in a car accident, the chances are that you need to hire a car accident lawyer. A car accident lawyer specializes in helping those who have been injured in an automobile accident fight for their rights. Car accidents can be extremely traumatic and cause financial, physical, and emotional damage to victims. … Read more

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So What’s in Your Child’s Public School Library? I Didn’t Know, So I Did a Right to Know.

November 1, 2022 Skip

“Right to knows” are like a Lay’s potato chip; you just can’t eat just one or send only one. So, I sent more than one, more than a few. And more to come, but here was a first effort. Here was the “payload” (minus the normal boilerplate):

Assisting the Great Conspiracy via Professional Loyalty

October 22, 2022 Op-Ed

There is a great conspiracy, a centralized plan to attack people everywhere. I think that there is top-down control coming from a small group. Let’s call them by a neutral-sounding name, the cabal.

Quick Takes – Hat trick

August 24, 2021 NITZAKHON

1. Plans and agreements done in secret do not inspire confidence:

Below is a link to a purported copy of the agreement between the Israeli government and Pfizer. Per Dr. Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology:

Data Point – Rise in Federal Regulations

May 1, 2021 Skip

The Federal Register is where agency rules, notices, and new rules are kept. And except for Trump’s term, the Rules keep adding up – requiring specialized knowledge to keep out of court.

Iron Triangles Do Exist In NH – More so Than Ever in Education

April 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Iron Triangle, House of Cards, and the Burden of Proof In United States politics, the “iron triangle” comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams.

The Jury Trial: Guilty as Sin but the State Didn’t Make the Case Part 1

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Skip

Old Joke: What do you call the doctor who was last in their class? “Doctor.” That works for lawyers, too – both of them were losers, in our minds. It was the State’s case to lose – and it did! The defense lawyer won only because the prosecutor lost.

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What President Trump needs to do to control health care costs.

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Op-Ed

It is universally accepted that Americans pay at least 30% more for their healthcare versus the rest of the world and have the same or worse outcomes. Excluding government programs this 30% amounts to approximately $500 billion per year. Efforts to rein in this massive excess have failed miserably. It is time to think out … Read more