Any attempt of pro-American forces to meet in public was either scotched by officials or assaulted by a mob of alien thugs. The Nationalists changed all of this by backing down officials who tried to ban them, defiantly facing down rioting aliens and conducting their petitioning at the seat of government under massive police mobilization. Nationalists are now recognized as pioneers of the movement to erase favors and power for aliens. James Jones, a mechanic, keynoted the rally and was principal organizer. The Nationalists, who had committed no crimes, called it a Bill of Attainder, which had been used by the kings of England to ban political enemies, but which is prohibited by the United States Constitution.
Nationalists are now free of blacklisting.
Richard Barrett was the Nationalists' attorney. But in a series of rapid-fire court cases, they established not only the right to use the courts, but the right to gain their fees and costs in having done so. They also established new precedent that the poor, who previously had been banned from legal proceedings seeking vindication of First Amendment rights, could sue even without prepaying court costs. Nationalists now use court processes regularly. Beverly Watts, the wife of a Georgia plumber, was the first, successful litigant.