John N Marshall

### ***Quick Brief***

John Marshall was born in Miami, Florida on December 12, 1978. John Marshall went to Law School at Cornell University one of the top law schools in the United States. After finishing is degree in law, he decided to take his skills elsewhere to California where he settled in the small town of Chico. After passing the California Bar, he became a public defender in Butte Country. His dedication to the people haven grown greatly since is law career, gave John Marshall the opportunity to run for public office. John joined the Libertarian party in 1996, and became popular within the first term as Mayor. After he served as Mayor, John moved on to bigger things, running for senate 3 times, dropping his first campaign, losing his second and third race. In December 2004, the Libertarian party was taken over by the GOP, forcing John Marshall to go independent. As an Independent, John Marshall's career spiked, gaining 38% of the vote in the West District 3 Special Election. To this date, John Marshall is trying to make a name for his progressive views on freedom. After a lackluster campaign by John in 2006, he became the 4th representative of West District 6.

## Political and Other Information

### Occupation

Public Defender
US House of Representatives West 6th District

Mayor of Chico, California

## ***New Liberty Party***

John Marshall, among others, help found the New Liberty Party (NLP). This party is meant to show the Progressive Liberty these people believe needs to change the government. Unlike the stance of the Libertarian Party, the more centrist folks believe that a government is needed to keep Law and Order, as well protect Rights and Property. They believe that the abolishment of 'all' taxes is foolish, and will not solve the American debt problem. The abolishment of Income tax should only occur to the larger percentage of people making under 120,000 USD a year, giving room for smaller income people to gather their wealth. The belief in sales tax is abysmal among the party members, calling it interference with the Free-Market.

Furthermore, unlike the Libertarian party, the New Liberty Party has the government dissolve any monopoly attempting to take the role of government. Likewise, the Belief on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is great, and many members believe the regulation on Minimum wage, and health care is perfect and continuing to ask for more regulation.

## ***Early life***

John's childhood was nothing significant, His father was an engineer, while his mother was a professor at UC Berkley. At age 9, John was IQ tested, to a number only reference as Above Average. At the age of 10, John Marshall became a very private person, hating the United States government. He was open about the way he was treated as a minor, and fought for rights as a child. By the age of 13, John has already completed 9th grade, but was prevented by the state from dropping out to take the GED. The GED was the only High School equivalency in the 90s. John attempted to bring this to the California Superior court, with the support of both of his parents, and was shunned away. The court dismissed the case, on the grounds that minors had no right to sue the state. Since in the state had a law against allowing minors to have lawyers, John had to file in another state. He formed a business in the state of Florida where he then filed suit at the Age of 15 to get his GED early. He lost his fight, saying that any child under 16 years of age was not fit for higher education. After Johns efforts, he continued with high school, gaining is 2 year degree while completing high school. Getting accepted into Cornell at 20 was a big step towards John's Higher Education career.