ADL fighting the Sovereign Citizen Movement and Redemption Movement

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Sovereign Citizen Movement

The Sovereign Citizen Movement is a loosely organized collection of groups and individuals who have adopted an essentially anarchist ideology. Its adherents believe that virtually all existing government in the United States is illegitimate and they seek to "restore" an idealized, minimalist government that never actually existed. "Sovereign citizens" often assert that they are not subject to any laws to which they have not specifically consented. Needless to say, such theories have met with no success in the courts.


This movement is based on theories that The People are either "Fourteenth Amendment citizens", who are subject to the federal and state laws and taxes, or "sovereign citizens", who possess a Birthright and constitutionally secured unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and Happiness (Property) over which the individual is Sovereign. Under this theory, the Sovereign American has sovereign authority only over that property which he or she lawfully owns, i.e., his or her Life, Body, Mind, Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property, material property i.e. housing, land, automobile, and all other property owned within the individual's private domain. Amendment XIV in the National Archives The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment XIV) is one of the post-Civil War amendments (known as the Reconstruction Amendments), first intended to secure rights for former slaves. ...


Some Sovereign Citizens claim to be subject only to common law or "constitutional law" (or both), not to statutory law. Under these theories, sovereign citizens are exempt from any laws while acting in their own private capacity and so long as they injure no one.[1] "Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rulemaking or legislation which would abrogate them". However upon injuring anothers property or when acting in some public capacity the Sovereign Citizen would be subject to statutory law as those acts exceed the Sovereign Citizens private domain and capacity. The use of Sovereign Citizen concepts in court has met with no success[2] (see Tax protester arguments). The Uniform Commercial Code plays an important part in these legal theories. The Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ... Tax protester arguments are a number of theories that deny that a person has a legal obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable. ... The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC or the Code) is one of a number of uniform acts that have been promulgated in conjunction with efforts to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in 49 states (all except Louisiana) within the United States of America. ...


"Sovereign citizens" often avoid using zip codes, and refuse to hold social security cards or driver's licenses. Social Security, in the United States, currently refers to the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. ... First German driving school in 1906, Aschaffenburg Current EU driving licence, German version - front 1. ...


Some African-American groups have adopted Sovereign Citizen beliefs,[3] which sometimes include a distinction between the Corporation and the Government, which (under these theories) no longer operates in the traditional sense. Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ...

Redemption movement

In turn, the Sovereign Citizen movement gave rise to the "Redemption Movement".[citation needed] The Redemption Movement is being brought together under a new banner called Beneficiaries in Common.[citation needed]

The main premise is that the United States is a "Trust". The Congressmen and Senators are the Trustees, and the common people are the beneficiaries of that Trust. Under this theory, the United States went bankrupt in 1933 and provided a remedy under something called "Limited Liability" in the form of Social Security Insurance. According to redemption theory, this trust (ie: the United States) is responsible for paying an individual's debt using the money in an account set aside for every American citizen (called the Strawman). A Federal indictment against individuals who used this defense explains:
"    The indictment against Thomas and Herrington goes on to allege that, according to Redemption Theory as espoused by Thomas, after a client reclaimed his or her Strawman, the client could use the "value" of their Strawman to satisfy debts, including credit card bills and government obligations. Moreover, based on this theory, an individual could add to the initial $1,000,000 value of his or her Strawman by "Accepting for Value" financial obligations, including IRS debts, traffic tickets, judgments, credit card bills and the like. Generally, according to this theory, after a client "Accepted for Value" an obligation, the client could use other fictional financial instruments, such as Bills of Exchange or Sight Drafts, to satisfy debts via the client's Strawman.

Under this theory, when the United States, any of its political subdivisions, or any entity in the United States makes a claim, that claim can be "accepted for value", giving a banker's acceptance in full satisfaction of the obligation under bankruptcy. Once this "acceptance" has been given and valuable consideration has been given, something called "contract in fact" exists under this theory. A living man's signature gives "value" to the instrument, turning it from a "soft" offer to a "firm" offer. Taking a bill and "accepting it for value" turns the bill from "soft currency" into "hard currency".
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Roger Elvick is a founder of the movement.[5] Elvick was sentenced to 4 years jail in April 2005 after pleading guilty to one count each of forgery, extortion and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.[6] Forgery is the process of making or adapting objects or documents (see false document), with the intention to deceive. ... Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either obtains money, property or services from another through coercion or intimidation or threatens one with physical harm unless they are paid money or property. ...


Critique

The Anti-Defamation League, on its website, contends: The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) is an interest group founded in 1913 by Bnai Brith in the United States whose stated aim is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. ...
"    The "sovereign citizen" movement is a loosely organized collection of groups and individuals who have adopted a right-wing anarchist ideology originating in the theories of a group called the Posse Comitatus in the 1970s. Its adherents believe that virtually all existing government in the United States is illegitimate and they seek to "restore" an idealized, minimalist government that never actually existed. To this end, sovereign citizens wage war against the government and other forms of authority using "paper terrorism" harassment and intimidation tactics, and occasionally resorting to violence.    "

[7] The Posse Comitatus (from the Latin phrase meaning power of the county) is a loosely-organized right-wing social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in radical localism. ...
References

   1. ^ see Miranda v. Arizona (No. 759)98 Ariz. 18, 401 P.2d 721
   2. ^ In the context of U.S. Federal income taxation, see Lovell v. United States, 755 F.2d 517, 85-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) paragr. 9208 (7th Cir. 1984); and United States v. Sloan, 939 F.2d 499, 91-2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) paragr. 50,388 (7th Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1060, 112 S. Ct. 940 (1992).
   3. ^ Are sovereign citizens racist?, Message to Students, Militia Watchdog archives, Anti-Defamation League website
   4. ^ US DOJ News Release 11 September 2006
   5. ^ http://www.freedomdomain.com/redemption1.html
   6. ^ Patriots for Profit, Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Summer 2005
   7. ^ [1]

The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) is an interest group founded in 1913 by Bnai Brith in the United States whose stated aim is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. ... The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American non-profit legal organization, whose stated purpose is to combat racism and promote civil rights through research, education and litigation. ...
See also

    * Conspiracy theory

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Sovereign Citizen Movement -- Extremism in America (3341 words)
   The "sovereign citizen" movement is a loosely organized collection of groups and individuals who have adopted a right-wing anarchist ideology originating in the theories of a group called the Posse Comitatus in the 1970s.
   The ideology of the sovereign citizen movement had matured and crystallized by the 1980s as an unusual form of right-wing anarchism that focuses, on the one hand on the importance of local control and, on the other hand, on the avoidance of virtually all forms of authority and obligation.
   One of the first tactics of the resurgent sovereign citizen movement was the formation of vigilante "common law courts." Members of these courts used them as a forum for grievances against the "de facto" government or for assistance in attempts to harass their enemies.
The Legal Theories of the Sovereign Citizen Movement (14837 words)
   Sovereign Citizens claim an inalienable right to travel; that is, the right to travel over public roads without the necessity need to register their cars, display license plates, obtain driver's licenses, or conform to traffic laws.
   Sovereign Citizen suits against judges and prosecutors are virtually always frivolous because the doctrine of absolute immunity prohibits suits against them for actions performed in the course of their duties.
   Sovereign Citizens argue that the social security number does not belong to the holder because the name on the card creates a fictitious persona, the holder did not create the number, and the account cannot be closed.


http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedi ... n-Movement

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Looks like they got a guy on the FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Right next to Osama B.L. :


http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugiti ... per_ee.htm


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The sovereign citizen movement is a network of American litigants who claim to be "sovereign citizens"; that is, people who claim to have certain rights under English common law and to be unaccountable to the federal government. The litigants advance this concept in opposition to "federal citizens" who, they believe, have unknowingly forfeited their rights by accepting some aspect of federal law.[1]

This "sovereign citizen" concept originated in the Posse Comitatus movement as a teaching of Christian Identity minister William P. Gale. It has gone on to influence the tax protester movement, the Christian Patriot movement and the Redemption movement.[1] Gale identified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as the act that converted sovereign citizens into federal citizens, but other commentators have identified other acts, including the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871,[citation needed] the Uniform Commercial Code,[2] the Emergency Banking Act,[2] the Zone Improvement Plan[3] and the supposed suppression of the Titles of Nobility Amendment.[4]

Courts have consistently ruled that the concept of a sovereign citizen has no legal merit.[5]

[edit] References

   1. ^ a b Carey, Kevin (July 2008). "Too Weird for The Wire". Washington Monthly. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/featur ... carey.html. Retrieved on 19 July 2008.
   2. ^ a b Hall, Kermit; David Scott Clark (2002). The Oxford Companion to American Law.
  3. ^ Fleishman, David (Spring 2004). "Paper Terrorism: The Impact of the 'Sovereign Citizen' on Local Government". The Public Law Journal 27 (2).
   4. ^ Smith, William C. (November 1996). "The Law According to Barefoot Bob". ABA Journal.
   5. ^ Sussman, Bernard J. Idiot Legal Arguments: A Casebook for Dealing with Extremist Legal Arguments. Anti-Defamation League. http://www.adl.org/mwd/suss1.asp. Retrieved on 13 September 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Citizen_Movement

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

The Posse originated in California and Oregon around 1970, but by the end of the decade had spread to most areas of the nation. The number of "card-carrying" Posse members remained relatively small throughout the group's life, but a much larger number of informal members and strong sympathizers was proof that the strength of the Posse was not in its organization but rather in the attractiveness of its philosophy. That philosophy was most warmly received in the rural areas of the country, especially the great farming belt in the nation's midsection that stretched from Texas to North Dakota. The late 1970s and early 1980s brought with them a serious farm crisis which devastated the economic well-being of American farmers. Plunging real estate values and rising interest rates, coupled with a past history of unwise loans applied for and granted by optimistic bankers and government officials, created a spiral of depression and ruin which left few farming communities untouched. The foreclosures and farm and equipment auctions which became regular occurrences in many areas were testimony enough to how hard-hit American farmers were.

Making matters worse was that farmers could not seem to interest the American people or the government in their plight. In desperation, many turned to the Posse Comitatus for support and assistance. The Posse, first of all, offered the farmers a target to blame for their woes. Rather than their troubles being their own fault, or the fault of impersonal market forces, farmers were told by Posse leaders that their troubles were the result of deliberate tactics designed to impoverish and destroy them. Many Posse leaders claimed the farm crisis was the result of a Jewish conspiracy, while others simply blamed "international bankers" or the United States government. The Posse also offered farmers a solution: farmers were told they could save their property if they used the Posse's interpretations of law and government. Many farmers did so, claiming, for instance, at farm auctions that a bid of twenty dollars in gold or silver (the "constitutional" and "biblical" money) outweighed a bid of hundreds of thousands of "paper" dollars.

It is in this context of the farm crisis that the widespread use of bogus liens seems to have first occurred. Interestingly, bogus liens were often used as defensive tactics. They were not used as weapons against others, but as ways to help protect the property of the people placing the liens. Following the advice of Posse leaders such as Rick Elliott, founder of the National Agricultural Press Association and editor of the Primrose and Cattlemen's Gazette, farmers filed "common law liens" on their own property in order to forestall creditors. They argued that the labor they put into their own property had to be reimbursed before creditors could claim any of it. The efforts of one Iowa couple to save their farm offer a good example. In 1980, Arley and Mary Boese, of Henry County, Iowa, borrowed $420,000 from the Federal Land Bank in Omaha. They failed to make payments and in 1983 the Land Bank filed a foreclosure notice against them. In 1984 the Boeses filed a lien on their own property, for "labor, services and material" to the amount of $1,462,837.10. This created a legal battle (Federal Land Bank v. Boese) that went all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court, which admitted that their claim was "novel," but pointed out that "an essential element in establishing a lien is showing a debt or an obligation by the landowner. This element cannot be satisfied when a property owner claims a lien on his own real estate because an owner cannot owe himself a debt." Another tactic promoted by Posse leaders involving liens was for neighbors to file mechanics' liens against each other's property in order to frustrate banks attempting to foreclose. Some unscrupulous individuals even tried to sell "foreign contractual [sic] trusts" to desperate farmers, in which farmers would convey their assets to a company in the Bahamas that would have a common-law lien on all farm assets allegedly superior to all other rights. No court ever upheld any of the self-liening schemes.(5)

Putting a lien on one's own property in an attempt to forestall creditors was in essence a passive or defensive tactic. It might delay foreclosure for a few years, but it did nothing directly to harm those who were doing the foreclosing (obviously, delays could indirectly harm lenders, particularly in a time when many lenders were also hurt by the effects of the farm crisis). The Posse, however, was not a passive organization. Its members and sympathizers preferred to act out aggressively against their enemies. Sometimes this involved the threat or actual use of violence (there were numerous deadly encounters between law enforcement officers and Posse adherents in the 1980s), but more often Posse advocates dedicated themselves to "paper terrorism"—the use of legal and pseudolegal documents, filings and even organizations to clog up the legal and financial systems of the nation and to intimidate, harass and coerce the agents of those systems. Thus Posse members formed "Citizens' Grand Juries" and "Common Law Courts," made out "Citizen's Arrest Warrants" for disliked public officials, and created counterfeit money orders called "Public Office Money Certificates." They also soon discovered the value of using bogus liens against their opponents.

http://74.6.239.67/ search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Paper+Terrorism&fr=moz2&u=www.adl.org/mwd/privlien.asp&w=paper+papers+terrorism&d=WCAXgEfiSEQb&icp=1&.intl=us

[targa2]

The redemption movement has been plagued with people trying to turn what should be a battle to receive a remedy in law, that will level the playing field between them and those in power, into a way to create money or value for nothing. Issuing sight drafts to purchase real good etc is a bogus mis-use of the concept.
Also...there is no hidden account that is drawn upon by the government as some Redemptionists have suggested.  However it seems correct that evidence of live birth does constitute a form of collateral for the government to use when it borrows from the banking cartel to further it's expenditures once tax money runs out. Therefore a "person " must be assigned a relative value for these purposes which actually make us ( the people ) the creditors.

I have been trying to wade through the various truths and mythology of the various practitioners of this legal knowledge for years.
Roger Elvick , Winston Shrout, Victoria Joy, Barton Buhtz.

Lots of correct and not correct info here.

[targa2]

Possibly a good starting point to get some of the correct answers?

http://www.sedm.org/Forms/PolicyDocs/UCC.pdf

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

What I really find interesting about these movements, which echo much older ones back to the days of the Levellers, is the whole concept of legal "claim" and the transfer of "ownership"  in regards to bankruptcy. This matter has been the core thrust of this movement -- the Government cannot "reposses" productive sectors of the economy without redress. These movements erupted because of this continuing injustice by the money-lenders and the bankrupt Jewish Federal Reserve system.   To cut off the fingers of Jewish money-lenders backed by the Govt. mandates, one must look deep into traditional European laws.  Without greedy Jews, in most cases, there is no actual "claim" or "transfer" to be made.

[Mac Seafraidh]

http://www.radioislam.org/adl/index.htm

[§N9sh2bj]

The Posse, first of all, offered the farmers a target to blame for their woes. Rather than their troubles being their own fault, or the fault of impersonal monopoly forces, farmers were told by Posse leaders that their troubles were the result of deliberate tactics designed to impoverish and destroy them. Many Posse leaders claimed the farm crisis was the result of an Ashkenazi "Jewish" conspiracy, while others simply blamed international bankers or the United States government.

I don't see anything wrong with that.

Way to go CSR. Lurv your posts.  

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Some more interesting links:
(Note I don't fully subscribe to this belief and P.O.V.  but I do find it worthwhile to research in this age of Goy Govt. Bailouts of Jew Banks and the Foreclosure ready courts and banks... CSR)

http://www.state-citizen.org/

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Richard McDonald on State Citizenship (1:50 mins)

    Richard McDonald could not understand why he was treated "like a dog" in a federal court in 1981. He began to research in law libraries and became so consumed by this interest that he quit his job in law enforcement and became a night watchman at a facility that allowed him to study law books all night long. In time, he came to realize that there are TWO different categories of people under the law. If you consider yourself to be a "citizen" of The United States, then you are a "legal entity", or a franchisee, of a FOREIGN CORPORTATION called The United States of America. As such, you are GRANTED privileges and civil rights by statutory law (legislated law). Today, you are in the same boat if you consider yourself to be a "resident" of the state in which you live because all 50 states have also LEGISLATIVELY incorporated  themselves (as have most cities). However, when states, such as California, first declared their existence, they established their 1849 FOUNDING constitution with the words WE THE PEOPLE (sovereigns) who derive their inalienable rights from God-and not from the state. In 1879, California legislators enacted a SECOND CORPORTATE California constitution which allows grants and privileges to its "residents". The legislative passage of the second, corporate constitution in NO WAY negated the God-given rights of the founding California constitution of 1849 (although judges, prosecutors, and politicians would prefer that you not be aware of that). As such, people who recognize themselves as Citizens of California (same goes for other states), can demand their rights as sovereign humans who are not subject to statutory rules imposed upon "legal entities". We indenture ourselves to our state and federal corporate 'owners' via the Social Security number, the marriage licence,  the driver's licence, the birth certificate, etc.. You can learn how to break the corporate nexus and establish your rights as a sovereign and force the courts and the judges to 'obey the law', but first you must learn the law. And that's what Richard McDonald sets out to help you accomplish. This guy is worth his weight in gold. $24 plus shipping (Specify Video tape or DVD) (audio tape below)
http://educate-yourself.org/products/in ... rdmcdonald
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http://educate-yourself.org/lte/commonl ... ug08.shtml

Hi Michael,

The Redemption info is accurate; it's not disinfo. We have all been suckered into believing that the CORPORATE United States is the same thing as the united states founded by our forefathers. It is not.

The deception began with the attempts by banking oligrachs to force Andrew Jackson to abandon a US currency and government owned banking system and go over to a CENTRAL (private) banking system controlled by the Rothchids, etc. They didn't get their way with Andy Jackson, but they did get their way in 1913 with the creation of the deceptively-named Federal Reserve System, which is a PRIVATE banking cartel controlled by the Rothchilds, etc.

The switch over to a corporate, CONTRACT BASED legal system took place in the 1930's under FDR. Contract based law is dealth with under the UCC, the Uniform Commercial Code. This is why you receive all documents from the US government or any court clerk of any court in America with your name on it in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

Those all-capital letters do not represent the flesh and blood Michael Amsden who was born to Momma Amsden. Those all cap letters represent the CORPORATE SURROGATE of Michael Amsden known as "the strawman" that is REPRESENTING the flesh and blood Michael Amsden in the CORPORATE COURT SYSTEM (also referred to as ADMIRALTY COURTS by some) that has replaced COMMON LAW courts which the government doesn't want you to know about or think had ever existed.

I have made refrerence to the Redemtpion movement in various articles, but I haven't showcased the info as I had once planned to do. It's not that I'm opposed to it, but it's such a huge topic, I decided to not add more to my plate as I'm overwhelmed as it is.

I will write up an overview and refer to other sites that do specialize in this area.

You have to study this info in depth and become an expert if you plan on going into court and declare your soverignty. It's doable, but you need to be prepared because the judge will make mince meat out of you if you don't know what you are talking about. You have to know more than the judge about this and be confident in your knowledge.

If you successfully move to the private side, you are no longer property of the state. You aren't obliged to knuckle under to state rules such as driver's licnese or motor vehicle registration, or marriage licences, or income taxes, but you can't accept state welfare either. That means divorcing yourself from Social Security, Medicaid, etc.

It's very empowering, to be sure, but that means standing on your own and KNOWING your rights under the FOUNDING constitution of your state and the US constitution. Most states adopted a SECOND, CORPORATE-BASED constitution some years AFTER the FOUNDING CONSTITUTION. The corporate constitution did not abrogate or cancel out the FOUNDING constitution, however, the government DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. They wish to PRETEND that the only constitution that exists is the CORPORATE constitution that makes you chattle of the state.

I have a DVD by Richard McDonald that's called "State Citzenship" and deals with this subject. (http://educate-yourself.org/products/in ... rdmcdonald)

Regards, Ken

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[targa2]

Correction.   " Common Law " is still a part of commerce. Don't be fooled into thinking common law is "Gods Law  "

The merchants in England were having trouble with their trading practices so they pleaded to the Monarchy to settle the problem .  The problem was an inconsistent way of measuring various weights and measures so the King harmonized these various measurements so they would be "common " to all of the merchants.  The King could change these measurements at any time ,so they are subject to mans will and not gods will. They are not eternal laws.  Gods laws are eternal.

What System of Law is the Common Law based upon?

    Custom of merchants: A system of customs, originating among merchants, and allowed for the benefit of trade as part of the common law. Page 303.

http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/common_law.html

[§N9sh2bj]

I wanted to give everyone a heads-up: It's not necessary to ditch your SSN/SIN, but instead, through more sophisticated methods, leverage the system to work in the private and public.

There is a bit of commentary reposted above bringing up another another point which begs mentioning: According to what I have watched it is possible to operate in the private and then move into the Public at-will. There is no need to abandon a SSN or passport, for instance. Instead, you bond yourself, so when operating in the Public, you are free to move about. You can also take advantage of what Rob Menard is talking about, having the U.S. Treasury handle payments of your IRS tax liability and tickets etc.  At the bottom of http://www.geocities.com/uobvid/ Aria lists the Winston Shrout videos from Kelowna and Fort Collins. These videos costs hundreds of dollars to get, so while they last on Google, watch them. Unplug add-on for Firefox will allow you to download them. Give credit to the AntiTerrorist who posted some of the first video links in his Google Video on the Freeman/Strawman movement.

The post about a definition of common law sounds limited to the scope in use by merchants. Maybe not the same application of common law being written about here.

Interesting Foxman is shitting his pants over this 'movement', as it re-establishes dominion over these Talmudic courts.