One proposal is to impose harsher sanctions on attorneys who participate in these lawsuits, but this approach would likely be unsuccessful as most sovereign citizens represent themselves in court proceedings. )f)/ hG!;6OGNM)Dj9h~(J# =HN5"%C3z!yIE%J,oLLd{;Wwm -`ra|E`e.Vh6 QfH=NL0RK,V LLY 1i)F{= Zf*b%&Tk=.L1|&FO(/R'Qo!Gt{DqSx2yY]A.yNydcC2O4MDFUle Corrigan refused to recognize the authority of the county and court, though he appeared in court and represented himself. 2 See supra note 9 and accompanying text. L. Rev. The answer is a bit more complex than most people think. Press J to jump to the feed. In sum, challenging systemic fixes such as educational and economic reform are likely the only viable long-term solutions to Sovereign Citizens, as the status quo policies are fueling the exponential increase in Sovereign adherents, leaving courts to essentially chop off a hydras head when dealing with an individual Sovereign case. They're annoying. According to the FBI, the sovereign citizens movement consists of individuals who are "anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are. For example, the wake of the COVID epidemic gave rise to contentious disagreements regarding the necessity and extent of various venue restrictions, as well as mask and vaccine mandates. However, in my state it has been my experience they recognize the Sheriffs authority but . The contemporary sovereign belief system is based on a decades-old conspiracy theory. Code 391(b) (West 1994). Sovereign citizens may want to bring their own court reporters to court proceedings. "The RIGHT of the citizen to DRIVE on the public street with freedom from police interference, unless he is engaged in suspicious conduct associated in some manner with criminality is a FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT which must be protected by the courts." People v. [39] See Goode, supra note 35 (discussing liens filed against the district attorney in Gadsden, Alaska, and describing dealing with these liens as nightmarish). ; see also Christine Sarteschi, Sovereign Citizens: More Than Paper Terrorists, Just Sec. [48] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 790. Understanding the Sovereign Citizens origin story helps to contextualize their superpowered ability to decelerate legal actions. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600. Ctr., https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement [https://perma.cc/9L59-28BH]. I'm suprised I haven't seen him on the news yet on the last 15 years for committing some form of atrocity. For although Sovereign Citizens come in countless varieties, their various legal practices can all be boiled down to a common strategy: a war of attrition. [1] Sovereign Citizens abject refusal to stipulate to even the most basic tenets of the established legal system has resulted in a paper war, in which courts are bombarded with legally baseless filings and motions, causing general chaos, confusion for legal professionals, and never-ending delays. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) refers to some sovereign citizens as domestic terrorists. Sovereign Citizens: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. [17] Additionally, it is hardly surprising that the growing inclination for some political groups to jump aboard the Sovereign bandwagon has coincided with a significant decline in public trust of the judicial system. [5], However, one of the most difficult aspects in dealing with Sovereign Citizens from a legal perspective is that, aside from this core principle, it is almost impossible to pin down an individual Sovereigns beliefs to any established doctrine. [5] See Bauer Notice, supra note 1, at 29, 43, 5960. [31] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. There have been a few high-profile standoffs (Cliven Bundy's, for example) that ended in a stalemate, but Bundy's charges were never dropped and he was later arrested and currently awaits trial. [26]The precise methodology employed by Sovereign Citizens is best explored through illustrative case studies. [2] See Criminal Complaint, United States v. Bauer, No. [46] Some proponents of the movement argue that all laws and amendments to the Constitution after the 1871 passage of the Fourteenth Amendment are invalid due to complex legal arguments involving the citizenship portion of the amendment. They may "win" if they ultimately comply, or broke no laws ( freedom of speech and being stupid) is still legal or win if cop is a punk. Core tenets of 'Sovereign Citizen' law are things like 'claiming a court cannot try you because they fly a gold-fringed flag, thus making it an admiralty court' and 'because I declare myself a sovereign citizen, many laws don't apply to me.' This is, of course, absurd. Listening to the sound that little twat makes as he gets dropped will never fail to brighten my day. . [59] See Sovereign Citizen Ideology Increasingly Seeping into QAnon, Anti-Defamation League (Jan. 19, 2022), https://bit.ly/3rhszww. [50] Meeting this evidentiary threshold is far from trivial, as courts typically exercise lenience with pro-se filings that do not adhere to the established formats, and imposing categorical bans on future filings is not favored because that leaves no room for potentially meritorious filings.[51] Thus, not only does time need to be invested in filing the motion and obtaining the injunction, but the injunction can only be sought after a history of frivolous filings, by which point the court will have already been subjected to a significant strain on its resources. [52] While pre-filing injunctions undoubtedly have situational utility, these gatekeeper orders likely serve only as a band-aid fix to the Sovereign Citizen epidemic. Several solutions to sovereign citizens abuses of the legal system could help mitigate or prevent their ability to abuse. 0 A judge loses his patience in the courtroom when a Sovereign Citizen is brought in on multiple charges, in this scene from Season 3, Episode 45.#CourtCamSubscribe for more from Court Cam and other great A\u0026E shows: http://aetv.us/subscribe-aeFind out more about Court Cam and watch full episodes on our site: https://www.aetv.com/shows/court-camStay up to date on all of A\u0026E's premieres at http://aetv.com/schedule.Check out exclusive A\u0026E content: Website - http://www.aetv.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AETV/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aetv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aetv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aetv From frightening outbursts to furious judges, Court Cam gives viewers an in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera. [28] See Kalinowski, supra note 23, at 157. Fax: (612) 624-5400 %%EOF Give Us Some Credit: Creating More Viable Public Financing Programs Through Tax Credits and Democracy Vouchers. Never on its own merits, that is. [33] Mastrony, supra note 10, at 101516. The term "sovereign citizen" is a catch-all phrase referring to several loosely connected groups centered around a similar theme. Did this guy learn his lesson? The Federal Reserve was depicted in the video as an evil organization that makes Americans slaves to the laws that govern debt and taxation. [26] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. Visit us at aetv.com for more info. No obligation to pay a traffic or speeding ticket. [55], Pauline Bauer is far from the only sovereign citizen to be indicted on charges relating to the January 6th Capitol Riot. [36] Adam W. Lasker, Stifling Sovereign Citizens: Tougher Penalties for Unlawful Clouding of Title, 101 Ill. Bar J. [71] Most states has passed some version of a vexatious litigant statute; the statutes usually involve specific standards that, once satisfied, are met with punishments ranging from fines to prohibition from taking legal action. Similar schemes run in the past by people like Tucci-Jarraf have resulted in their prosecution for such crimes as tax evasion and fraud. A sovereign citizen named Fred Jones may say "I am agent of Fred Jones" to inform you that he is not the corporate entity strawman FRED JONES and thus is beyond the court's jurisdiction. [45] A commitment surely bolstered from the pecuniary benefits they enjoy from publicizing their ideologies.[46]. 355, 361 (1998) (describing how deterrence works as coercion by fear in order to alter problematic behaviors). In fact, in surveys that were conducted in 2014 and 2015, law enforcement officials believed that terrorist acts by sovereign citizens were of a higher risk than that posed by Neo-Nazis, militants, and racists. [6] This is because Sovereign Citizens are decentralized, with specific methodologies and beliefs governed by local gurus and influencers, as opposed to universal sources of truth. Just because you d [25] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 798800. Denver airline pilot Jack Wharton Thomas, who had argued that his income didn't qualify as taxable "wages," was sentenced in January to 10 years' probation for tax evasion and fraud. %PDF-1.5 % Here Beane and Tucci-Jarraf were found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Beane was also convicted on six counts of bank and wire fraud. Rev. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. [17] See id. [40] Sovereigns uniformly reject this notion, making it doubtful that legislation utilizing the same unrecognized legal system will meaningfully influence Sovereign Citizen behavior. The most viable way to combat paper terrorists seems to be the use of vexatious litigant statutes. Evidence suggests that Sovereigns have successfully capitalized on political and economic trends in order to catalyze their movements growth. Members of the sovereign citizen movement include everyone from litigants and tax protesters, to those who promote financial schemes. Such evidence can come in the form of websites that support his ideology, or excerpts from Supreme Court decisions that he manipulates into justifying his point of view. Blandinos tactics are commonplace for Sovereign Citizen defendants, even for those charged with the most trivial of civil infractions. [28] Most sovereign citizens declare this immunity to laws of the United States corporation by filing non-legal documents, in which they renounce their citizenship in the federal corporation of the United States. From left to right: Ulster County "sovereign citizens" Ed Parenteau, Jeffrey Burfeindt and Richard Ulloa, Local Policing and Immigration Enforcement, Request for Legal Assistance Economic Justice, bogus liens and fraudulent invoices totaling $1.24 trillion. Wayne Kenneth Glew, 74, appeared in the Geraldton Magistrates Court as about 40 supporters rallied outside the building. Ctr., https://bit.ly/3rl5V6m (last visited, Apr. 1106, 1107 (2015). In Natrona County, Wyo., officials battled for months to force Ed Corrigan to clear debris, broken-down vehicles and other junk from the property he occupies. [48] However, the limitations of pre-filing injunctions are just as apparent. The video also contained several tropes of the sovereign citizens movement which have repeatedly been discredited. [8] Admiralty-Maritime Sovereign Citizens believe that the common law legal system of the founding fathers was swapped for admiralty law when the United States abandoned the gold standard. A 'sovereign citizen' was dragged out of a courthouse before launching into a bizarre tirade against the legal system. Nor may he argue at trial that this court lacks jurisdiction over him because he is a "sovereign citizen" or citizen of the Cherokee nation (he is in fact a U.S. citizen), that the U.S.. <> She has previously worked at the Department of State, the Utah House of Representatives, and will be externing at the Department of Justice in the National Security Division this summer. [12] The grossly disparate nature of the two groups practices and world views means that they might as well be (and often actually are) speaking different languages. [20] See Colin McRoberts, Tinfoil Hats and Powdered Wigs: Thoughts on Pseudolaw, 58 Washburn L.J. [55] These websites likely would not convert individuals already entrenched in the Sovereign ideology. Richard Ulloa was found guilty of seven counts of mail fraud in the case in December, and in January, Jeffrey Burfeindt and Ed-George Parenteau pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [17] Some sovereign [citizens] believe this perfidious change occurred during the Civil War, while others blame the events of 1933, when the U.S abandoned the gold standard.[18], Sovereign citizens believe that this change from common law to admiralty law means that judges, lawyers, and some law enforcement officials are actually foreign agents,[19] acting out against sovereign citizens due to the law enforcements treasonous loyalty to hidden and malevolent government forces.[20] Sovereign citizens are split, though, on whether lawyers and judges are aware of the switch to admiralty law and are hiding it or whether they are uninformed, indoctrinated by government propaganda. 138 0 obj <> endobj 554, 554 (2013) (explaining how Illinois upgraded the penalty for false title-clouding from a misdemeanor to a felony in an effort to stifle the paper war levied by Sovereign Citizens). [35], The million-dollar question concerns how courts should deal with the disruptive ploys of Sovereign Citizens. [51] See Kalinowski, supra note 23, at 154. [62] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. 79524, 2019 WL 4511653, at*1 (Nev. Ct. App. They tend to file lengthy, nonsensical motions, sometimes hundreds of . [8] See Bauer Notice, supra note 1, at 56, 7879, 82. [27] Since that time, Blandino has filed motions to stay the proceedings, competency motions, and several additional motions seeking to disqualify almost every judge in the district. Sovereign Citizens: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. [46] See supra notes 2325 and accompanying text. 637, 647 (2019) (likening the efforts of Sovereign gurus to the propaganda of snake oil salesmen). [25]Thus, Americas economic loss is the Sovereign leaders financial gain. Ctr., supra note 8 (detailing how Sovereign Citizen leaders garner recruits from those facing a desperate financial situation as well as those who are too impatient to seek traditional measures to challenge legal or tax disputes); see also The Anti-Government Movement Guidebook, The Natl Ctr. [6] See Bauer Notice, supra note 1, at 7. { bvHX&ZA7l\0#38$xLP`_T&uA4F y EJC&y007=0>M-8k"jLS(XucVn@05=-~*O-j7~z)|'|OBY.gI3DiM[5eo.H|= Sovereign citizens are known for their problematic behavior in court. HPZm{O CS*h8 `L31 M!$ )>ny %}5qnv|=t #% u Mr. Beeks, you should be quiet unless spoken to.[57], The presence of so many putative sovereign citizens at the Capitol Riot suggests that sovereign citizens have found a home with the far right in American politics. 181 0 obj <>stream This notice declared that Pauline Bauer, a Pennsylvania woman who was charged with disorderly conduct and trespass after her involvement in the Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021,[2] is not a person,[3] but instead a living soul.[4] Because of this, Bauer claims she is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States judicial system. [42] See supra notes 3 and 19 and accompanying text. 153, 158 (2019). [15] The imposition of governmental restrictions led many on the far-right to utilize Sovereign Citizen ideology to justify their anti-mask and anti-vaccine positions, both publicly and in court filings. [1] An alternative remedy to the antics of Sovereign Citizens is to impose pre-filing injunctions against certain pro-se litigants. [50] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. 13, 2010), https://bit.ly/3jrLf8t. I may have seen this before but long enough ago that his screams still felt fresh. [66] See March-Safborn, supra note 64, at 46. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement, https://cedars.cedarville.edu/2021/10/recent-vaccine-mandates-raise-questions-and-controversy-over-constitutional-rights/, https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-anti-vaxxers-anti-maskers-and-the-sovereign-citizen-movement-20210814-3xpmibj26zhpbce3yk74qztu5m-story.html, https://www.justsecurity.org/77328/sovereign-citizens-more-than-paper-terrorists/, https://iaals.du.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publications/barton_american_distrust_of_the_judiciary.pdf, https://news.gallup.com/poll/171992/americans-losing-confidence-branches-gov.aspx, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lMmPd5-g8, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjly8zplatc&list=PLvpewVS8zsgikjR1-D1vxFDGW6eEIs3vs&index=6, 07_Crowell Gatekeeper orders Jan 262010.pdf (unc.edu), https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hydra-Greek-mythology, THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT: WHAT, A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF: A MODERN REFLECTION ON THE HAPPINESS, HEALTH, AND ETHICS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION WITH CHIEF JUDGE PATRICK J. SCHILTZ, LIFE-OR-DEATH LEGALESE: THE EXECUTION OF MATTHEW REEVES AND THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF POORLY TARGETED LEGAL DRAFTING, NOT FLYING SOLO: HOW SOUTHWESTS MASSIVE FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS LED TO SEVERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS. The scheme relied on the "redemption" theory, a sovereign belief that taxpayers can access secret Treasury accounts containing millions of dollars. P. 11(c), 37. g62ft]iXUWw'5#`[wCDwl|!o7o CdA>ovf) 4&[]bU9`Y`~W3!VY?CPW?T5R;Z%:QxPwQO [19] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. In March, self-declared sovereign citizens Tony and Micaela Dutson of Tigard, Ore., each received 10 years in prison for evading $7 million in federal taxes through the use of fraudulent trusts and bogus financial instruments, and for filing lawsuits and liens against the investigators who pursued them. Additionally, he had shared one of Tucci-Jarrafs posts on his Facebook page a few days prior to flaunt his newfound wealth. [53] Ensuring that economic safety nets are in place during recessions and economic downturns will help to eliminate the desperation that leads the financially troubled to drink the Sovereign Kool-Aid. [19] Just as many get rich quick schemes or multilevel marketing brands form a trap for the unwary, local Sovereign leaders have seduced new members through the peddling of quick-fix solutions to legal problems. For uses beyond those covered by law or the Creative Commons license, permission to reuse should be sought directly from the copyright owner listed in the About pages. . [47] See Michael Crowell, Gatekeeper Orders (Pre-filing Injunctions), UNC Sch. [49] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 1018; see also United States v. Cheek, 882 F.2d 1263, 1268 n.2 (7th Cir. Two Childersburg, Ala., men, Gary Wayne Presley and Michael Donald Wilsey both of whom claim to be citizens of the Central Assemblies Union of the Several States of the Union of the States of the United States of America were arrested for filing false foreclosure documents against another man's property, conspiracy and using "sham legal process" in a case that began with traffic violations. stream He was arrested by the FBI when he went to pick up the new half-million-dollar motor home he had purchased with some of his ill-gotten gains. [22] Customers being the operative term, as siphoning the legal knowledge of local gurus usually requires the purchase of packets of template filings,[23] scripts to recite at court appearances,[24] or for the extremely unfortunate, a representation by the Sovereign leader on their behalf. 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[56] See Hydra, Brittanica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hydra-Greek-mythology [https://perma.cc/F7LN-PF5T] (noting that if one head of the monster was cut off, two more heads would emerge from the wound); see also supra notes 3436 (addressing the difficulties in deterring future Sovereign tactics by addressing one case). June 29, 1990) (upholding the award of attorneys fees against Sovereign Citizen who engaged in frivolous conduct). The Intelligence Report is the SPLC's award-winning magazine. States such as Illinois have relied on this solution, enacting legislation heightening penalties for frivolous filings. There A Geraldton 'sovereign citizen' campaigner has faced court charged with inciting his followers to arrest government ministers and other officials. 306, 31924 (2013) (describing the dangerous tendencies of zealous adherents). 1106, 1129 (questioning the deterrent impact on the litigiousness of those who do not believe in the validity of the government to begin with). Ctr., supra note 8 (discussing the case of Donna Lee Wray, who succeeded in having her charge dropped after filing ten documents in two months to contest her $20 dog licensing citation). They also filed baseless property liens and lawsuits against government officials who tried to have the documents removed. [21] Because America has never experienced a shortage of the financially troubled or those disillusioned with the traditional legal system, Sovereign leaders are not limited to recruiting political extremists, and instead have an inexhaustible pool of potential customers. Additionally, any restriction, however justified and specific, will be simply a validation of sovereign citizens belief that the government is out to silence and punish them. [3] While Sovereigns have generally moved away from the racist and antisemitic views that originally defined the group, a belief that has never wavered is that the American Government comprises an illegal operation. In November, the county finally decided to clean up Corrigan's land and send him the bill. [13], The modern-day legal philosophies of sovereign citizens are based on reinterpretations of the Constitution of the United States, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Magna Carta, the Bible,[14] and other archaic documents using selective readings of legal dictionaries,[15] baseless interpretations of capitalization and punctuation, and conspiracy theory. 'An unthinkable tragedy': How did this train crash happen? They do not believe they are subject to the same governmental statutes that govern the rest of the country. While at BYU she was awarded a Global Politics Research Fellowship and the 2021 Tanner Diplomacy Scholarship. Algorta. for State Ct. 9 (1999), [https://perma.cc/ T5NJ-VXFY] (claiming that the common denominator among Sovereign Citizens is a feeling of despair, rooted in pecuniary loss, and manifested in government distrust). [22] Such beliefs include that once the United States moved away from backing the U.S. dollar with gold to instead backing it with the full faith and credit of the federal government, the government began to use its citizenry as collateral; that the government has s[old citizens] future earning capabilities to foreign investors, starting at birth with the issuance of a birth certificate and Social Security number; and that the government uses the birth certificate to set up a [secret] corporate trust in the babys name, creating a corporate shell account with which the baby now must split their rights. In 2019, Blandino was charged with extortion and impersonation of an officer after allegedly threatening a sitting judge. [12] See William P. Stork & Jordan Beumer, Sovereign Citizens in South Carolina: Who Are They and How Do We Deal With Them?, 30 S.C. Law. This comprehensive look at how the action unfolds allows viewers to sit in the courtroom as they witness crazy courtroom moments from the most high-profile trials to minor court proceedings.A\u0026E leads the cultural conversation through high-quality, thought provoking original programming with a unique point of view. use a patchwork of misinterpreted old English law, constitutional text and Bible verses to form pseudo-courts, which they call common law courts, or entirely new governments, which they describe as assemblies.). In my experience, No they don't win if they brake the law or file fictitious law suites. Sovereign Citizens disruption to the legal system is a clear issue that will only increase in scope and size as sovereign citizen conspiracy theories bleed into mainstream American politics. [36] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 101617; see also Goode, supra note 35. [35] Erica Goode, In Paper War, Flood of Liens is the Weapon, N.Y. Times (Aug. 23, 2013), https://nyti.ms/3xo3a8g; see also Laird, supra note 14. The copyright of these individual works published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing remains with the original creator or editorial team. The burdens Sovereigns place on court time is not limited to their motion practice antics. See Kalinowski, supra note 23, at 15354. The option to dismiss anything in the area of legal business. [39] These liens target local officials that have had some part in their legal trouble, from the police officer who pulled them over to the clerk who scheduled their court date to the judge who handed down sentencing,[40] and can seriously harm the credit of those filed against, leading to financial difficulties. [41] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 102627. % with a sovereign citizen. Chance had already served a 27-month sentence after a 2007 conviction for filing improper tax returns. The burly man struggled to break free as he was escorted out of a courthouse . The Flagship Publication of Penn State Law, I, me, Pauline from the house of Bauer challenge the courts [sic] jurisdiction over me, a living woman, one of we the people, creator of Government.[1] So begins a ramblingand often incoherent114-page notice to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [49] And some sovereign citizens, although admittedly it is a small fraction, believe that the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were a coordinated attempt to stop information about the fraudulent government from being exposed to the public. The FBI picked her up at the White House on a tip from the Secret Service, after she insisted on demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump. (July 5, 2021), https://www.justsecurity.org/77328/sovereign-citizens-more-than-paper-terrorists/ [https://perma.cc/SH98-JLKF] (describing the ideological overlap between Sovereign Citizens and anti-maskers). [32] Sovereign citizens, usually after they have been ticketed for moving violations or unpaid taxes, subvert the legal system to try to prove their claims. [7] Thus, even if a court knows in advance that they are contending with a Sovereign, they will likely not know if the individual is a traditional Sovereign, an admiralty-maritime Sovereign[8], a quantum grammar Sovereign[9], or even one of the many derivative Sovereign groups such as Moorish Americans. Perhaps the most infamous violent incident involving sovereign citizens is the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Follow the action from the third Test between India and Australia in Delhi in our live blog, Former government services minister Stuart Robert is being questioned at theRobodebt inquiry, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news. Gc&-r F/)wzG/04%.x50E'6L `FG#?W 2O#Xo>$bkSU!3HO)P.3eSlf4(T9M?~"|4X8Vp%vY.EG?%0|kSzcso a=ewX3f)BX{~SwPhS"y)X#XDSwX . [29] This has led to the case failing to reach a final disposition almost three years down the line. LEXIS 111310, at *5. The currently pending Nevada criminal case against Kim Blandino exemplifies the practical burdens of the paper war. [67] Another approach could be to make the process of filing court documents, including liens, more difficult or expensive. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. An individual who believes he is above the law, and that he only has to. [10] They are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or sovereign from the United States.[11] Over the past sixty years, several distinct groups evolved and merged to form the modern idea of sovereign citizenship; accordingly, these groups do not belong to a centralized organization with joint leaders or official beliefs but instead share similar broad beliefs about the governments jurisdiction and ability to govern its citizens. 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