I was born a first-class citizen. I entered into contracts that, without my knowledge, made me a second-class citizen.
I was surprised to find that the United States government recognized two distinct classes of citizens, let alone that my citizenship status had changed. At first, I did not believe it. It was not until I learned how to use the law library in the county courthouse that I was able to confirm my status. I am not an attorney so this article should not be considered as legal advice. It may be used as the basis of your own research.
This article does not have a copyright, so you can copy all or part of it. This article borrows research from other articles/papers without copyrights written by people across the nation. I will describe the big picture first, then I will substantiate the claims made and give a more detailed picture later.
You may find the ideas presented here conflict with the model of government that you have been taught. You may also find these ideas impossible to believe.
This is understandable. The further you read, the more you may change the way you filter information about what the government is doing. If you cannot believe any of this, please close your browser.
Sometime in the future, you may come back to this website and it may make more sense. I believe that the concepts described here are true. But, you should not! If you accepted the ideas in this article without confirming them from other sources, then you are a fool! If I can change your model of reality in one article then someone else might be able to fill your head with nonsense.
Please be skeptical. Even if you do not agree with the central premise, you may agree with some of the research. If so, you will still get something out of this article. There are many Citizens doing research on the topics described in this article.
Some will sell the results of their research while others will practically give it away. This article does not discuss some of the more advanced topics (commercial liens, common law liens, common law trusts).
The United States of America is a unique nation. It was the first constitutional republic in the world. Before the American Revolution, the King of England owned all the land in his colonies. The inhabitants of the colonies were his subjects.
When the war was over, the King signed the Treaty of Peace. In that treaty, he said that all the land in the former colonies was owned by the people and all of his sovereign powers that he held in the colonies were transferred, not to the government of the colonies but, to the People of the colonies.
This made all of the Citizens of the colonies sovereigns. This has never happened before or since in any other country. In other countries, the government is sovereign. It makes laws for its subject-citizens and it gives them their rights. In the United States, the People were sovereigns. The People were endowed, by their creator, with certain rights and the government was instituted to secure those rights.
We the People gave a portion of our sovereignty to the state government, and the states gave a small portion of the sovereignty we gave to them, to the federal government so that it would be strong enough to defend the People. The Constitution for the United States of America describes the powers that the states gave to the federal government.
If the federal government is defined by the Constitution, and the Constitution says that I am a sovereign, why do I feel like a subject? I own my house.
If I don’t pay my property tax the government will go to a court and remove me from it just as the courts would remove me from an apartment if I did not pay the rent. Do I really own the land if someone can take it away from me simply because I don’t pay them for the use of it? Could the King of England have the land taken away from him if he did not pay a tax? So long as I don’t cause injury to someone’s person or property or defraud them shouldn’t I, as a sovereign, have the right to do anything I want? Today there are so many rules and regulations that the government has that I think nearly everything I do is against some law. What has happened to my sovereignty? Isn’t the government sovereign over me? Are there any sovereign People left in the United States of America?
There are hundreds of thousands of sovereigns in the United States of America and I am one of them. Sovereigns own their land in “allodium.” That is, the government does not have a financial interest in their land. Because of this, they do not need to pay property tax (school tax, real estate tax).
Only the powers granted to the federal government in the Constitution for the United States of America define the laws that they have to follow.
This is a very small subset of the laws most of us have to follow. Unless they accept benefits from or contract with the federal government, they do not have to pay Social Security tax, federal income tax, or resident individual state income tax. They do not need to register their cars or get a driver’s license unless they drive commercially. They can own ANY kind of gun without a license or permit. They do not have to use the same court system that US federal citizens do. I am sure that most people reading this are saying to themselves that this cannot be true. I know I did when I first heard of it.
The government recognizes two distinct classes of citizens: a state Citizen and a federal citizen.
“The right to tax and regulate the national citizenship is an inherent right under the rule of the Law of Nations, which is part of the law of the United States, as described in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17.” The Luisitania, 251 F.715, 732. And, “This jurisdiction extends to citizens of the United States, wherever resident, for the exercise of the privileges and immunities and protections of [federal] citizenship.” Cook v. Tait, (1924) 265 U.S. 37,44 S.Ct 447, 11 Virginia Law Review, 607.”
The right of trial by jury in civil cases, guaranteed by the 7th Amendment (Walker v. Sauvinet, 92 U.S. 90), and the right to bear arms, guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment (Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252), have been distinctly held not to be privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States guaranteed by the 14th Amendment against abridgment by the states, and in effect the same decision was made in respect of the guarantee against prosecution, except by indictment of a grand jury, contained in the 5th Amendment (Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516), and in respect of the right to be confronted with witnesses, contained in the 6th Amendment.” West v. Louisiana, 194 U.S. 258.
The privileges and immunities [civil rights] of the 14th Amendment citizens were derived [taken] from the Constitution, but are not identical to those referred to in Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution.
Plainly spoken, RIGHTS considered to be grants from our creator are clearly different from the “civil rights” that were granted by Congress to its own brand of franchised citizen in the 14th Amendment.
“A ‘civil right’ is a right given and protected by law [man’s law], and a person’s enjoyment thereof is regulated entirely by law that creates it.” Nickell v. Rosenfield, (1927) 82 CA 369, 375, 255 P. 760.
Title 42 of the USC contains the Civil Rights laws. It says: “Rights under 42 USCS section 1983 are for citizens of the United States and not of state. Wadleigh v. Newhall (1905, CC Cal) 136 F 941.”
In summary, what we are talking about here is a Master-Servant relationship. Prior to the 14th Amendment, there were state Citizens and non-citizens. State Citizens were the masters in the relationship to government. After the 14th Amendment was declared to be passed, a new class of citizenship was created, which is both privileged and servant [subject] to the creator [the federal government].
In order for the federal government to tax a Citizen of one of the several states, it had to create some sort of contractual nexus. This contractual nexus is the Social Security Number (SSN).
In 1935, the federal government instituted Social Security. The Social Security Board then created 10 Social Security “Districts.” The combination of these “Districts” resulted in a “Federal Area”, a fictional jurisdiction, which covered all of the several states like a clear plastic overlay.
In 1939, the federal government instituted the “Public Salary Tax Act of 1939.” This Act is a municipal law of the District of Columbia for taxing all federal government employees and those who live and work in any “Federal Area.”
In 1940, Congress passed the “Buck Act” (4 U.S.C. Sections 105-113). Section 110(e) authorized any department of the federal government to create a “Federal Area” for imposition of the “Public Salary Tax Act of 1939.”
Sec. 110(d): The term “State” includes any territory or possession of the United States.
Sec. 110(e): The term “Federal Area” means any lands or premises held or acquired for the use of the United States or its departments or agencies.
Sec. 105: No person is relieved from paying any sales or use tax levied by any State, even if the transaction occurred in a Federal area. States have full jurisdiction to tax those residing in Federal Areas.
NOTE: Irrespective of what the tax is called, if its purpose is revenue, it is an income or receipts tax under the Buck Act. See Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Calvert.
A Federal area can include Social Security districts, federally funded housing, federally-funded roads, FDIC-insured banks, and institutions accepting federal aid. Anyone with an SSN or using federal benefits is tied into this Federal Area and its territorial jurisdiction.
This mechanism allowed federal territorial law to be imposed upon the people within these Federal Areas—symbolized by the Admiralty gold-fringed flag in schools, courts, and offices.
To enjoy constitutional freedoms, one must live on the land of one of the several states—not within any Federal Area—and must avoid contracts, benefits, and instruments that place them under federal territorial jurisdiction.
Besides municipal laws for federal territory, the Constitution specifies Common Law, Equity Law, and Admiralty Law.
Common Law = criminal law.
Equity Law = civil contract law.
Admiralty Law = international maritime law.
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) replaced earlier negotiable instrument laws grounded in Admiralty. UCC governs commercial agreements and implied contracts.
Under Common Law, contracts require knowing, voluntary, intentional agreement. Under UCC, “agreements” can be binding by benefit acceptance alone.
Federal Reserve Notes (FRN) are “colorable” dollars lacking substance, so any contract involving FRNs is a “colorable contract” enforceable under colorable Admiralty jurisdiction.
This required creation of a colorable law system: the UCC. Courts operate largely under Statutory/Admiralty jurisdiction because people use FRNs.
UCC 1-207 (now 1-308) provides a Reservation of Rights. Writing “Without Prejudice UCC 1-207” preserves Common Law rights and prevents involuntary waiver.
Compelled performance occurs when you are forced to use FRNs because there is no lawful money. You accept benefits involuntarily; therefore, UCC applies unless you reserve rights.
Most courtrooms operate under colorable Admiralty. Jury decisions may be advisory; judges can overrule them. Attorneys are officers of the court first, clients second (Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 7, Sec. 4).
A state Citizen must challenge jurisdiction and insist on Common Law court. Gold-fringed flags denote Admiralty court.
Juries historically nullified unjust laws (slavery, prohibition). Under Admiralty, judges may override this power, increasing federal control.
The 1921 Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act created the U.S. Birth Registration Area. Birth registration is voluntary, but once done, the child becomes a federal asset.
Birth certificates form constructive trusts; the state becomes beneficiary, parents trustees. This allows bureaucrats, not juries, to remove children administratively.
Names in ALL CAPS denote corporations. Government presumes corporate status unless challenged.
The rise of commercial language—DRIVER, MOTOR VEHICLE, EMPLOYEE, REAL ESTATE—further binds individuals into commercial jurisdiction.
State Citizens can own any gun without registration. Federal citizens cannot. DC bans handguns unless specially exempt.
Federal citizens may lose firearms through civil-right reclassification; state Citizens rely on the 9th Amendment’s natural rights.
State Citizens may travel without licenses or registration; federal citizens must register vehicles, creating state ownership via “OFFICIAL USE ONLY” plates.
How did government drift so far from the Constitution? Possibly bankers, specialization, paternalism, or dependency on federal benefits.
Why hasn’t the public heard these ideas? Complexity, specialization, and reliance on experts obscure them.
Researchers call themselves “patriots.” Their patriotism focuses on liberty, individual sovereignty, and constitutional structure.
This article is only a starting point. The process is difficult but possible; many have done so. Alternative institutions are emerging to support state Citizens.
As state Citizenship grows, federal revenue shrinks, increasing taxes and regulations on federal citizens.
The government recognizes two classes: state Citizens and federal citizens.
You were likely born a state Citizen and became a federal citizen unknowingly. You can reclaim state Citizenship through legal procedure.
State Citizens who know the legal system have greater control over their lives. Information is power, and power is shifting back to the People.
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