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The sovereign citizen movement originated from a combination of tax protester ideas, of the radical and racist anti-government movements in the 1960s and 1970s, and of pseudolaw, which has existed in the United States since at least the 1950s.
Sovereign citizens are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or “sovereign” from the United States. As a result, they...
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Mar 29, 2019 · Sovereigns, who sometimes call themselves “freemen” or “state citizens,” have no foundational document, but broadly they subscribe to an alternate version of American history. The tale...
Jul 24, 2020 · Researchers categorize sovereign citizens as belonging to multiple movements including antigovernment, the far-right, and also anti-Federalist (Perliger and Sweeney 2019). The anti-Federalist movement emerged in the 1970s and its main goal was to undermine the federal government.
- Christine M. Sarteschi
- 2020
Aug 5, 2020 · A growing movement of people who believe that laws do not apply to them threatens police and law enforcement around the world, experts and officials say. So-called sovereign citizens believe they ...
The Comment begins by explaining the background and history of the movement, starting with its inception in the 1970s. The modern sov-ereign movement is known for its strange beliefs regarding the legitimacy of the federal government—beliefs that are often perpetuated through vio-lence, fraud, and harassment.
Volume 35. Issue 2. 2021. The Sovereign Citizen Movement: A Comparative Analysis with Similar Foreign Movements and Takeaways for the United States Judicial System. Mellie Ligon. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr. Part of the International Law Commons. Recommended Citation.
