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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.
Today, we look at a third threat—the “sovereign citizen” extremist movement. Sovereign citizens are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this...
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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 · The sovereign citizen movement is different from the militia movement, which puts more emphasis on paramilitary weapons training and organisation, experts say.
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.
The Sovereign Citizens movement comprises a highly heterogenous anti-government ideology that originated in the United States. Adherents are united in their belief that the U.S. government illegitimately rules over them.
The Sovereign Citizen Movement in the United States should be a concern for American courts, as it compounds the issues of efficiency in the courts.1 As of 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation named members of the overarching movement “the number one domestic threat to the United States.”2 In addition, Sovereign Citizens overwhelmingly proc...
