Government is not the boss California government code 11120: The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. We truly are an absolutely free people unique on the world stage. I know it doesn't seem that way because endless dollars have been poured into half-truthes misinformation campaigns designed to focus your attention on mechanisms you have no control over instead of training you in mechanisms you have total control over. ------------- First, some clarity: Sovereignty = supreme rule making authority. The Sovereign = the person or body imposing rules. Government = the people and systems that work to impose the rules on behalf of and for the Sovereign. ------------ Before the american revolution, the sovereign was the King and he derived his supreme authority from the divine. Sovereign = King Delegation instrument = proclamations Government = Empowered Employees Rights = privileges granted by the King Conflict resolution = decided by the Kings sovereign authority The king had supreme rule making authority at all times and he would use proclamations to hire employees to administer a certain scope of his power so he could rule his land. His employees had no authority to act beyond the scope granted to them. Such action was criminal, and rogue employees were held personally responsible for their trespass. He retained all power at all times which allowed him to alter or abolish any scope of authority delegated to an employee. All conflicts were resolved by the Kings sovereign authority, and all rights were bestowed by the King's sovereign authority. In this model, the King and his government were the supreme authority over every individual. If he wants your stuff, he can take your stuff. If he wants you in a cage, he can lock you up. He and his government ruled totally. This whole model was reimagined by the Americans when they turned this power structure upside down... ---------- After the revolution, the Sovereign became the People of the several states. Granted our supreme authority by our creator and the power structure looked like this: Sovereign = the People Delegation instrument = Constitution(s) Government = Empowered Employees Rights = Sovereign powers Conflict resolution = decided by the People We have supreme rule making authority at all times. We use Constitutions to hire and delegate certain scopes of power to certain employees so we can administer our rules upon the public. Our employees have no authority to act beyond the scope we grant to them. Such actions are criminal, and we can hold rogue employees personally responsible for their trespass. We retain all power at all times which allows us to alter or abolish any scope of authority delegated to an employee and decide the outcome of any aggression against one of us. Our Rights are those sovereign powers granted to us by our creator that we've retained and exercise for ourselves regardless of our government's acknowledgement or approval, and our peers resolve our conflicts. In this model, we are the supreme authority. The only way our employees can touch one of us is if we allow them to. --------- Let's pretend the government wants to move against one of us… First, we must have delegated them a valid power through constitution. Next, the government must gather evidence that we have done something wrong and get permission from our peers in the form of grand jury to pursue prosecuting us. Then, we have the power to call our peers to our aid. "Come help! These guys want to... take my stuff...throw me in a dungeon…put me out of business...make me stay home...wear a face mask... Etc..." Finally, the government must convince 12 of our peers to authorize their action. But, even if they have the constitutional authority, and overwhelming evidence against you...if just one peer says no, leave that man alone, they must. Just one 90 year old Grandma whispering "not guilty" for any reason she chooses, can stop the most powerful organization ever known dead in their tracks. While many countries use similar mechanisms to administer their law, this power structure doesn't exist in very many places. --------- We have powerful tools that exist concurrently to the government's prosecutorial system that we can use to reign in our criminal servants. Our major problem is that we have neglected our civics education, under estimated the importance of our responsibilities and abandoned our posts, and stopped organizing. How many people know how the grand jury system works, where to go and how to present evidence of unlawful, corrupt, overzealous, criminal conduct? So that our peers can authorize full bodied investigation and proceed appropriately. How many know how to arrest a felon, or amend our constitution? Or that they have the absolute right to decide a peer is not guilty, regardless of a magistrates intimidating rhetoric. We have been manipulated by the major political parties into thinking our only method of organization was through them, that our only rights were those privileges they have power to bestow, and our only way to make change is to impotent whine at rallys while holding up signs. These politicians hold our offices, and use our powers to enrich themselves by impoverishing us. We have the power to pull them to heel, and we must. No one is coming to save us, this is our responsibility, we are the ultimate authority on this continent and we better start learning how to use our sovereign powers if we want to stay that way. Want to go back to work? Go! Want to go to the beach? Go! Want to see family, friends, grab a drink, worship at church! Go! Stop obeying these numbskulls, get your tickets, and take the matter to your Peers. And when you get your jurry summons, read it as a call for help from one of your neighbors. If you show up and your government is trying to punish one if your peers for living a peaceful, productive, playful Life...even if they clearly broke a government created rule...go ahead and whisper "not guilty". Spread the word! -Atticus atticusguile@gmail.com --------- SCOTUS explained the difference between our american model and the European Chisolm v Georgia: It will be sufficient to observe briefly that the sovereignties in Europe, and particularly in England, exist on feudal principles. That system considers the Prince as the sovereign, and the people as his subjects;... it...excludes the idea of his being on an equal footing with a subject, either in a court of justice or elsewhere… That system contemplates him as being the fountain of honor and authority, and from his grace and grant derives all franchises, immunities and privileges;...The same feudal ideas run through all their jurisprudence, and constantly remind us of the distinction between the Prince and the subject... ...at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people, and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects (unless the African slaves among us may be so called), and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty… Sovereignty is the right to govern; a nation or State sovereign is the person or persons in whom that resides. In Europe, the sovereignty is generally ascribed to the Prince; here, it rests with the people;...our Governors are the agents of the people, and, at most, stand in the same relation to their sovereign in which regents in Europe stand to their sovereigns. Yick Wo v Hopkins: Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but, in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself remains with the people, by whom and for whom all government exists and acts.