Requirement for Consent

"When a change of government takes place, from a monarchial to a republican government, the old form is dissolved. Those who lived under it, and did not choose to become members of the new, had a right to refuse their allegiance to it, and to retire elsewhere. By being a part of the society subject to the old government, they had not entered into any engagement to become subject to any new form the majority might think proper to adopt. That the majority shall prevail is a rule posterior to the formation of government, and results from it. It is not a rule upon mankind in their natural state. There, every man is independent of all laws, except those prescribed by nature. He is not bound by any institutions formed by his fellowmen without his consent"

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[Cruden v. Neale, 2 N.C., 2 S.E. 70 (1796)]

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This requirement for the consent to the protection afforded by government is the foundation of our system of government, 9 according to the Declaration of Independence: consent of the governed. The U.S. Supreme Court admitted this when it 10 said: 11

“The people of the United States resident within any State are subject to two governments: one State, and the other National; but there need be no conflict between the two. The powers which one possesses, the other does not. They are established for different purposes, and have separate jurisdictions. Together they make one whole, and furnish the people of the United States with a complete government, ample for the protection of all their rights at home and abroad. True, it may sometimes happen that a person is amenable to both jurisdictions for one and the same act. Thus, if a marshal of the United States is unlawfully resisted while executing the process of the courts within a State, and the resistance is accompanied by an assault on the officer, the sovereignty of the United States is violated by the resistance, and that of the State by the breach of peace, in the assault. So, too, if one passes counterfeited coin of the United States within a State, it may be an offence against the United States and the State: the United States, because it discredits the coin; and the State, because of the fraud upon him to whom it is passed. This does not, however, necessarily imply that the two governments possess powers in common, or bring them into conflict with each other. It is the natural consequence of a citizenship [92 U.S. 542, 551] which owes allegiance to two sovereignties, and claims protection from both. The citizen cannot complain, because he has voluntarily submitted himself to such a form of government. He owes allegiance to the two departments, so to speak, and within their respective spheres must pay the penalties which each exacts for disobedience to its laws. In return, he can demand

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protection from each within its own jurisdiction. ”

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[United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875) [emphasis added]

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How, then, did you “voluntarily submit” yourself to such a form of government and thereby contract with that government 31 for “protection”? If people fully understood how they did this, many of them would probably immediately withdraw their 32 consent and completely drop out of the corrupted, inefficient, and usurious system of government we have, now wouldn’t 33 they? We have spent six long years researching this question, and our research shows that it wasn’t your nationality as a 34 “national” of a legislatively but not constitutionally foreign state pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(21) that made you subject 35 to their civil laws. Well then, what was it? 36

It was your voluntary choice of domicile!

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How do we know this? Look at the language above:

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“ The people of the United States resident within any State are subject to two governments ”

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There are therefore TWO prerequisites to becoming a “subject” under the civil statutory protection franchise: 40

1. You must have the civil status of “resident” under the statutes of the state, and that status is VOLUNTARY. If it is 41 coerced, the First Amendment prohibition against compelled association and the prohibition against compelled 42 contracting under the “social compact” is violated. 43 2. You must be DOMICILED within the state because you can ’t have a civil status WITHOUT such a domicile. 44 Domicile, like civil statuses, is also voluntary and cannot be compelled. 36 45

In fact, the following types of Americans DO have the right to complain if: 46

1. The government calls “citizen” status voluntary but positively refuses to recognize or protect your right to NOT be a 47 STAUTORY “citizen” while retaining your nationality and “national” status . This: 48

36 See: Why Domicile and Becoming a “ Taxpayer ” Require Your Consent , Form #05.003, Section 11.16.

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Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 05.003, Rev. 7-23-2013

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