Ever wondered why sovereign citizens don’t think the government is legit?
Us too…TPM has been tracking the sovereign citizen movement as its disciples pop up in legal battles and contentious encounters with law enforcement officials across the country. Though all share the view that, for one reason or another, the government in the United States is illegitimate, there is really no one unified theory of sovereign citizenship — which might be why each act of defiance is so uniquely bizarre.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=110780