I’ve seen YT vids and FB posts about them, but I still don’t understand. What are they trying to accomplish?
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There’s an old law in the US that has been defunct (no longer a law) for hundreds of years now.
Basically, back when the US was starting out, the states weren’t all that united, so the federal government passed a law that tells all the states that they need to consider citizens of other states as if they were citizens of any other state they travel to. It also says something about not impeding the travel of citizens between states.
Basically it defined that citizens of each state are also citizens of the US, and each state needs to play nice with citizens of other states.
But as the US developed, this set of laws were outdated and rewritten, so they don’t even apply anymore.
Sovereign citizens are deeply misinformed regarding that old law and its wording, basically thinking that if they “travel” they can’t be stopped by cops because it infringes on their right to travel enshrined in the defunct law. They also interpret the defunct law’s about “treat them as if they were citizens of your state” as being given all the rights and freedoms of the law, but aren’t actually required to follow the law and are free to commit any crimes.
This is obviously an incorrect understanding of the law, which I remind no longer applies, and they use it as an excuse to drive without paying for insurance or getting a license.
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