'Sovereign Citizens' Have Wacky New Plot To Take Over Government: Their Own Grand Juries!
A nationwide network of “sovereign citizens” believe they can bring down federal, state, and local governments by forming their own grand juries and making demands on government officials. The National Liberty Alliance is attempting to set up common law grand juries in each U.S. county, and the group has drawn from more mainstream Republican and Tea Party activists than typical sovereign citizen organizations. The Anti-Defamation League has identified the common law jury movement as extremist movement that has “already begun harassing local government officials.” “The common law grand jury is a tactic of the anti-government extremist ‘sovereign citizen’ movement, intended to achieve much the same effect of the vigilante ‘common law courts’ they tried to establish in the 1990s,” said Mark Pitcavage, director of investigative research for the ADL.
Common law grand juries in two Florida counties earlier this year demanded office space, comfortable chairs, equipment, and a budget of $1.5 million, and another in New York attempted to fine a judge for failing to turn over requested documents.
Citizen grand juries have elsewhere “indicted” President Barack Obama over his birth certificate, and other elected officials have faced “indictment” for their support of federal Common Core education standards.
The NLA shared goals and group members with the failed Operation American Spring protest intended to drive Obama and other elected officials from office.
The group also shares goals and tactics with the anti-government sovereign citizens movement – although NLA members bristle at the comparison. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/03/sovereign-citizens-have-a-wacky-new-plot-to-take-over-the-government-their-own-grand-juries/
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