Homemade Sovereignty

Episodes

1. The Constitutional Sheriff Movement: Why a County Sheriff Claims to Outrank the President

   Can a county sheriff really block federal law? A fringe but fast-growing legal theory says yes.

2. The Shire-Reeve Myth: How Modern Sheriffs Weaponize Medieval History

   The Constitutional Sheriff movement claims the medieval shire-reeve was an independent protector of local liberty.

3. Printz v. United States: How a Narrow Constitutional Ruling Became a Blank Check for States

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4. The Sagebrush Rebellion: How a 1976 Land Law Sparked 50 Years of Armed Standoffs

   In 1976, Congress quietly ended a century of homesteading and declared Western public lands would stay federal forever.

5. How Two Sheriffs Decided the Bundy Standoff and Malheur Occupation

   In April 2014, militia snipers took positions on an Interstate 15 overpass, rifles aimed at federal agents below — and the federal government backed down.

6. Sovereign Citizens in Court: The Strawman, the Gold-Fringed Flag, and Why Judges Stopped Arguing

   "I am not the corporate entity JOHN DOE on your indictment — I am the living man." Judges have heard it so many times they've developed a standardized playbook.

7. The Supremacy Clause: Why Every Nullification Theory Has Lost in Court for 200 Years

   The series finale.