Homemade Sovereignty
Ordinary people and local officials manufacturing their own jurisdiction and declaring it supreme over the federal government.
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Episodes
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.
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.
Printz v. United States: How a Narrow Constitutional Ruling Became a Blank Check for States
Printz v.
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.
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.
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.
The Supremacy Clause: Why Every Nullification Theory Has Lost in Court for 200 Years
The series finale.