This document discusses the importance of personal responsibility and education in maintaining freedom. It asserts that freedom requires vigilance and action from citizens, and identifies ignorance, conformity, and inaction as threats to liberty. Several quotes emphasize that true freedom comes from understanding and following God's laws, educating oneself, and governing oneself through obedience and responsibility rather than leaving governance to others. Overall the document argues that sovereignty and freedom depend on an educated, knowledgeable, and morally responsible citizenry.
This document discusses the importance of personal responsibility and education in maintaining freedom. It asserts that freedom requires vigilance and action from citizens, and identifies ignorance, conformity, and inaction as threats to liberty. Several quotes emphasize that true freedom comes from understanding and following God's laws, educating oneself, and governing oneself through obedience and responsibility rather than leaving governance to others. Overall the document argues that sovereignty and freedom depend on an educated, knowledgeable, and morally responsible citizenry.
This document discusses the importance of personal responsibility and education in maintaining freedom. It asserts that freedom requires vigilance and action from citizens, and identifies ignorance, conformity, and inaction as threats to liberty. Several quotes emphasize that true freedom comes from understanding and following God's laws, educating oneself, and governing oneself through obedience and responsibility rather than leaving governance to others. Overall the document argues that sovereignty and freedom depend on an educated, knowledgeable, and morally responsible citizenry.
This document discusses the importance of personal responsibility and education in maintaining freedom. It asserts that freedom requires vigilance and action from citizens, and identifies ignorance, conformity, and inaction as threats to liberty. Several quotes emphasize that true freedom comes from understanding and following God's laws, educating oneself, and governing oneself through obedience and responsibility rather than leaving governance to others. Overall the document argues that sovereignty and freedom depend on an educated, knowledgeable, and morally responsible citizenry.
Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org
Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ PATH TO FREEDOM
Path to Freedom 2 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Our Mission "Is this not the fast [act of faith, worship, and OBEDIENCE] that I [God] have chosen [for believers]: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke [franchise, contract, tie, dependency, or benefit with the government]?" [Isaiah 58:6, Bible, NKJV] "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the [government] captives And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God;" [Isaiah 61:1-2, Bible, NKJV] On PERSONAL REPONSIBLITY for protecting ONES OWN freedom "Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it." [George Bernard Shaw] "Freedom, liberty, and sovereignty are NOT spectator sports." [SEDM] "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance on EVERYONE'S part, not just OUR part." [SEDM] "You can only DESERVE or have a RIGHT to that which you are willing to GIVE and to EARN. That's a corollary to The Golden Rule in Matt. 7:12: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is also a restatement of the requirement for equal protection and equal treatment that is the foundation of American jurisprudence." [SEDM] "A person dependent on somebody else for everything from potatoes to opinions may declare that he is a free [SOVEREIGN] man, and his government may issue a certificate granting him his freedom, but he will not be free. ... How can he be free if he can do nothing for himself? ... Men are free precisely to the extent that they are equal to their own needs. The most able are the most free." [Wendell Berry, "Discipline and Hope" in A Continuous Harmony (1972), p. 124] "The privilege against self-incrimination [Fifth Amendment] is neither accorded to the passive resistant, nor the person who is ignorant of their rights, nor to one who is indifferent thereto. It is a fighting clause. Its benefits can be retained only by sustained combat. It cannot be claimed by an attorney or solicitor. It is only valid when insisted upon by a belligerent claimant in person." [U.S. v. Johnson, 76 F.Supp. 538 (1947), Emphasis added] The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, and IS nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, and live. Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free. [SEDM] But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty [the Bible] and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. [James 1:25, Bible, NKJV]
Path to Freedom 3 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Enemies of freedom If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you. [Benjamin Franklin] The chief enemies of republican freedom are mental sloth, conformity, bigotry, superstition, credulity, monopoly in the market of ideas, and utter, benighted ignorance. [Adele v. State of Florida, 385 U.S. 39, 49 (1967)] ...the greatest menace to freedom is an inert [passive, ignorant, and uneducated] people [who refuse, as jurists and voters and active citizens, to expose and punish evil in our government] [Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)] This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. [Eph. 4:17-19, Bible, NKJV] The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing or to trust bad men to do the right thing. [SEDM] it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, [Prov. 19:2, Bible, NKJV] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. [Hosea 4:6, Bible, NKJV] we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the headChrist. [Eph. 4:14, Bible, NKJV] One who turns his ear from hearing the law [God's law or man's law], even his prayer is an abomination. [Prov. 28:9, Bible, NKJV] If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was and never will be. [Thomas Jefferson] But this crowd that does not know [and quote and follow and use] the law is accursed. [John 7:49, Bible, NKJV] Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your [God's] statutes. [Psalm 119:155, Bible, NKJV] Sources of freedom Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free [Jesus in John 8:32, Bible, NKJV] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up [above your government]. [James 4:10, Bible, NKJV] But as for me and my house, WE WILL SERVE [ONLY] THE LORD! [Josh. 24:15, Bible, NKJV] And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws [of both God and man], and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work [of obedience to God] that they must do. [Exodus 18:20, Bible, NKJV]
Path to Freedom 4 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ This Book of the Law [Gods Law] shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. [Joshua 1:8-9, Bible, NKJV] Only the educated are free. [Epictetus, Discourses] Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. [James Madison] The American people have always regarded education and acquisition of knowledge as matters of supreme importance which should be diligently promoted [in order to maintain and protect their liberty]. The Ordinance of 1787 declares: 'Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness [and liberty] of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.' [Meyer v. State of Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)] Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, "where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice?" And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. [George Washington, Farewell Address] Humble obedience to the Constitution by public servants is the paramount 'compelling state interest'. [SEDM] _________________________________________________________________________________________ We of this mighty western Republic have to grapple with the dangers that spring from popular self-government tried on a scale incomparably vaster than ever before in the history of mankind, and from an abounding material prosperity greater also than anything which the world has hitherto seen. As regards the first set of dangers, it behooves us to remember that men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others. If from lawlessness or fickleness, from folly or self-indulgence, they refuse to govern themselves then most assuredly in the end they will have to be governed from the outside. They can prevent the need of government from without only by showing they possess the power of government from within. A sovereign cannot make excuses for his failures; a sovereign must accept the responsibility for the exercise of power that inheres in him; and where, as is true in our Republic, the people are sovereign, then the people must show a sober understanding and a sane and steadfast purpose if they are to preserve that orderly liberty upon which as a foundation every republic must rest. [President Theodore Roosevelt; Opening of the Jamestown Exposition; Norfolk, VA, April 26, 1907] Protection of those such as us who teach others about freedom, rights, religion, and morality "...The constitutional rights of those spreading their religious beliefs through the spoken and printed word are not to be gauged by standards governing retailers or wholesalers of books. The right to use the press for expressing one's views is not to be measured by the protection afforded commercial handbills. It should be remembered that the pamphlets of Thomas Paine were not distributed free of charge. It is plain that a religious organization needs funds to remain a going concern. But an itinerant evangelist, however misguided or intolerant he may be, does not become a mere book agent by selling the Bible or religious tracts to help defray his expenses or to sustain him. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion are available to all, not merely to those who can pay their own way. . ."
Path to Freedom 5 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ [Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943)] Those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm. But submissiveness is not our heritage. The First Amendment was designed to allow rebellion [especially towards government corruption and tyranny] to remain as our Heritage. The Constitution was designed to keep the government [and especially the government, with their SLAVE SURVEILLANCE NUMBERS (SSNs)] off the backs of the people. The Bill of Rights was added to keep the precincts of belief and expression, of the press, of political and social activities free from [government, and especially IRS] surveillance. The Bill of Rights was designed to keep agents of government and official eavesdroppers [in the government] away from Assemblies of People [this ministry]. The aim was to allow men to be free and independent to assert their rights against government. [Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1; 92 S.Ct. 2318 (1972)] "This court has not yet fixed the standard by which to determine when a danger shall be deemed clear; how remote the danger may be and yet be deemed present; and what degree of evil shall be deemed sufficiently substantial to justify resort to abridgment of free speech and assembly as the means of protection. To reach sound conclusions on these matters, we must bear in mind why a state is, ordinarily, denied the power to prohibit dissemination of social, economic and political doctrine which a vast majority of its citizens believes to be false and fraught with evil consequence. [274 U.S. 357, 375] Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties, and that in its government the deliberative forces should prevail over the arbitrary. They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. They believed that freedom to think as you will and to speak [and educate] as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth; that without free speech and assembly discussion would be futile; that with them, discussion affords ordinarily adequate protection against the dissemination of noxious doctrine; that the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion [and education] is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government. 3 They recognized the risks to which all human institutions are subject. But they knew that order cannot be secured merely through fear of punishment for its infraction; that it is hazardous to discourage thought, hope and imagination; that fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss [and educate other people about] freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones. Believing in the power of reason as applied through public discussion, they eschewed silence [274 U.S. 357, 376] coerced by law [or a corrupted government]-the argument of force in its worst form. Recognizing the occasional tyrannies of governing majorities, they amended the Constitution so that free speech and assembly should be guaranteed. [Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)] Biblical Relationship of Christians to the Government or State You shall make no covenant [contract or franchise] with them [foreigners, pagans], nor with their [pagan government] gods [laws or judges]. They shall not dwell in your land [and you shall not dwell in theirs by becoming a resident in the process of contracting with them], lest they make you sin against Me [God]. For if you serve their gods [under contract or agreement or franchise], it will surely be a snare to you. [Exodus 23:32-33, Bible, NKJV] Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law [man's law] through the body of Christ [by shifting your legal domicile to the God's Kingdom], that you may be married to anotherto Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit [as agents, fiduciaries, and trustees] to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law [mans law], having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit [and newness of Gods Holy law] and not in the oldness of the letter. [Rom. 7:4-6, Bible, NKJV] "Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend [citizen, resident, taxpayer, inhabitant, franchisee, public officer, or "subject" under a king or political ruler] of the world [or any man-made kingdom other than God's Kingdom] makes himself an enemy of God. " [James 4:4, Bible, NKJV]
Path to Freedom 6 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ And when you saw that Mahesh king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, No, but a king [or political ruler] shall reign over [above and superior in sovereignty to] us, when the Lord your God was your king. [. . .] And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king [or political ruler above us] for ourselves. [1 Sam. 12:12, 19, Bible, NKJV] "Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers [the heathens], nor observe their judgments [court rulings], nor defile yourselves with their [pagan government] idols. I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God." [Ezekial 20:10-20, Bible, NKJV] "You shall have no other gods [including political rulers, governments, or earthly laws] before Me [or My commandments]." [Exodus 20:3, Bible, NKJV] "But as for me and my house, WE WILL SERVE [ONLY] THE LORD!" [Josh. 24:15, Bible, NKJV]
Path to Freedom 7 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ PATH TO FREEDOM TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ................................................................................................................. 9 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 21 2. Basic Checklist to Liberty .............................................................................................................. 24 3. Sharing the Truths on our Website with Friends, Relatives, and Coworkers .......................... 36 4. Maintaining and Improving Defense of Your Freedom and Sovereignty Beyond the Basic Checklist ............................................................................................................ 39 5. The secret to remaining free, sovereign, and foreign in respect to a corrupted government and legal profession ................................................................................................... 41 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 5.2 How to Figure It All Out .................................................................................................................................... 45 5.3 Responding to Offers or Demands ...................................................................................................................... 47 5.4 Private vs. Public ................................................................................................................................................ 47 5.5 Creditor or Debtor .............................................................................................................................................. 49 5.6 Three Useful Tools ............................................................................................................................................. 50 5.7 Summary of Steps ............................................................................................................................................... 50 6. Defending your beliefs against criticism by others ...................................................................... 61 7. Immunizing Yourself from Becoming a Target for Enforcement or Criminal Prosecution ...................................................................................................................................... 64 7.1 Get educated in the law and administrative process. .......................................................................................... 64 7.2 Build an administrative record that will immunize yourself from persecution and litigation. ............................ 68 7.3 Forming and running your own law and freedom study group in your area ....................................................... 68 7.4 Going on the offensive: Presenting and debating our research and evidence with legal and government professionals on the record ............................................................................................................. 69 8. Situational Resources for Members .............................................................................................. 72 8.1 Learning How to Use our Website ..................................................................................................................... 72 8.2 Learning your Rights and Status! ....................................................................................................................... 73 8.3 Learning the Law ................................................................................................................................................ 73 8.4 Legal Research and Using the Law in Your Own Defense ................................................................................ 73 8.5 Getting Involved ................................................................................................................................................. 73 8.6 Avoiding or Terminating Participation in Franchises ......................................................................................... 74 8.6.1 Quitting Social Security ............................................................................................................................... 74 8.6.2 Correcting your citizenship and domicile status .......................................................................................... 74 8.6.3 Responding to compelled use of Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) ........................................................................................................................................... 74 8.6.4 Getting married without a state issued license ............................................................................................. 75 8.6.5 Applying for a passport ............................................................................................................................... 75 8.6.6 Registering to vote ....................................................................................................................................... 75 8.6.7 Opening a Financial Account Without a Social Security Number (SSN) or Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) ....................................................................................................................... 75 8.6.8 Preventing Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from Being Filed Against You by Ignorant and Law Breaking Financial Institutions ..................................................................................................... 76 8.6.9 Closing financial accounts with government numbers associated with them .............................................. 76 8.6.10 Applying for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) ............................................................................ 77 8.6.11 Updating an Existing Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application ................................................ 78 8.6.12 Selling precious metals to a precious metals dealer who wants to file CTRs or IRS Form 1099- Bs against a nontaxpayer ........................................................................................................................ 78 8.6.13 Opening a Private Mail Box (PMB) ............................................................................................................ 78 8.6.14 Responding to a J ury Summons or J ury Duty ............................................................................................. 78 8.6.15 Opening a bank account as a church or religious ministry .......................................................................... 79
Path to Freedom 8 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.6.16 Updating the account application for a retirement account mistakenly opened as a taxpayer ................. 79 8.6.17 Opening a business or religious ministry bank account as a nontaxpayer and a nonresident without an EIN ............................................................................................................................................. 79 8.6.18 Traveling by airplane ................................................................................................................................... 79 8.6.19 Traveling Abroad ......................................................................................................................................... 80 8.6.20 Terminating a Driver License and Traveling without a License .................................................................. 80 8.6.21 Responding to Request for DHS form I-9 when applying for a new job ..................................................... 80 8.7 Protecting your sovereignty, life, and family ...................................................................................................... 80 8.7.1 Governing your life and your family exclusively under Gods laws ........................................................... 80 8.7.2 Starting your own government .................................................................................................................... 80 8.7.3 Responding to a draft or draft registration notice ........................................................................................ 81 8.7.4 Keeping your financial and medical records PRIVATE .............................................................................. 81 8.7.5 Finding out if your rights have been violated .............................................................................................. 81 8.7.6 Preparing for disasters ................................................................................................................................. 81 8.8 Taxation: Administrative ................................................................................................................................... 81 8.8.1 Describing and defending your tax status .................................................................................................... 81 8.8.2 Responding to demands for a Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number ....................... 82 8.8.3 Filling out withholding paperwork when you start a new job or contract ................................................... 82 8.8.4 Starting, stopping, and modifying employment tax withholding after hired or contracted ......................... 82 8.8.5 Filling out tax forms under compulsion or containing information that you know is false ......................... 82 8.8.6 Filing a tax return ........................................................................................................................................ 82 8.8.7 Responding to a request to file a tax return by state revenue agencies ........................................................ 86 8.8.8 Responding to a demand to file a tax return by the IRS .............................................................................. 86 8.8.9 Obtaining AMENDED IRS forms ............................................................................................................... 86 8.8.10 Correcting False Information Returns Filed Against You: W-2, 1042-s, 1098, and 1099 ........................... 87 8.8.11 Federal tax collection notice ........................................................................................................................ 88 8.8.12 State tax collection notice ............................................................................................................................ 88 8.8.13 Attending a tax audit .................................................................................................................................... 88 8.8.14 Proving IRS Falsification of your tax records ............................................................................................. 88 8.8.15 Responding to an IRS Notice of Deficiency (NOD) .................................................................................... 88 8.8.16 Responding to IRS Summons or Collection Enforcement ........................................................................... 89 8.8.17 Selling real estate ......................................................................................................................................... 89 8.8.18 Filing a return to get unlawfully withheld or paid or collected earnings back ............................................. 90 8.8.19 Closing an IRA Account after you lawfully become a sovereign and a nontaxpayer .............................. 90 8.8.20 Responding to a request to update an IRS form W-8 for an existing NRA account .................................... 90 8.8.21 Responding to a request to participate in E-Verify ...................................................................................... 90 8.9 Taxation: Litigation or Discovery ....................................................................................................................... 90 8.9.1 Responding to a Willful Failure to Failure to File a Tax Return Prosecution .............................................. 91 8.9.2 Going to Tax Court ...................................................................................................................................... 91 8.9.3 Responding to a deposition of the IRS/Dept. of Justice generally ............................................................. 91 8.9.4 Responding to a deposition of the IRS/Dept. of J ustice About SEDM or Family Guardian ....................... 91 8.9.5 Civil tax litigation ........................................................................................................................................ 92 8.9.6 Criminal tax investigation ............................................................................................................................ 92 8.9.7 Criminal tax prosecution .............................................................................................................................. 92 8.9.8 Responding to a Civil Tax Injunction Lawsuit ............................................................................................ 93 8.10 Litigation Generally ............................................................................................................................................ 93 8.10.1 Selecting a freedom attorney ....................................................................................................................... 93 8.10.2 Help Preparing Court Pleadings .................................................................................................................. 93 8.11 State Litigation Generally ................................................................................................................................... 94 8.11.1 Locating state legal authorities .................................................................................................................... 94 8.11.2 Filing complaints or answers in state court .................................................................................................. 94 8.12 Federal Litigation Generally ............................................................................................................................... 94 8.12.1 Familiarizing Yourself With Federal Court Procedure ................................................................................ 94 8.12.2 Locating federal legal authorities ................................................................................................................ 94 8.12.3 Filing complaints, answers, and pleadings in federal court ......................................................................... 95 8.12.4 Challenging federal enforcement authority and jurisdiction ........................................................................ 95 8.12.5 Filing a Bivens Action to defend your rights ............................................................................................... 95
Path to Freedom 9 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.13 Dealing with the Press and Media ...................................................................................................................... 95 9. About Membership ......................................................................................................................... 98 10. About Us ......................................................................................................................................... 103 11. Applicability of our materials to those working in the government ......................................... 104 12. In defense of the size and complexity of our website ................................................................. 104 13. How come Congress cant just pass a law to make your sovereignty irrelevant and compel you to comply? .......................................................................................................... 107 14. Resources for Further Study ........................................................................................................ 108 15. Legal Notice ................................................................................................................................... 111 16. Contacting Us ................................................................................................................................ 111 16.1 Limitations upon our Ministry in interacting with the public ........................................................................... 112 16.2 Please exercise due diligence and do your homework BEFORE asking questions or asking for help ............. 114 16.3 Sequence to help you find the answer to your question on your own BEFORE contacting us ........................ 116 16.4 Contacting Us for Help ..................................................................................................................................... 118 16.5 Guide to asking questions of us or in our member forums ............................................................................... 122 16.6 Things we CAN and CANT help you with ..................................................................................................... 125 16.7 Bringing errors in our publications to our attention .......................................................................................... 127 17. Compliance Questionnaire ........................................................................................................... 129 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Constitutional Provisions 14th Amend., Section 1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 100 Art. III .................................................................................................................................................................................. 59 Article 4 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 83 Article I ................................................................................................................................................................................ 83 Article III ........................................................................................................................................................................ 49, 84 Articles 1 and IV .................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Articles of Confederation ..................................................................................................................................................... 48 Bill of Rights ........................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Declaration of Independence .............................................................................................................................................. 113 Federalist Paper No. 62, J ames Madison .............................................................................................................................. 21 Federalist Paper No. 78, Alexander Hamilton ...................................................................................................................... 21 Fifth Amendment ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 First Amendment .................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Fourteenth Amendment .................................................................................................................................................. 35, 63 Ninth and Tenth Amendment ............................................................................................................................................... 53
Cases Adderley v. State of Florida, 385 U.S. 39, 49 (1967) ............................................................................................................. 3 Arnson v. Murphy, 109 U.S. 238, 3 Sup.Ct. 184, 27 L.Ed. 920 ........................................................................................... 48 Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U.S. 219 , 238, et seq., 31 S.Ct. 145 .............................................................................................. 61 Barnet v. National Bank, 98 U.S. 555, 558, 25 L.Ed. 212 ................................................................................................... 48 Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S., at 122, 96 S.Ct., at 683. ........................................................................................................... 59 Clark v. United States, 95 U.S. 539 (1877) .................................................................................................................... 50, 70 Comegys v. Vasse, 1 Pet. 193, 212, 7 L.Ed. 108 .................................................................................................................. 48 Cook v. Tait, 265 U.S. 47 (1924) ................................................................................................................................. 45, 100 De Groot v. United States, 5 Wall. 419, 431, 433, 18 L.Ed. 700 ......................................................................................... 48 Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) ................................................................................................................... 71 Ex parte Atocha, 17 Wall. 439, 21 L.Ed. 696 ....................................................................................................................... 48 Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing, 91 U.S. 29, 35, 23 L.Ed. 196 ................................................................ 48
Path to Freedom 11 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Gordon v. United States, 7 Wall. 188, 195, 19 L.Ed. 35 ...................................................................................................... 48 Gould v. Gould, 245 U.S. 151 (1917) .................................................................................................................................. 53 Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1, 92 S.Ct. 2318 (1972) ........................................................................................................... 5, 71 Loan Association v. Topeka, 20 Wall. 655 (1874) ............................................................................................................... 42 Manley v. Georgia, 279 U.S. 1 , 5-6, 49 S.Ct. 215 ............................................................................................................... 61 McLean v. United States, 226 U.S. 374, 33 Sup.Ct. 122, 57 L.Ed. 260 ............................................................................... 48 Medbury v. United States, 173 U.S. 492, 198, 19 Sup.Ct. 503, 43 L.Ed. 779...................................................................... 48 Meyer v. State of Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923) .................................................................................................................. 4 Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943) .................................................................................................................... 5 Northern Pipeline Const. Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. at 83-84, 102 S.Ct. 2858 (1983) ................................. 60 Parish v. MacVeagh, 214 U.S. 124, 29 Sup.Ct. 556, 53 L.Ed. 936 ...................................................................................... 48 Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 542 (1896) ..................................................................................................................... 54 Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996) ................................................................................................................................ 106 Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1, 22 (1948) ........................................................................................................................ 105 Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942) ................................................................................. 106 Slaughter House Cases, 16 Wall, 36 .................................................................................................................................... 53 Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629, 635 (1950) ...................................................................................................................... 105 U.S. v. Babcock, 250 U.S. 328, 39 S.Ct. 464 (1919) ........................................................................................................... 48 U.S. v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936) ................................................................................................................................... 42, 60 U.S. v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., 532 U.S. 200, 121 S.Ct. 1433 (2001) ................................................................... 52 U.S. v. Johnson, 76 F.Supp. 538 (1947) ................................................................................................................................. 2 United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black, 128 U.S. 40, 9 Sup.Ct. 12, 32 L.Ed. 354 ................................................................. 48 United States v. Laughlin (No. 200), 249 U.S. 440, 39 Sup.Ct. 340, 63 L.Ed. 696 ............................................................. 48 Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) .............................................................................................................. 3, 5, 106 Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Co., 236 U.S. 165, 174, 175, 35 Sup.Ct. 398, 59 L.Ed. 520, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 118 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 369 (1886) ................................................................................................................ 106
Other Authorities 1099-S Input Form, Form #04.213 ....................................................................................................................................... 89 About E-Verify, Form #04.107 ............................................................................................................................................ 90 About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202......................................................................................................... 34, 59, 74, 75 About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 ............................. 29, 35, 59, 66, 77, 82 About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012, Sections 8, 9, and 10 ........................ 74 About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #07.004 ........................................................... 77 About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #07.004, Sections 8, 9, and 10 ........................ 74 About Us Page .................................................................................................................................................................... 103 About Us Page, Section 8 ................................................................................................................................................... 121 Adolf Hitler .......................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 ....................................................... 31, 33, 35, 55, 94, 95 Affidavit of Duress: Illegal Tax Enforcement by De Facto Officers, Form #02.005 .................................................... 82, 85 Amended IRS Form 1040NR ............................................................................................................................................... 35 AMENDED IRS Form W-7 ................................................................................................................................................. 35 Answer to Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Litigation Tool #05.001 ........................................................................... 93 Appeal Opening Brief-Tax Injunction Case, Litigation Tool #07.002 ................................................................................. 93 Application for the Social Security Card, SSA Form SS-5 .................................................................................................. 48 Authorities on summons ................................................................................................................................................... 89 Barton Buhtz ........................................................................................................................................................................ 62 Basic Checklist to Freedom .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Benjamin Franklin ............................................................................................................................................................ 3, 43 Bible Law Course, Form #12.015 ........................................................................................................................................ 40 Blacks Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 269 ..................................................................................................................... 60 Blacks Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 581 ..................................................................................................................... 53 Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development ................................................................................................................... 38 Border Crossing Questionnaire, Form #06.024 .................................................................................................................... 80 Bouviers Maxims of Law, 1856 .......................................................................................................................................... 58
Path to Freedom 12 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Brent Johnson ....................................................................................................................................................................... 97 Bruce Calvert........................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Case History of C. Hansen ............................................................................................................................................. 91, 93 Certificate/Proof/Affidavit of Service, Form #01.002 ........................................................................................ 28, 56, 69, 77 Charles Darwin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Chinese Proverb ................................................................................................................................................................. 112 Citizens Rule Book ............................................................................................................................................................... 79 Citizenship and Sovereignty Course, Form #12.001 .............................................................................................. 26, 38, 109 Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status Options, Form #10.003 ........................................................................................... 95 Civil Court Remedies for Sovereigns: Taxation, Litigation Tool #10.002 ....................................................... 84, 92, 95, 110 Competent Counsel Questionnaire, Litigation Tool #01.004 ............................................................................................... 93 Congressional Research Report 97-59A entitled " Frequently Asked Questions About the Federal Income Tax".............. 72 Contact Us Page ................................................................................................................................................. 117, 120, 121 Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 ................................................................................ 32, 59, 84, 87 Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1042s, Form #04.003 ................................................................................................ 32, 87 Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1098s, Form #04.004 ................................................................................................ 32, 87 Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1099s, Form #04.005 ................................................................................................ 32, 87 Correcting Erroneous IRS Form W-2s, Form #04.006 ................................................................................................. 32, 87 Corruption Within Modern Christianity, Form #08.012 ...................................................................................................... 43 Criminal Complaint Attachment: Fraudulent Information Return(s), Form #04.402 ........................................................... 87 Criminal Complaint in Connection with IRS Notice of Deficiency, Litigation Tool #08.006 ............................................. 88 Cross Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Litigation Tool #05.003 .................................................................................. 93 Currency Transaction Report (CTR) .................................................................................................................................... 76 Dan Evans ............................................................................................................................................................................ 62 De Facto Government Scam, Form #05.043 ...................................................................................................................... 120 Defending Your Right to Travel, Form #06.010 .......................................................................................................... 80, 110 Delegation of Authority Order from God to Christians, Form #13.007 ......................................................................... 40, 98 Delegation of Authority Order from God to Christians, Form #13.007, Section 4.2.3 ...................................................... 116 Demand for Verified Evidence of Trade or Business Activity: Currency Transaction Report, Form #04.008 .......... 76, 87 Demand for Verified Evidence of Trade or Business Activity: Information Return, Form #04.007 ................................ 87 Deposition Agreement, Form #03.004 ................................................................................................................................. 91 Deposition Handout, Form #03.018 ..................................................................................................................................... 91 Deposition Handout: Member Deposition, Form #03.005 ................................................................................................... 91 Dept. of Justice ............................................................................................................................................................... 68, 91 DHS Form I-9....................................................................................................................................................................... 80 Disaster Preparedness Plan, Form #13.015 .......................................................................................................................... 81 Driver License Termination Form, Form #06.025 ............................................................................................................... 80 Edmund Burke.................................................................................................................................................................... 106 Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Attachment, Form #06.023 ................................................................ 77 Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #06.022 ..................... 29, 57, 78 Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 .......................................................................................... 66, 73, 81, 109 Epicetus, Discourses ....................................................................................................................................................... 4, 113 Family Constitution, Form #13.003 ..................................................................................................................................... 80 Family Guardian Forums ............................................................................................................................................ 110, 118 Family Guardian Forums (OFFSITE LINK) ...................................................................................................................... 121 Family Guardian Forums, Forum 5.8: Members Seeking Members .................................................................................... 68 Family Guardian Forums: Form 6.1 entitled Citizenship, Domicile, and Nationality .......................................................... 63 Family Guardian Website ............................................................................................................................................. 26, 121 Family Guardian Website, Property and Privacy Protection Topic, Section 6: Numerical Identification and Automated Tracking ........................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Family Guardian Website: Law and Government Area ...................................................................................................... 73 Family Guardian Website: Computers, Technology, and Information Security Area ........................................................ 109 Family Guardian Website: Computers, Technology, and Information Security area, Section 5: Computer and Information Security ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Family Guardian Website: Law and Government Page ......................................................................................... 94, 95, 109 Family Guardian Website: Taxation Area .......................................................................................................................... 109 Family Guardian Website: Taxation Area, Section 16.3 .................................................................................................... 110
Path to Freedom 13 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Family Guardian: Activism Topic Area ............................................................................................................................... 73 Family Guardian: Money, Banking and Taxation Page, Section 11 .................................................................................... 76 Famous Quotes About Rights and Liberty, Form #08.001 ..................................................................................... 26, 73, 108 FAQs, Questions 2.01 and 2.02 .......................................................................................................................................... 121 FAQs, Section 0 ................................................................................................................................................................. 121 Fastcase ................................................................................................................................................................................ 40 Federal and State Income Taxation of Individuals Course, Form #12.003 .............................................................. 26, 33, 38 Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101 ........................................ 30, 33, 82, 110 Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #09.001 .................................................... 80, 124 Federal Courts and the IRS' own IRM Say the IRS is NOT RESPONSIBLE for Its Actions or its Words or For Following Its Own Written Procedures! ........................................................................................................................................... 71 Federal Criminal Practice Guide, Litigation Tool #10.006 .................................................................................................. 93 Federal Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.303 .......................................... 31, 33, 86 Federal Depository Libraries Database ................................................................................................................................ 73 Federal Enforcement Authority Within States of the Union, Form #05.032 ............................................................ 41, 66, 95 Federal Forms and Publications ........................................................................................................................................... 87 Federal Forms and Publications: Family Guardian .............................................................................................................. 55 Federal J urisdiction, Form #05.018 .......................................................................................................................... 66, 91, 95 Federal Litigation Quick Reference, Litigation Tool #10.001 ............................................................................................. 94 Federal LTR3219 ................................................................................................................................................................. 84 Federal LTR531DO .............................................................................................................................................................. 85 Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form #15.00133, 35, 85, 90, 91 Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Short, Form #15.002 85 Federal Pleading/Motion/Petition Attachment, Litigation Tool #01.002 ............................................................................. 95 Federal Response Letter Index, Form #07.301 ............................................................................................................... 67, 88 Federal Tax Withholding, Form #04.102 ............................................................................................................................. 33 FinCEN Form 103 ................................................................................................................................................................ 76 FinCEN Form 104 ................................................................................................................................................................ 76 FinCEN Form 8300 .............................................................................................................................................................. 76 FIRPTA Questionnaire, Form #04.214 ................................................................................................................................ 89 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004 ............................................................................................... 41, 67, 69, 97 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 6 through 6.12 and 9 through 9.3 .............................................. 62 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 6.12 ........................................................................................... 56 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 8.2 ............................................................................................. 63 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Sections 6.1 and 8.1 ............................................................................... 63 Forms #15.001 and #15.002 ................................................................................................................................................. 32 Forms/Pubs, Section 1.6 ....................................................................................................................................................... 74 Forms/Pubs, Sections 1.2, 1.4, and 1.7 ................................................................................................................................. 81 Fox News ............................................................................................................................................................................. 97 Frederic Bastiat, The Law .................................................................................................................................................... 70 Freedom School .................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ......................................................................................................................... 104, 123 Full Service IMF Decoding ............................................................................................................................................ 88, 92 Fundamental Nature of the Federal Income Tax, Form #05.035 ........................................................................................ 109 Galileo Paradigm, Form #11.303 ......................................................................................................................................... 37 George Bernard Shaw .............................................................................................................................. 2, 44, 116, 118, 122 George Washington, Farewell Address .................................................................................................................................. 4 Government Franchises Course, Form #12.012 ................................................................................................................... 26 Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 ...................................................................... 41, 58, 60, 98 GPO website ......................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302 ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 and 4 ............................................................................................................. 109 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 and 5 ............................................................................................................. 109 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 through 4 ........................................................................................................ 73 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 through 5 .................................................................................................. 27, 38 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Section 2.8.11 ................................................................................................................... 34
Path to Freedom 14 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Section 3.9.1 ................................................................................................................... 123 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Sections 5.7.5 ................................................................................................................... 62 Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Sections 5.7.6 through 5.7.6.11.10 ................................................................................... 62 Handling and Getting Collection Due Process Hearings, Form #09.005 ............................................................................. 88 How to Apply for a Passport as a non-citizen national, Form #09.007 ................................................................ 28, 58, 75 I-9 Form Amended, Form #06.028 ....................................................................................................................................... 80 IMF Decoding Course, Form #12.005 ................................................................................................................................. 92 Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Course, Form #12.004 ................................................................................... 33, 89 Income Taxation of Real Estate Sales, Form #05.028 .......................................................................................................... 89 Individual Master File Decoding .......................................................................................................................................... 92 Internal Revenue Manual, Section 4.10.7.2.8 ................................................................................................................. 54, 71 Internal Revenue Manual, Section 4.10.7.2.9.8 ............................................................................................................ 72, 111 IRA Closure Request: Nontaxpayer, Form #04.216 ............................................................................................................ 90 IRM 1.1.1.1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 55, 58, 83 IRM 1.1.1.1 (02-26-1999) ................................................................................................................................................... 86 IRM 4.10.7.2.8 (05-14-1999) ............................................................................................................................................. 111 IRS " The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments" ............................................................................................................. 72 IRS Abusive Tax Promotions Training Manual, Training 3118b-002 ................................................................................. 93 IRS Due Process Meeting Handout, Form #03.008 ............................................................................................................. 88 IRS FOIA Request: Employer Contact or Criminal Investigation, Form #03.025 ............................................................... 89 IRS Form 1042-s Instructions, Year 2006, p. 14 .................................................................................................................. 59 IRS Form 1099-B ................................................................................................................................................................. 78 IRS Form 1099-S Information Return Reporting Requirements, Form #04.105 ................................................................. 89 IRS Form 1099-S Substitute, Form #04.308 ........................................................................................................................ 89 IRS Form 2270 Response, Form #03.022 ............................................................................................................................ 89 IRS Form 56: Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship ................................................................................................... 77 IRS Form 8300 ............................................................................................................................................................... 76, 78 IRS Form SS-4 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 77 IRS Form W-4 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 IRS Forms 1040, 940, 1120 .................................................................................................................................................. 85 IRS Forms W-2, 1042-s, 1098, and 1099 ............................................................................................................................. 59 IRS Humbug: IRS Weapons of Enslavement, Frank Kowalik; ISBN 0-9626552-0-1 ...................................................... 109 IRS Letters 530DO, 1862, or 3219 ....................................................................................................................................... 88 IRS LTR 1862 Response ...................................................................................................................................................... 88 IRS LTR 3219 Response ...................................................................................................................................................... 88 IRS LTR 530 Response ........................................................................................................................................................ 88 IRS Mission Statement ......................................................................................................................................................... 83 IRS Summons Guide, Form #03.024 ................................................................................................................................... 89 IRS Summons Response: Accused Party, Form #03.020 ..................................................................................................... 89 IRS Summons Response: Spouse, Form #03.021 ................................................................................................................ 89 Irwin Schiff .......................................................................................................................................................................... 62 J .J . McNab ...................................................................................................................................................................... 96, 97 J ailhouse Lawyers Handbook, Litigation Tool #10.010 ..................................................................................................... 95 J ames Madison ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 J erry Kane ...................................................................................................................................................................... 96, 97 J esus ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 J ury Nullification: Empowering the J ury as the Fourth Branch of Government, Form #09.010 ......................................... 79 J ury Summons Response Attachment, Form #06.015 .................................................................................................... 34, 78 Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 ........................................................................ 26, 66, 73, 81, 109 Larken Rose ......................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Lawfully Avoiding the Military Draft, Form #09.003 ................................................................................................. 81, 110 Legal Basis for the Term Nonresident alien, Form #05.036 ........................................................................................... 110 Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001 ..... 28, 57, 74 Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001, Section 8.6.1125 Legal Notice of Financial Account Closure, Form #06.006 ................................................................................................. 77 Legal Notice to Correct Fraudulent Tax Status, Reporting, and Withholding, Form #04.401 ........................... 30, 34, 57, 67 Legal Requirement to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Form #05.009 ................................................................. 83, 86, 91
Path to Freedom 15 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Form #12.013 ........................................................................... 26, 73, 118 Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Litigation Tool #10.005 .............................................................. 93, 94, 95 Legal Research DVD, Form #11.201 ................................................................................................................................... 73 Legal Research Sources ............................................................................................................................ 40, 73, 94, 109, 120 Lexis-Nexis .......................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Liberty University .............................................................................................................................................. 23, 36, 40, 68 Liberty University, Section 4: Avoiding Government Licenses and Franchises ........................................................... 31, 74 Liberty University, Section 6.1: Situational References ...................................................................................................... 72 Liberty University, Section 6: Administrative Activism in Fighting the Fraud .................................................................. 81 Liberty University, Section 7: Legal Activism in Fighting the Fraud ................................................................................. 90 Liberty University, Section 8: Resources to Rebut Private Sector Deception and False Propaganda ................................. 96 Litigation Support Client Intake Packet, Form #01.003 ................................................................................................. 30, 92 Litigation Tools .................................................................................................................................................. 40, 90, 93, 94 Litigation Tools, Section 1.3: Motions and Petitions ........................................................................................................... 93 Lois Law ............................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Master File Decoder ............................................................................................................................................................. 88 Meaning of the Words includes and including, Form #05.014 ............................................................................. 27, 108 Media and Intelligence Topic, Family Guardian Fellowship ............................................................................................... 40 Member Agreement, Form #01.001 ................................................ 21, 24, 25, 83, 98, 99, 111, 117, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4 .............................................................................................. 82, 85, 111, 121 Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4, Items 4 and 6 and Section 1.1 ................................................................. 105 Member Forums ................................................................................................................................................................. 120 Ministry Introduction Course, Form #12.014 ............................................................................................................... 24, 103 New Hire Paperwork Attachment, Form #04.203 .................................................................................................. 30, 82, 126 Nondisclosure Agreement .................................................................................................................................................... 97 Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 ................................................................................................ 33, 35, 81, 85, 109 Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020, Section 17: Taxable Income of Nonresident Aliens .................................... 104 Nontaxpayers Audit Defense Manual, Form #06.011 ................................................................................................. 88, 110 Notary Certificate of Dishonor Process, Form #09.014 ..................................................................................................... 110 Notice and Demand to Correct False IRS Form 1099-S, Form #04.403 .................................................................. 57, 89, 90 Overview of America, Liberty University Section 2.3 ......................................................................................................... 43 Passport Amendment Request, Form #06.016 ......................................................................................................... 28, 57, 75 Passport Notice and Demand Letter, Form #06.017 ............................................................................................................. 75 Path to Freedom, Form #09.015 ................................................................................................................. 106, 112, 113, 120 Patrick Henry...................................................................................................................................................................... 114 Persecution of Tax Honesty Advocates ................................................................................................................................ 63 Pete Hendrickson .................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Peter Kershaw ...................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Petition for Identity Hearing: Criminal Tax Case, Litigation Tool #03.004......................................................................... 92 Petition to Dismiss Civil Tax Case, Litigation Tool #03.002 ............................................................................................... 92 Petition to Quash IRS Summons, Litigation Tool #05.002 .................................................................................................. 89 Philosophy of Liberty Presentation .................................................................................................................................... 108 Plea: Failure to File Tax Return, 26 U.S.C. 7203, Litigation Tool #12.001 ....................................................................... 91 Policy Document: Corruption Within Modern Christianity, Form #08.012 ........................................................................ 40 Policy Document: Pete Hendricksons Trade or Business Approach, Form #08.003 ...................................................... 62 Policy Document: Peter Kershaws Tax Approach, Form #08.010 ..................................................................................... 62 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011 .............................................. 62, 63, 97, 104 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011, Sections 6.1 and 6.2 ................................ 96 Policy Document: UCC Redemption, Form #08.002 .................................................................................................... 62, 96 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011, Section 4 .................................................. 96 Political J urisdiction, Form #05.004 .................................................................................................................................. 124 Postal Service Form 1583 Attachment, Form #06.018 ......................................................................................................... 78 Precious Metal Transaction Reporting, Form #04.106 ......................................................................................................... 78 Press Agreement, Form #01.003 .......................................................................................................................................... 97 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal J urisdiction, Form #05.017 ............. 42, 53, 67, 71, 84, 110 Privacy Agreement, Form #06.014 ................................................................................................................................ 76, 81 Private Business Account Application Procedure: Nonresident Nontaxpayer, Form #04.219 ............................................ 79
Path to Freedom 16 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Proof that There Is a Straw Man, Form #05.042 ......................................................................................................... 36, 48 Psychologist Dr. J ames Dobson ......................................................................................................................................... 120 Questions and Answers from Ministry Members to Ministry Staff ................................................................................... 104 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 ........................ 53, 54, 71, 105, 111, 113, 122, 123, 124, 125 Rebutted Version of Congressional Research Service Report #97-59A: Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Federal Income Tax, Form #08.006 ............................................................................................................................... 62 Rebutted Version of Dan Evans Tax Protester FAQs, Form #08.007 ............................................................................. 62 Rebutted Version of the IRS The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments, Form #08.005 ............................................... 62 Recommended Reading and Viewing, Family Guardian Website ....................................................................................... 41 Red Beckman J ury Nullification Video ............................................................................................................................... 79 Reliance Upon Government Representations ....................................................................................................................... 72 Religious Order Articles of Incorporation, Form #13.012 ................................................................................................... 79 Requirement for Consent, Form #05.003 ........................................................................................................................... 108 Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002.................................................................. 28, 74, 77, 126 Responding to a Criminal Tax Indictment, Litigation Tool #10.004 ..................................................................... 92, 93, 110 Retirement Account Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #04.217 ......................................................... 57, 79 Rice McCleod ....................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Robert Kelly ......................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Rules of Presumption and Statutory Interpretation, Litigation Tool #01.006 ...................................................................... 83 Sam Davis ............................................................................................................................................................................ 62 Satan ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 SEDM ................................................................................................................................................................... 2, 4, 91, 122 SEDM Articles of Mission, Form #01.004 ......................................................................................................................... 103 SEDM Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................... 37 SEDM Exhibits 07.004 and 07.009 ...................................................................................................................................... 74 SEDM Form #04.401 ......................................................................................................................................................... 126 SEDM Form #06.002 ......................................................................................................................................................... 126 SEDM Forms/Pubs ....................................................................................................................................................... 55, 110 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.5: Memorandums of Law ....................................................................................... 63, 67, 69 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.6: Avoiding Government Franchises ................................................................................... 31 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 2: Situational Index of Forms and Publications ...................................................................... 72 SEDM Forums............................................................................................................................................................ 110, 118 SEDM Forums, Forum #1.1: Website Updates ................................................................................................................... 36 SEDM Forums, Forum #3.7: Members Seeking Members ................................................................................................. 68 SEDM Forums, Forum #8: Questions and Answers from Members to Ministry Staff ..................................................... 123 SEDM Forums, Forum #9.4: Errata Reports ....................................................................................................................... 70 SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.008 ................................................................................................ 93, 94 SEDM Liberty University .............................................................................................................................................. 38, 73 SEDM Litigation Tools ............................................................................................................................ 68, 73, 92, 109, 110 SEDM Litigation Tools, Section 1.8 .................................................................................................................................... 67 SEDM Member Agreement, Form #01.001 ....................................................................................................... 23, 26, 91, 98 SEDM Resource Index, Form #01.008 ................................................................................................................................ 36 SEDM Resource Revision History, Form #01.009 ...................................................................................................... 36, 127 SEDM Sermons Page ..................................................................................................................................................... 38, 40 SEDM Website Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................................. 23 Self Government Federation: Articles of Confederation, Form #13.002 ............................................................................. 81 Sellers Escrow Closing Affidavit, Form #04.212 ............................................................................................................... 89 Social Security Form SS-4 ................................................................................................................................................... 78 Social Security Policy Manual, Form #06.013 ............................................................................................................... 77, 82 Social Security: Mark of the Beast, Form #11.407 ........................................................................................................ 67, 74 Socialism: The New American Civil Religion, Form #05.016 .................................................................................. 103, 105 Sovereign Christian Marriage, Form #06.009 ...................................................................................................... 75, 110, 127 Sovereignty and Freedom page, Family Guardian Website ................................................................................................. 41 Sovereignty and Freedom page, Section 3.4: Litigating to Defend Your Rights-Bivens Actions ........................................ 95 Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM) Website (http://sedm.org) ...................................................... 26, 111 Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Manual, Form #10.005 ............................................................................................. 110 Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004 ............................................................................................... 110
Path to Freedom 17 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004, Cites by Topic ....................................................................... 27 Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004, Instructions, Step 2.6 ........................................................... 123 Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004: Cites by Topic ......................................................... 94, 95, 123 SSA Form 521 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 SSA Form SS-5 .................................................................................................................................................................... 57 State Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.203 .............................................. 31, 33, 86 State Income Taxes ........................................................................................................................................................ 73, 94 State Legal Resources, Family Guardian Website ................................................................................................. 73, 94, 109 State Memorandums of Law, Litigation Tools, Section 1.11 ............................................................................................... 94 State nonresident tax return .................................................................................................................................................. 33 State Response Letter Index, Form #07.201 ................................................................................................................... 67, 88 State Vehicle Codes ............................................................................................................................................................. 94 Subject Index ........................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Support Page ...................................................................................................................................................................... 117 Support Page, Sections 9.1 and 9.2: Using Microsoft Word Pleading Templates ............................................................... 93 Tax Deposition Questions, Form #03.016 ............................................................................................................................ 69 Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 .............................................................................................. 31, 33, 35, 55, 82, 83, 87 Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201, Section 4 ............................................................................................................... 125 Tax Fraud Prevention Manual, Form #06.008 ................................................................................................................... 110 Taxpayer Spouse Affidavit to Employer About IRS Investigation of Member, Form #03.026 ........................................... 89 Techniques for Building a Good Administrative Record, Form #07.003 ............................................................................. 76 Techniques for Building a Good Administrative Record, Form #09.008 ............................................................................. 68 Test for Federal Tax Professionals, Form #03.009............................................................................................................... 69 The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001 ........................................................................................................ 67, 83, 87 The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001, Section 14 ............................................................................................... 104 The Chalcedon Foundation Website .................................................................................................................................... 40 The Government Benefits Scam, Form #05.040 ................................................................................................... 45, 60, 92 The Institutes of Biblical Law, Rousas Rushdoony, Library of Congress Catalog Number 72-79485 ................................ 40 The Matrix .......................................................................................................................................................................... 113 The Money Scam, Form #05.041 ......................................................................................................................................... 60 The Office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS (202-622-3300) ............................................................................................... 72 The Tax Court Scam, Form #05.039 .................................................................................................................. 59, 83, 88, 91 The U.S. Congress ................................................................................................................................................................ 62 The Unlimited Liability Universe ................................................................................................................................ 42, 125 Thomas J efferson ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Thomas J efferson on Politics and Government .................................................................................................................. 108 Thomas J efferson to Charles Yancey, 1816 ....................................................................................................................... 118 Thomas J efferson: 1st Inaugural, 1801. ME 3:320 ............................................................................................................... 54 Thomas J efferson: J efferson, Thomas" : Notes on Virginia Q.XVIII, 1782. ME 2:227 .................................................... 114 TSA Defense Package, Form #06.029 ................................................................................................................................. 79 U.S. Dept. of Justice Criminal Tax Manual ......................................................................................................................... 92 U.S. Tax Court ............................................................................................................................................................... 83, 84 UCC redemption advocates .................................................................................................................................................. 62 Understanding Your IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), IRS Publication 1915 ................................. 35 Unlicensed Practice of Law, Form #05.029 ....................................................................................................................... 110 USA Passport Application Attachment, Form #06.007 ........................................................................................................ 75 Versus Law ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Victor Frankel .................................................................................................................................................................... 113 Video Professor training disks ........................................................................................................................................... 109 Voter Registration Attachment, Form #06.003 .............................................................................................................. 33, 75 W-8 Attachment: Citizenship, Form #04.219 ...................................................................................................................... 75 W-8 Update/Backup Withholding Threat Response, Form #04.221 .................................................................................... 90 Watch Your Language When Dealing With the Government .............................................................................................. 27 We The People ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54 WEBSITE VIDEO ORIENTATION ................................................................................................................................. 117 Website Video Orientation, Form #12.010 .................................................................................................................... 44, 72 Wendell Berry, "Discipline and Hope" in A Continuous Harmony (1972), p. 124 ........................................................ 2, 122
Path to Freedom 18 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Westlaw ................................................................................................................................................................................ 40 What our Members are Saying About Us ........................................................................................................................... 104 What Pastors and Clergy Need to Know About Government and Taxation Course, Form #12.006 .............................. 38, 40 Who Are Taxpayers and Who Needs a Taxpayer Identification Number?, Form #05.013 ..................................... 67, 83 Whos Who in the Freedom Community, Form #08.009 ..................................................................................................... 63 Whos Who in the Freedom Community, Form #08.009, Section 3.1 ................................................................................. 96 Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent ................................................................................. 109 Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002 ............................................. 33, 85, 109 Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002, Section 14 through 14.5 ................... 58 Why I am Not Legally Liable to File Affidavit, Form #07.103 ........................................................................................... 86 Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 .. 29, 35, 66, 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 126 Why Most People Lost in Tax Court .................................................................................................................................... 91 Why Statutory Civil Law is Law for Government and Not Private Persons, Form #05.037 .................................... 36, 60, 95 Why the Fourteenth Amendment is NOT a Threat to Your Freedom, Form #08.015 .......................................................... 63 Why You are a national, state national, and Constitutional but not Statutory Citizen, Form #05.006 ...... 45, 63, 67, 109 Why You Arent Eligible for Social Security, Form #06.001 ............................................................................ 29, 67, 77, 82 Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 30, 36, 67, 104, 110 William Penn ...................................................................................................................................................................... 114 Winston Shrout ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Withholding Agent Questionnaire, Form #04.220 ............................................................................................................... 75 Your Exclusive Right to Declare or Establish Your Civil Status, Form #13.008 ........................................................... 56, 82
Path to Freedom 21 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1. Introduction 1 This document is intended as a basic introduction to freedom concepts. It: 2 1. Gives a basic background on who we are. 3 2. Lists the steps necessary to become free and sovereign. See Section 2. 4 3. Identifies later in section 8.13 the prerequisites for becoming a Member of the Sovereignty Education and Defense 5 Ministry (SEDM) fellowship. Membership is and always has been absolutely free. Those prerequisites are to 6 complete all the steps that pertain to your situation up to step 14 of Section 2 and to fax in our Member Agreement, 7 Form #01.001. 8 4. Provides situational tools and resources that Members can use after becoming Members useful in defending their life, 9 liberty, and property from compelled participation in government franchises and licenses. See Section 7.3 and 10 following. 11 5. Provides a path to get help with problems you may face as a Member. 12 The sheer volume of materials on the SEDM website can be daunting to new Members and visitors to our website. This is 13 a natural consequence of the irreducible complexity of the legal field in general. The founding fathers alluded to this 14 undesirable consequence of a free society based on law when they said: 15 It poisons the blessing of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, 16 if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or 17 revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can 18 guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less 19 fixed? 20 It has been frequently remarked, with great propriety, that a voluminous code of laws is one of the inconveniences necessarily 21 connected with the advantages of a free government. To avoid an arbitrary discretion in the courts, it is indispensable that they 22 should be bound down by strict rules [of statutory construction and interpretation] and precedents, which serve to define and 23 point out their duty in every particular case that comes before them; and it will readily be conceived from the variety of 24 controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind, that the records of those precedents must unavoidably swell to 25 a very considerable bulk, and must demand long and laborious study to acquire a competent knowledge of them. 26 [Federalist Paper No. 78, Alexander Hamilton] 27 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 Another effect of public instability is the unreasonable advantage it gives to the sagacious, the enterprising, and the moneyed 29 few over the industrious and uniformed mass of the people. Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue, or in any way 30 affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to those who watch the change, and can trace its 31 consequences; a harvest, reared not by themselves, but by the toils and cares of the great body of their fellow-citizens. This is a 32 state of things in which it may be said with some truth that laws are made for [benefit of] the FEW, not for the MANY. 33 [Federalist Paper No. 62, James Madison] 34 There is so much information to digest within the legal realm that it can sometimes be difficult to know where to even 35 begin for the neophyte who has received no legal training. Add to this problem the following additional aggravating 36 factors, and you have what might at first glance seem like an insurmountable volume of information to digest: 37 1. The fact that K-12 public schools and even universities teach NOTHING about law to the average American. Law, in 38 fact, has become a priesthood, and those who know it serve the modern day function of a witch doctor for a civil 39 religion of socialism. The average American, even if they wanted to learn about law, is not able to do it in any public 40 or government school, because public servants who run these institutions dont want the master knowing how to 41 supervise them. Even people who have a PhD very seldom have taken even ONE COURSE in law. This, in fact, is 42 how most of the evil is perpetuated and the reason we as a country are perceived as an abomination by much of the 43 rest of the world: 44 One who turns his ear from hearing the law [God's law or man's law], even his prayer is an abomination. 45 [Prov. 28:9, Bible, NKJV] 46 2. The skepticism of the audience our ministry attracts, in which so many Members insist on evidence to prove everything 47 we assert. 48 3. The fact that our Member Agreement and Disclaimer encourage and even mandate that readers should challenge, not 49 trust, and consistently question everything that everyone says, including us. 50
Path to Freedom 22 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4. The fact that what may appear to be extraordinary or sensational claims made by our Ministry require extraordinary 1 proof in order to even get peoples attention so they will even want to study subjects we cover. Media sensationalism 2 and reality TV has desensitized the average American to the point where they are numb to the truth and dont trust 3 anyone anymore, no matter how much evidence you hand them. You will find no greater source on the internet of 4 evidence to prove the subjects we cover here. 5 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He [God] who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 6 And then the lawless one [Satan] will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the 7 brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one [Satan] is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and 8 lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that 9 they might be saved [dont be one of them!]. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion [from their own 10 government], that they should believe a lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in 11 unrighteousness. 12 [2 Thess. 2:3-17, Bible, NKJV] 13 5. The fact that the government challenges and even fraudulently denies our more important research because they are 14 attempting to protect their illegal activities. 15 The truth about the corruption with our own government is so precious to the government that it must be surrounded by a 16 bodyguard of lies. 17 All of the above factors combine to impose a high burden of proof upon us and an enormous logistical problem in getting 18 the minimum but most important information and tools to the curious but brain washed American public to institute 19 expedient change. What many of our Members have said they want most is a simplified checklist of measurable steps they 20 can follow to achieve basic freedom and sovereignty that directs their studies to abbreviate and accelerate the progress of 21 their freedom education. Achieving the goal of being free and sovereign on your part requires the following skills: 22 1. A thorough understanding of the concept of freedom and liberty. 23 2. A basic understanding of law. 24 3. A basic understanding of how to do legal research. 25 4. Computer skills, so that you can prepare administrative correspondence and legal pleadings. 26 5. A basic understanding of constitutionally protected rights so that they can recognize when they are being violated and 27 know what to do about it. 28 6. An understanding of the tax codes and regulations. 29 7. A basic understanding of WHO you are in relation to the government, including your citizenship and domicile and all 30 the legal terms that describe it accurately. 31 8. Developing your critical thinking skills to the point where you know what questions are important to ask when you are 32 confronted by government employees in order to silence their ignorant presumptions about you. 33 9. A basic understanding of the administrative remedies, forms, and procedures for defending your sovereignty and rights 34 available to SEDM Members. 35 10. A basic understanding of the legal remedies available for defending your sovereignty and rights available to SEDM 36 Members. 37 11. A basic understanding of how to navigate the SEDM Website. 38 12. A method to connect to like-minded men and women who share your concern so that you can have a support network 39 and share what you learn with others as you participate in the Ministry. 40 We have painstakingly prepared this document in furtherance of the above goals so that you as a new or prospective 41 Member can quickly come up to speed and function confidently in defending your rights and sovereignty. 42 As a general rule, we recommend the following approach to studying this document and other documents on our website to 43 avoid becoming overwhelmed or distracted, given that it covers a very broad range of subjects that in many cases at least 44 initially are unfamiliar to the average American: 45 1. This document is organized in a progression of increasing complexity: 46 1.1. Supporting links for many subjects are provided only for reference purposes ONLY for those readers who wish to 47 study the subject mentioned further. 48 1.2. You need not and should not read any of the supporting links the first time you go through a document. 49 2. This document is designed to function both as a learning tool, and as a reference tool for those who have already 50 learned the subjects it covers. No matter how long you have been studying freedom subjects, there is something here 51
Path to Freedom 23 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ that will be new and useful to anyone and everyone at every stage of their development. Dont expect to know or to 1 learn everything here immediately or even the first year of study. We are still learning after studying the subject for 2 over ten years. Be patient with yourself. 3 3. Read the entirety of this document at least once WITHOUT following any of the supporting links provided, focusing 4 ONLY on this document so you can get a firm grasp of what it is about. This will help you avoid getting distracted. 5 4. After reading the document completely, skim back over it and follow ONLY supporting links that interest you or 6 which cover subjects that are important or relevant to your circumstances. A year from now, you may wish to reread it 7 again as a review. 8 5. The best place to learn the basics for those who are just getting started with law is the SEDM Liberty University. Turn 9 off the TV and systematically follow the procedural steps in the order listed to read and review the materials. You 10 have been deliberately dumbed down during your public school education about law and history, so there is a lot to 11 make up for. Print out the Table of Contents of the Liberty University and use it as a checklist to go through it. 12 Liberty University http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 13 IMPORTANT NOTE: This document and our website are updated frequently to reflect changes in the law, changes in government procedures and forms, and changes in our website. We therefore highly recommend that if you are relying on this document to make important decisions, you should obtain and use the most recent version available. You can obtain the latest version from the opening page of our website (http://sedm.org) in the banner entitled START HERE surrounded by the checkered flags.
If you want to see if you have the latest version, the version date for the document you have is indicated in the lower left corner of every page of the document, in the document footer. This same method of document version control is implemented in every document available on our website. This date is also indicated in the right column of our Forms/Pubs page in the column entitled Date of Last Revision so that you will know the version available on our website without the need to click on the link and open the document to check the version number indicated.
This document, like all other documents, services, and communication available from or through the SEDM website and ministry, is protected by the following franchises and agreements on our website:
1. SEDM Website Disclaimer http://sedm.org/disclaimer.htm 2. SEDM Member Agreement, Form #01.001 http://sedm.org/Membership/MemberAgreement.htm Any of the following activities shall constitute constructive consent to the terms of the above agreements by all those engaging in such activities: 1. Contacting us for help with their problems or questions either via email or using our Contact Us Page.. 2. Requesting our services through the ministry bookstore, such as IMF Decoding, paralegal help, etc. 3. Obtain ministry materials or information offered through the Ministry Bookstore. 4. Participating in the Ministry as a volunteer or agent. 5. Signing our Member Agreement and faxing or mailing it to the Ministry. 6. Signing up for our Member Subscriptions or availing yourself of any of its benefits. 7. Downloading any of the free materials or information available on the SEDM website at http://sedm.org. 8. Making a donation to the ministry. 9. Signing up to be part of our Member Forums. 10. Submitting or sending any of the materials appearing on this website to any third party in any administrative or legal matter, and especially one involving any Member or Officer of this ministry. 11. Using any of the materials or output of services available through this website as evidence in any legal or administrative enforcement proceeding. 12. Making any commercial use whatsoever of the materials or services available through this ministry so as to benefit anyone OTHER than the ministry. This includes: 1. Trying to enjoin the materials; 2. Slandering the authors as a way to maximize revenues to a corrupted de facto government from ILLEGAL enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code; 3. Selling the materials available through this website in violation of the copyright.
Path to Freedom 24 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Lastly, we have prepared the following simplified and brief introduction course to our ministry. 1 Ministry Introduction Course, Form #12.014 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm You can view the above document from our opening page at http://sedm.org by clicking on the large letters that say 2 MINISTRY INTRODUCTION in the center of the page. This is an excellent summary of what we do and why we do it 3 for busy professionals. 4 2. Basic Checklist to Liberty 5 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her [Babylon, the Great Harlot, a socialist democracy in which all 6 citizens are in fact government officers], my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her 7 sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her 8 double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. In the measure that she glorified herself and 9 lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and 10 will not see sorrow. Therefore her plagues will come in one daydeath and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly 11 burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her." 12 [Rev. 18:4-8 , Bible, NKJV] 13 Knowledge and preparation are the best defense you can have for your freedom and sovereignty. Please ensure that you 14 execute as many of the following steps to achieving sovereignty as you can prior to stopping withholding in order to 15 provide the best protection possible for your rights and liberties. These steps will lawfully help to remove you and your 16 property from government jurisdiction and minimize risk exposure. Each step is preceded by an Date Accomplished box 17 so that you can write the date that you accomplished it. Members wishing to use any of the materials on our website to 18 interact with the government or legal profession in the context of tax matters must complete up to step 14 before they may 19 do so. Otherwise, they become Members in Bad Standing. 20 Please DO NOT contact us or even offer to pay us to complete any of the steps in this section. You and only you must 21 complete the steps in this section entirely on your own without our assistance or that of any member. The reason for 22 this is that: 23 1. Our Member Agreement, Form #01.001 forbids us from rendering services to those who are statutory taxpayers, 24 U.S. citizens, U.S. residents, or federal instrumentalities. 25 2. You are presumed to be a non-member, statutory taxpayer, U.S. citizen, U.S. resident, and/or federal 26 instrumentality unless and until you have unrebutted evidence in your administrative record with the government that 27 demonstrates otherwise and which is admissible in a court of law. That evidence, in fact, is generated by executing the 28 steps in this section BEFORE either demanding our services or USING any materials other than those needed to 29 complete these steps. 30 3. If we interact with or help people attempting to complete the steps, some malicious, malingering, and LYING public 31 servant would be hired as a mole, come in and procure help from us, and then accuse us on the court record of 32 interfering with the lawful administration of the tax laws, and do so UNLAWFULLY in a foreign state outside of their 33 jurisdiction. We therefore need and politely request your assistance in staying out of harms way and from being 34 accused of violating or intending to violate any law. 35 We caution that our Member Agreement, Form #01.001 also requires that: 36 1. Anyone are free to read and obtain our materials and by doing so, they mandatorily become Members. 37 2. Anyone, including non-Members, may obtain or use the materials required to complete Steps 1 through 14 of this 38 section and by doing so they become Members. In addition, completing up to step 14 of this section makes them 39 Members in Good Standing. 40 3. All materials and services OTHER than our tax materials and services are available for use by any Member, 41 including those who have not completed steps 1 through 14 of this section. 42 4. Only those who are Members and who have completed up to step 14 of this section and thereby become Members in 43 Good Standing may use our tax services or materials other than those listed in this section in order to interact with 44 third parties in the government or the legal profession. 45 4.1. By use, we mean using them in your interactions with any third party, such as the state or federal governments, 46 financial institutions, employers, or the legal profession. 47
Path to Freedom 25 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4.2. For a list of tax information and services, see section 2 of our Member Agreement, Form #01.001. 1 5. Non-Members are not authorized to use any of our materials or services, including our tax materials. 2 3
Path to Freedom 26 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Table 1: Checklist to Freedom 1 # Date Accomplished Description 1 GET A COMPUTER AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION. If you dont already have a computer and a high speed Internet connection, we highly recommend getting both. This will facilitate studying the multitude of free and valuable information available on the following highly recommended websites: 1. Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM) Website (http://sedm.org) http://sedm.org 2. Family Guardian Website http://famguardian.org 2 SECURE YOUR COMPUTER. Secure your computer and protect your privacy using the resources available at: Computers, Technology, and Information Security Topic, Section 5: Computer and Information Security http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Computers/Computers.htm 3 READ, SIGN, AND SUBMIT OUR MEMBER AGREEMENT. Download, carefully read, print, sign, and fax us the following: SEDM Member Agreement, Form #01.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
WARNING: You should not use any of the materials on our website to interact with the legal profession or the government for any tax years for which you do not satisfy all of the requirements of membership. To do otherwise is an unauthorized and possibly illegal abuse of our materials. 4 LEARN THE BASICS OF LAW, GOVERNMENT, TAXES, AND SOVEREIGNTY. This will allow you to understand the constitution, statutes, regulations, and government in general. Do these in the sequence presented: 1. Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Form #12.013-teaches you how to do legal research so that you can critically evaluate everything you will learn beyond this point. http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Citizenship and Sovereignty Course, Form #12.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Federal and State Income Taxation of Individuals Course, Form #12.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. Government Franchises Course, Form #12.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5. Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 LEARN YOUR STATUS AND RIGHTS! If you dont know what your rights are and your status in relation to the government, then YOU DONT HAVE ANY RIGHTS and people are going to walk all over you! Learn your rights and status or get on your knee pads and learn to be a good little slave. The resources below are very helpful for that purpose. 1. Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Famous Quotes About Rights and Liberty, Form #08.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 27 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 6 QUIT MAKING PRESUMPTIONS, CORRECT YOUR LANGUAGE, AND CHALLENGE THE PRESUMPTIONS OF OTHERS ABOUT YOUR STATUS. Read our document on presumptions for an excellent description of this main technique for unlawfully abusing government authority to enslave you: Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Learn about words of art and correct the words you use to describe yourself and others: 1. Watch Your Language When Dealing With the Government http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Instructions/2.6WatchLanguageWithGovt.htm 2. Meaning of the Words includes and including, Form #05.014 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004, Cites by Topic http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/FormsInstr-Cites.htm
The key to regaining your rights and sovereignty is to understand how the government surreptitiously and stealthily abuses words of art and presumption in a legal context, how to prove that the presumption exists, and what questions to ask to expose the presumption. All presumption is a violation of due process of law when it injures your rights. 7 READ CHAPTERS 3 THROUGH 5 OF THE FREE GREAT IRS HOAX, Form #11.302 BOOK. This will give you a thorough education in law, legal research, rights, and taxation. Pay particular attention to Chapter 4, which shows you what your rights are. If you dont know what your rights are, then YOU DONT HAVE ANY! Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH OUR WEBSITE AND JOIN OUR FORUMS AS A MEMBER. Visit our website below and visit and carefully examine each of the topic areas listed in the menus at the top of the opening page. This will give you a basic understanding of what we offer. http://sedm.org
You should also apply for FREE membership in our forums so you have a place to post your questions without contacting us privately, and will have a way to meet and interact with other like minded people who can help you. Click on Register in the upper right corner of the following links. If you already have a Member Bookstore account, please try to use the same username, password, and email address in the forums as you used in our Member Bookstore. This will minimize the number of usernames and passwords you have to keep track of:
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We also recommend joining the FREE forums of the Family Guardian sister site and registering by the same technique at the following address:
http://famguardian.org/forums/
WARNING: If you have questions, please post them in the above forums instead of barraging our Contact Us Page. We prefer that you use one of the two above forums to get your questions answered instead of contacting us individually. We are not resourced or funded to responsively interact personally and individually with our thousands of members.
Path to Freedom 28 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 9 CORRECT YOUR CITIZENSHIP AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT. Read and send in the following two documents to the government to correct your citizenship and taxpayer status and restore your sovereignty: 1. Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm These documents establish legally admissible evidence in your administrative record of your true status, prevent false presumptions, and act as a reliance defense useful if you are ever criminally indicted for any tax crime. They establish the laws that you are relying upon in establishing your status. They also establish fact if they go un-rebutted by the government recipient that forms an estoppel and default against the government. NOTE: Even if the government responds to either of the above to say you arent allowed submit these or they wont act on them, they would have to commit a crime and violate the law to not act upon them as indicated in the documents themselves. We dont require that the government ACCEPT or ACT upon these forms in order to become a member, but that you have at least sent them in and have proof that you sent them in admissible in court using our Certificate/Proof/Affidavit of Service, Form #01.002 10 UPDATE YOUR PASSPORT TO CORRECTLY REFLECT YOUR NATIONALITY AND DOMICILE AND ABANDONMENT OF GOVERNMENT FRANCHISES. Do this by either: 1. Renewing it using the following procedure if you are up for renewal: How to Apply for a Passport as a non-citizen national, Form #09.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Amending it if you already have one: Passport Amendment Request, Form #06.016 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We recommend doing this BEFORE you start sending affidavits to anyone. The reason is that using the above procedure to obtain a passport disconnects you from franchises and the numbers associated with them. That way the Affidavits you subsequently send out in later steps that are notarized using the national passport will not connect you indirectly to any franchise such as Social Security.
Path to Freedom 29 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 11 QUIT USING IDENTIFYING NUMBERS AND CORRECT EXISTING EIN APPLICATIONS. The only people with a legal requirement to use identifying numbers are government statutory employees and public officers. All you do by using such numbers is create false presumptions that you are a government employee or public officer over which they have jurisdiction and who is domiciled on federal territory. Read the following form so you understand why it is unlawful to use them for the average American: About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If compelled by third parties to use a Taxpayer Identification Number, present the following form: Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If compelled to join Social Security or use a Social Security Number, present the following form and demand that they rebut it. Why You Arent Eligible for Social Security, Form #06.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
If you own a business or run a trust and the entity applied for an EIN, send in the following amendment to the original SS-4 Application: Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #06.022 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 30 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 12 RESUBMIT/CORRECTED TAX WITHHOLDING PAPERWORK. Do so at your job and with your business associates WITHOUT a federal identifying number using the following resources: 1. New Hire Paperwork Attachment, Form #04.203 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm DO NOT submit IRS Form W-4, which is only for federal public officers or employees and not private human beings. This is explained in the following: Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm After you submit the New Hire Paperwork Attachment, regulate your withholding and reporting according to the instructions in the following book. This book also gives some pointers on companies that wont honor the New Hire Paperwork Attachment and/or W-8BEN above. Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Provide a copy of SSA Form 521 to your private employer with the number removed proving that you quit the system if you previously gave them a federal identifying number. Warn them that any use of that number constitutes FRAUD beyond that point for which you will file a criminal complaint. If your private employer or business associate refuses to accept correctly completed forms reflecting your true status as a nonresident alien not engaged in the trade or business franchise, send the legal department of the organization the following form as the last step before you sue them personally and individually: Legal Notice to Correct Fraudulent Tax Status, Reporting, and Withholding, Form #04.401 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
If, after receiving the above, the private employer still will not stop filing the fraudulent information returns and stop withholding, then you will have to sue the payroll clerk personally and individually in state and not federal court but NOT the company. This will provide a remedy without jeopardizing your job or the company. We dont have forms for this purpose at this time, but you can retain us to provide paralegal services to prepare the pleadings. To do so, please read the following and submit the Litigation Support Client Intake Application at the end to our fax number:
Litigation Support Client Intake Packet, Form #01.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 31 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 13 QUIT FILLING OUT GOVERNMENT FORMS AND PROVIDE MANDATORY ATTACHMENTS WITH ALL FORMS YOU ARE FORCED TO FILL OUT. The only people with a legal requirement to fill out government forms are government statutory employees and public officers. All you do when you fill out and submit government forms is create false presumptions that you are a government employee or public officer over which they have jurisdiction. If compelled by third parties to submit any kind of government tax form: 1. Use AMENDED forms rather than ORIGINAL IRS form provided below: http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Forms/IRS/IRSFormsPubs.htm 2. Attach the following forms prepared according to the instructions: Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm The only forms you should file with the government are those that are NOT for taxpayers. All the IRS forms are only for franchisees called taxpayers. If you want a nontaxpayer form you will either need to modify the standard government forms as we did (AMENDED) or make your own form. If there is anyone we could not get to stop filing false information returns on us, then we make it a point to annually file the following forms to ensure that we are not wrongfully prosecuted for willful failure to file pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7203. 1. State Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.203 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Federal Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.303 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Filing the above forms if your record has information returns (e.g. W-2, 1042S, 1098, and 1099) builds a good administrative record that will prevent the IRS from making a referral for prosecution to the Dept. of Justice for prosecution. It also serves as a great jury entertainment package if it every goes to trial which can significantly help your chances of an acquittal. Attach as many exhibits as you can to make sure the jure and the IRS have plenty of incriminating information that will damn the governments case. When compelled to submit any kind of government form other than a tax form in the future, make sure you use the forms provided in the following: 1. Liberty University, Section 4: Avoiding Government Licenses and Franchises http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 2. SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.6: Avoiding Government Franchises http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 32 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 14 REGULARLY, ANNUALLY, AND CONSISTENTLY CORRECT ALL INFORMATION RETURNS FILED AGAINST YOUR NAME. If you dont, you could become the unlawful target of a failure to file prosecution pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7203, tax evasion. The years affected will be those that fit ANY of the circumstances below: 1. For periods AFTER the Path to Freedom process has been completedOR 2. For which no return has been filed and therefore, for which you might be prosecuted for willful failure to file. . . . OR 3. For which you are or have been the target of IRS enforcement activity. . . . OR 4. For which you seek a refund of illegally withheld and reported taxes using our forms #15.001 or $15.002. . . . OR
NOTE: Dont bother correcting information returns for prior years in which returns were already filed as a statutory taxpayer unless you ALSO go back and correct those returns with substitute forms. There is a three year statute of limitation upon corrections to prior returns, and IRS does not make any NONtaxpayer forms, such as an amended return that changes a RESIDENT into a nonresident nonindividual nontaxpayer. Forms #15.001 and #15.002 therefore had to be created as CUSTOM forms to correct this problem for those: 1. Wishing refund of funds illegally withheld as a nontaxpayer not filing TAXPAYER statutory returns. 2. Those wishing to go back and correct prior RESIDENT returns and correct their status and the corresponding false information returns. If you dont have the original false information returns in your possession, then make sure you send a FOIA request to the IRS for the returns as well as the IRS Form W-3 and 1096 filed with them. Use the following procedures to correct the information returns: 1. Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1042s, Form #04.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1098s, Form #04.004 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1099s, Form #04.005 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form W-2s, Form #04.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 33 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 15 QUIT FILING RESIDENT FORMS. IRS Form 1040 is a resident form and the place it makes you a resident of is the District of Columbia and no part of any state of the Union. Your status as a customer of a government called a citizen, resident, or inhabitant is what makes you a taxpayer. For details on the domicile/residence SCAM, see: Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm The only forms that a man or woman domiciled in a state of the Union can lawfully file without committing perjury is one of the following: 1. State nonresident tax return with our Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form #15.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. State Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.203 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Federal form 1040NR with following forms attached: Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form #15.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. Federal Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.303 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm For details on why this is, see: Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 16 EDUCATE YOUR PRIVATE EMPLOYER AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. Education is designed to prevent filing information returns and government reports so that they permanently stop filing these false reports. Use the resources below in order to accomplish this: 1. Federal and State Income Taxation of Individuals Course, Form #12.003. Slide show for corporate counsel and busy business owners. http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Course, Form #12.004. Slide show for corporate counsel and busy business owners. http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. Federal Tax Withholding, Form #04.102: Short summary of the above http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17 CORRECT YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. If you are a registered voter, you must UNREGISTER and then REREGISTER using the following form as an attachment in order to correct your citizenship and domicile records with the government: Voter Registration Attachment, Form #06.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Both members AND non-members may use this form to register to vote.
Path to Freedom 34 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Date Accomplished Description 18 RESPOND TO ALL J URY SUMMONS PROPERLY. Jury summons are used to establish the nationality and residency of people. They are frequently mailed by the DOJ /IRS prior to criminally indicting someone to establish, usually falsely, that the party is domiciled on federal territory within the judicial district. You must respond with the following form or you could be the victim of such a FALSE criminal indictment. See section 8.6.14 later for details. Jury Summons Response Attachment, Form #06.015 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Both members AND non-members may use this form to respond to a jury summons. 19 CLOSE ALL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND REOPEN AS NONRESIDENT ALIEN NON- INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT TIN. See Section 7 of the following article: About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If the financial institution refuses to accept correctly completed forms reflecting your true status as a nonresident alien not engaged in the trade or business franchise, send the legal department of the organization the following form as the last step before you sue them personally and individually: Legal Notice to Correct Fraudulent Tax Status, Reporting, and Withholding, Form #04.401 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARDS AND CUT THEM UP. As long as you are in debt, you will need to use government identifying numbers and will be in national credit databases that will make privacy impossible. The Bible condemns debt. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender. [Prov. 22:7, Bible, NKJV] Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. [Romans 13:8, Bible, NKJV] "For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you." [Deut. 15:6] "The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow." [Deut. 28:12] "You shall not charge interest to your brother--interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest." [Deut. 23:19 ] "To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess." [Deut. 23:20.]
If you would like to know more about why debt is evil, see Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Section 2.8.11. As a bare minimum, you should pay off all debt other than your home and cut up your credit cards. Ideally, you should also place your real estate and the loan for the real estate inside an entity such as a trust or corporation and get it out of your name. After you have completed the above process: 1
Path to Freedom 35 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1. You can use any of the forms on our website without modification and without the risk of misrepresenting your true 1 status. 2 2. You will be ineligible to apply for or use a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) or Social Security Number (SSN). 3 See: 4 Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. You will have un-rebutted, court-admissible evidence in the state and federal governments records and the public 5 record of your true status as: 6 3.1. A nonresident alien pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(B). 7 3.2. A non-citizen national pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21) and 8 U.S.C. 1452. 8 3.3. A constitutional citizen pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment. 9 3.4. NOT a statutory U.S. citizen pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1401. 10 3.5. A stateless person in relation to federal jurisdiction. 11 3.6. A nontaxpayer and not the taxpayer described in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14). 12 4. The state and federal governments, if they fail to rebut correspondence they receive from you: 13 4.1. Will have produced evidence that they agree with your status above and that it is unlawful to make you the target 14 or civil or criminal tax enforcement. 15 4.2. Are estopped from changing their position later under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(b)(6). 16 5. If you use any number at all to describe yourself, it will be an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number procured 17 using an AMENDED IRS Form W-7 with our Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 attached.: 18 AMENDED IRS Form W-7 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Forms/IRS/IRSFormW7Amended.pdf 6. You will be ineligible for Social Security Benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, or any other franchise or public benefit. 19 7. Private employers may not lawfully withhold or deduct for Social Security, Medicare, etc. Individual Taxpayer 20 Identification Numbers are FORBIDDEN for use in participating in such benefits. See: 21 7.1. Understanding Your IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), IRS Publication 1915 22 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/PropertyPrivacy/NumericalID/p1915.pdf 23 7.2. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 8. You will have the status described in the following forms: 26 8.1. Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 8.2. Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 29 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 30 8.3. Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 31 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 32 9. It will be a CRIME in violation of 18 U.S.C. 911, 18 U.S.C. 912, and 18 U.S.C. 654 for either you or the 33 government to claim that you are any of the following or to file information returns implying these statuses: 34 9.1. A taxpayer as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14). 35 9.2. An individual or person under the Internal Revenue Code. 36 9.3. A statutory U.S. citizen as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1401. 37 9.4. A statutory U.S. resident as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(4). 38 10. If you want to file a tax return for any given year, you must file one of the following forms or an amended version 39 thereof that you have made yourself. 40 10.1. Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form 41 #15.001 42 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 43 10.2. Amended IRS Form 1040NR with the following attached: 44 10.2.1. Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 45 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 46 10.2.2. Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 47 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 48 11. You will be a PRIVATE human being, a transient foreigner, and not a person or individual who is immune from 49 federal civil law as a foreign sovereign who is protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. Chapter 50 97 and the Minimum Contacts Doctrine. If you want to litigate in defense of your rights, the only place you can go is a 51 de jure, constitutional state court using the common law and NOT statutory law. Statutory civil law, in fact, can and 52 does apply almost exclusively to government public officers and statutory employees as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105 53
Path to Freedom 36 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ and not to private human beings. By the admission of no less than the U.S. Supreme Court, government has no 1 jurisdiction over PRIVATE conduct, and the Constitution can and does protect ONLY private conduct. This is 2 exhaustively confirmed by: 3 11.1. Why Statutory Civil Law is Law for Government and Not Private Persons, Form #05.037 4 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 11.2. Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 6 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 7 11.3. Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 8 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9 11.4. Proof that There Is a Straw Man, Form #05.042 10 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11 Some people have asked us for a way to measure their progress and continue to improve AFTER completing the above 12 process. They want a study plan and checklist for improving their legal knowledge and progress. We suggest the following 13 approach for such a situation: 14 1. Study the materials in our Liberty University in the sequence they are presented. You may wish to print out the table 15 of contents of the Liberty University and put check marks next to the things you have studied or read. To visit our 16 Liberty University, go to: 17 Liberty University http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 2. Our site has two master indexes of all of the publications, pleadings, and forms available. You may wish to use these 18 resources as a checklist to keep track of things you have read, the version you have read, and any changes since you 19 read that version. See the following: 20 SEDM Resource Index, Form #01.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. If you wish to minimize the amount of time you spent keeping up to date, we recommend using the following resources 21 to locate changes we have made to publications you may have already read. This allows you to review only the 22 changes without having to reread the ENTIRE document. Some of our documents can be time consuming to read and 23 we dont want to force you to reread the entire document to stay up to date. 24 3.1. SEDM Forums, Forum #1.1: Website Updates-lists changes to the website in date sequence. 25 http://sedm.org/forums/ 26 3.2. SEDM Resource Revision History, Form #01.009-contains a detailed, chronological list of all the specific changes 27 to each form, publication, and resource on our website. 28 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 29 3. Sharing the Truths on our Website with Friends, Relatives, and Coworkers 30 After you have gone through the Basic Checklist to Freedom in the preceding section, you will be exposed to many 31 opportunities among friends, relatives, and your church in which you will be able to share what you learned with them. 32 This will happen within family, church, and work circles. We would argue that anyone who learns this information and 33 doesnt want to share it does not really love the people they refuse to share it with. The essence of God is love and one 34 always protects those they love by sharing the truth with them. 35 "God is love, and he who abides in love [obedience to God's Laws] abides in [and is a FIDUCIARY of] God, and God in him." 36 [1 John 4:16, Bible, NKJV] 37 "My [God's] people are destroyed [and enslaved] for lack of knowledge [and the lack of education that produces it]. 38 [Hosea 4:6, Bible, NKJV] 39 "And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws [of both God and man], and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and 40 the work [of obedience to God] that they must do." 41 [Exodus 18:20, Bible, NKJV] 42 Below are a few guidelines about how to share ministry information with others you love in a non-threatening way that will 43 maximize their interest in the subject and generate the passion in them that will motivate them to learn more: 44 1. If you present any of our materials to others to teach them, you should: 45
Path to Freedom 37 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1.1. Treat each and every opportunity to explain the truth to them as a LEGAL trial and NOT a POLITICAL event. 1 At trials, people are not allowed to presume anything and the only beliefs they can have must be based upon 2 EVIDENCE admissible in court. PRESUMPTIONS are NOT evidence in a legal setting nor can they be a 3 substitute for evidence. 4 1.2. Learn the rules of evidence backwards and forwards and abide by them as a way to practice your litigation skills. 5 1.3. Keep an EVIDENCE library of your own discoveries in both paper form and electronic PDF form that you share 6 with people you are educating. Each exhibit should be numbered and ready to show to the people you want to 7 educate. You may even want to make electronic copies of your evidence library and hand it to them. If you want 8 an example of such an evidence library, see the following, which is accessible from the opening page of our 9 website on the menus at the top: 10 SEDM Exhibits http://sedm.org/Exhibits/ExhibitIndex.htm 1.4. Tell them that they should NOT believe you and that they ought to verify EVERYTHING you are saying by 11 examining the evidence you are presenting. 12 1.5. NOT make any claim that you do not have evidence to prove or that you have not PRESENTED the evidence of. 13 1.6. NOT PRESUME anything, meaning believe anything that you do not have evidence to prove. 14 2. You can never really know a subject until you are put into the position of teaching it to someone else. 15 2.1. Consider opportunities to teach others as an opportunity to hone your own skills and grow personally. 16 2.2. The main way to motivate and interest your audience is to be passionate about the subject yourself: 17 Do your homework, and know your facts. But remember: Its passion that persuades. 18 3. Consider your audience and meet them where they are at, not where you are. 19 3.1. This was the same approach Jesus employed. 20 3.2. Dont assume that your audience knows as much as you do about legal subjects or understands legal jargon. 21 3.3. Speak in parables like J esus did. Relate the information to real world situations by giving examples. 22 4. Keep your discussion as simple as you can: 23 4.1. Distill the discussion down to moral principles that will ignite their interest. 24 4.2. Try to avoid fancy legal terms that you know your audience will not know the meaning of. 25 5. Progress in complexity as their knowledge level increases. 26 5.1. Dont feed a baby steak. Give him milk. 27 5.2. Feed them little tidbits at a time and frame the discussion in the context of something that you know will interest 28 them so that the next time they approach you, they will approach with a question or suggestion that relates to 29 something they view as important. This will open the door for their next lesson. 30 6. Read your audience. 31 6.1. Watch their reaction. 32 6.2. If their eyes gloss over, then redirect the discussion to something that is more important and relevant to their 33 circumstances. 34 7. Dont overwhelm them with information on the first opportunity you have to discuss a subject. 35 7.1. Dont force your audience to drink from a fire hose. Dont force them to learn too much in one visit or session. 36 7.2. Break the discussion into manageable topics, each of which begins with an introduction, body, summary, and then 37 conclusions. 38 7.3. Pause frequently for breaks. You should have at least ten minutes for questions and breaks each hour. 39 7.4. Stop occasionally to invite questions. At least every five minutes, stop and say: 40 Any questions so far? 41 Is everyone with me so far? 42 7.5. Dont force them to do anything, because you will appear dogmatic and invite people to accuse you of being a an 43 intolerant maniac who your audience not only wont listen to, but will avoid and criticize. 44 8. Every couple minutes, pause and ask them a question that relates to the subject you are discussing and ask them to 45 answer. This will force them to be on their toes and listen, especially if they are in a large group of people, because 46 they dont like being embarrassed in front of their peers. 47 9. Introduce them to the subjects we cover using the simplest information first. They will need milk initially, so save the 48 meat and vegetables for later. Milk includes: 49 9.1. Galileo Paradigm, Form #11.303-very good introduction to the tax fraud. 50 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 51
Path to Freedom 38 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 9.2. SEDM Sermons Page 1 http://sedm.org/Sermons/Sermons.htm 2 9.3. What Pastors and Clergy Need to Know About Government and Taxation Course, Form #12.006-introduction to 3 government, law, and taxation for pastors. Useful in getting the church and its members involved. 4 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 9.4. Citizenship and Sovereignty Course, Form #12.001-excellent presentation describing basic citizenship and legal 6 concepts. 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 9.5. Federal and State Income Taxation of Individuals Course, Form #12.003-excellent presentation describing basic 9 taxation 10 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11 10. If after being exposed to the milk above, people want more, direct their attention to the meat: 12 10.1. SEDM Liberty University-a whole curricula for those who want to learn about freedom and sovereignty. 13 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 14 10.2. Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302 15 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 16 Dont force people to drink from a fire hose, literally, when they show interest in learning more. Remember what step by 17 step means... The following is Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development. This will assist you in making your 18 teaching of freedom concepts flow better and meet the varied needs of your audience. The categories can be thought of as 19 degrees of difficulty. That is, the first one must be mastered before the next one can take place. 20 21
Path to Freedom 39 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Table 2: Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development 1 # Category Example and Key Words 1 Knowledge: Recall data or information. Examples: Recite a policy. Quote prices from memory to a customer. Knows the safety rules. Key Words: defines, describes, identifies, knows, labels, lists, matches, names, outlines, recalls, recognizes, reproduces, selects, states. 2 Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words. Examples: Rewrites the principles of test writing. Explain in one's own words the steps for performing a complex task. Translates an equation into a computer spreadsheet. Key Words: comprehends, converts, defends, distinguishes, estimates, explains, extends, generalizes, gives Examples, infers, interprets, paraphrases, predicts, rewrites, summarizes, translates. 3 Application: Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the work place. Examples: Use a manual to calculate an employee's vacation time. Apply laws of statistics to evaluate the reliability of a written test. Key Words: applies, changes, computes, constructs, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates, modifies, operates, predicts, prepares, produces, relates, shows, solves, uses. 4 Analysis: Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. Examples: Troubleshoot a piece of equipment by using logical deduction. Recognize logical fallacies in reasoning. Gathers information from a department and selects the required tasks for training. Key Words: analyzes, breaks down, compares, contrasts, diagrams, deconstructs, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, identifies, illustrates, infers, outlines, relates, selects, separates. 5 Synthesis: Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure. Examples: Write a company operations or process manual. Design a machine to perform a specific task. Integrates training from several sources to solve a problem. Revises and process to improve the outcome. Key Words: categorizes, combines, compiles, composes, creates, devises, designs, explains, generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs, relates, reorganizes, revises, rewrites, summarizes, tells, writes. 6 Evaluation: Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials. Examples: Select the most effective solution. Hire the most qualified candidate. Explain and justify a new budget. Key Words: appraises, compares, concludes, contrasts, criticizes, critiques, defends, describes, discriminates, evaluates, explains, interprets, justifies, relates, summarizes, supports. 4. Maintaining and Improving Defense of Your Freedom and Sovereignty Beyond the Basic 2 Checklist 3 "But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty [God's law] and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the 4 work, this one will be blessed [by the Lord Himself] in what he does." 5 [James 1:25, Bible, NKJV] 6 "If you abide in My [God's] word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." 7 [Jesus in John 8:31-32, Bible, NKJV] 8 Once you have completed the steps to freedom earlier in section 2, do the following to maintain and protect the sovereignty 9 you established above: 10 1. Turn off the TV. Its mental junk food and poison. 11 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes [law], 12 And I shall keep it to the end. 13 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; 14 Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 15 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, 16 For I delight in it. 17 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, 18 And not to covetousness. 19
Path to Freedom 40 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things [TV], 1 And revive me in Your way. 2 Establish Your word to Your servant, 3 Who is devoted to fearing You. 4 Turn away my reproach [the corrupted government] which I dread, 5 For Your judgments are good. 6 Behold, I long for Your precepts; 7 Revive me in Your righteousness. 8 [Psalm 119:33-40, Bible, NKJV] 9 2. Connect to media sources that tell the WHOLE truth. The current corporate media publishes biased and deceptive 10 propaganda about freedom and government corruption subjects. The link below has a lot of unbiased sources that you 11 should rely upon: 12 Media and Intelligence Topic, Family Guardian Fellowship http://famguardian.org/Subjects/MediaIntell/mediaintell.htm 3. Dedicate yourself to diligently learning how to stay free and sovereign by reading the free materials in the Liberty 13 University at the address below. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance and the main reason people get hurt is because 14 of their own ignorance. Education is the ONLY thing they cant take away from you in the end: 15 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 16 4. Mature your Christian faith. Modern privileged churches have been gagged by I.R.C. 501(c )(3) status from addressing 17 the subject of the proper Biblical relationship between Christians and Churches, on the one hand, and the government 18 on the other hand. Balance your Christian education by studying the following resources and subjects: 19 4.1. Read the following document, which exposes common false beliefs within most Christian churches: 20 Policy Document: Corruption Within Modern Christianity, Form #08.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.2. Listen to the sermons on our website: 21 SEDM Sermons Page http://sedm.org/Sermons/Sermons.htm 4.3. The Chalcedon Foundation Website: 22 http://chalcedon.edu 23 4.4. The nature of the Bible NOT as a history book, but a LAW book that applies to ALL, not just to the Israelites. 24 See: 25 4.4.1. Bible Law Course, Form #12.015 26 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 27 4.4.2. The Institutes of Biblical Law, Rousas Rushdoony, Library of Congress Catalog Number 72-79485 available 28 at http://chalcedon.edu 29 4.5. How to use the Bible as a law book in the everyday affairs of life. See: 30 Laws of the Bible, Form #13.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.6. The proper relationship of Christians to the government. See: 31 Delegation of Authority Order from God to Christians, Form #13.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.7. The proper relationship of churches to the government. See: 32 What Pastors and Clergy Need to Know About Government and Taxation Course, Form #12.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5. Learn how to use the valuable Legal Research Sources page to locate statutes, regulations, cases, etc. so that you can 33 competently verify everything we say in all of our publications and also challenge false statements by judges and 34 government prosecutors. This link also appears at the top of our Litigation Tools page: 35 Legal Research Sources http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/LegalResrchSrc.htm 6. Get an account on a legal research service and teach yourself how to locate and statutes, regulations, cases, etc. just like 36 your government opponents do. Candidates include the following. Of the choices, Versus Law is the least expensive 37 and a very good start for those who dont practice law full time: 38 6.1. Versus Law: http://versuslaw.com. Plans cost $13.95/mo; $24.95/mo., and $39.95/mo. 39 6.2. Fastcase: http://fastcase.com. Plans cost $65/mo. or $100/mo. 40 6.3. Westlaw: http://westlaw.com 41 6.4. Lois Law: http://www.lexisnexis.com/ 42 6.5. Lexis-Nexis: http://www.loislawschool.com/ 43
Path to Freedom 41 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 7. Develop a broad understanding of all freedom subjects. Taxes are only a very small part of the total corruption of our 1 government. Below are some resources on this subject: 2 7.1. Recommended Reading and Viewing, Family Guardian Website: 3 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Education/RecReadingAndViewing.htm 4 7.2. Sovereignty and Freedom page, Family Guardian Website: 5 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Freedom/Freedom.htm 6 8. Whenever anyone tries to allege that any federal law imposes any kind of duty upon you, DEMAND that they 7 produce either the statute and the implementing regulation published in the Federal Register OR proof that you are a 8 federal instrumentality exempt from the requirement for implementing regulations published in the Federal Register as 9 required by the following: 10 Federal Enforcement Authority Within States of the Union, Form #05.032 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9. If called upon to respond to a tax collection or other government enforcement action, ensure that you carefully avoid all 11 of the flawed arguments documented in the pamphlet below or you may be penalized or sanctioned for entertaining 12 frivolous arguments: 13 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5. The secret to remaining free, sovereign, and foreign in respect to a corrupted government 14 and legal profession 15 5.1 Introduction 16 The most important thing to remember as you read this document are the causes of all the problems and corruption in the 17 government that this document is designed to rectify and combat, which are listed below in descending order of 18 importance: 19 1. Participating in government franchises, all of which completely destroy your sovereignty and make you an indentured 20 servant of the national government, who then becomes your parens patriae. This includes Social Security, Medicare, 21 and the Internal Revenue Code, Subtitle A income tax. All franchises are essentially contracts between the grantor and 22 the grantee that are the only lawful mechanism that the government can use to impose duties upon the average 23 American. An example of a franchise is a McDonalds franchise, in which you sign up to open a store and use the 24 McDonalds logo, and in return, you are obligated to buy from them, be supervised by them, and send a percentage of 25 the profits to the franchise administrator. See: 26 Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Refusing to read and learn and enforce the law. Law is the main vehicle used in a free society to deceive and enslave 27 the people. You must learn the law and the various ways that it is abused to injure you if you want to be free, and your 28 servants in government wont ever empower you with the key to your chains. The origin of all legal jurisdiction is 29 your consent to be governed. If there are things in the civil law that you dont consent to, then you can lawfully 30 remove yourself from the jurisdiction of said civil law by removing your consent and your legal person from the civil 31 jurisdiction of the government that passed the law you dont like. Obviously, you cant remove yourself from the 32 jurisdiction of a criminal law, but civil laws you can by changing your status and domicile. Most laws are civil, and 33 therefore you have a lot of influence over how you govern your life. 34 3. Refusing to take responsibility for ourselves and/or our families and loved ones. All rights come from responsibilities 35 to a higher power, and that power is God. Those who refuse to obey God and His laws ultimately must be governed by 36 and become a slave to a civil ruler because they refuse to govern themselves. Symptoms of this problem include: 37 3.1. Refusing to help our neighbor or engage in charitable causes. 38 3.2. Trying to collect more government benefits than we paid for. 39 3.3. Asking government for benefits or participating in the franchises that implement them. 40 The above actions sanction your government to STEAL from the HAVEs in order to give to the have nots. 41 Governments dont produce anything. All they do is either STEAL money from nontaxpayers by constructive FRAUD 42 or counterfeit it through fiat currency systems. Both forms of revenue generation are evil and make the government 43 into a thief and a Robinhood, which the U.S. Supreme Court has said is unconstitutional: 44 "A tax, in the general understanding of the term and as used in the constitution, signifies an exaction for the support of the 45 government. The word has never thought to connote the expropriation of money from one group for the benefit of another." 46
Path to Freedom 42 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ [U.S. v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936) ] 1 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored 3 individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is nonetheless a robbery because it is done under the forms of 4 law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. 5 Nor is it taxation. A "tax," says Webster's Dictionary, "is a rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property of a citizen by 6 government for the use of the nation or state." "Taxes are burdens or charges imposed by the legislature upon persons or property 7 to raise money for public purposes." 8 [Loan Association v. Topeka, 20 Wall. 655 (1874)] 9 4. People governing their lives or making decisions based on presumptions instead of facts. Most of what you think you 10 know about law and government is really just a belief that cannot be supported by legally admissible evidence, and 11 therefore is little more than a religion. See: 12 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We remind our readers that the story of Adam and Eve described in the Bible was REALLY a story about disobeying God 13 and His laws and commandments and refusing to take responsibility for that disobedience. God told Adam and Eve in Gen. 14 2:17 not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent promised Eve TWO things to entice her to 15 eat the fruit, both of which were intended to make her believe that she would not be responsible for her actions: 16 1. The serpent said to Eve that if she at the fruit, she would NOT die as God had promised. In other words, she would not 17 be responsible for the consequence of her disobedience to Gods command. Gen. 3:4. 18 2. The serpent also promised Eve that if she ate the fruit, she would become LIKE God. The essence of what it means to 19 be a god is that you are omnipotent and accountable or responsible to NO ONE. Gen. 3:4. 20 Hence, both things promised by the serpent were designed to make Eve believe that she would be responsible for none of 21 her actions and accountable to NO ONE for any of them. After Eve ate the fruit and God then approached both of them and 22 asked them what they had done, the response of both Adam and Eve was to blame it on someone else, meaning refuse to 23 take responsibility to God for their disobedience. 24 1. Adam blamed his decision on Eve. Gen. 3:12. 25 2. Eve blamed her decision on the serpent, saying that the serpent had deceived her. Gen. 3:13. 26 Hence, when faced with the consequences of their disobedience towards Gods laws, both of them attempted to evade 27 responsibility, which simply proves that was their motivation from the beginning for eating the fruit. Government is like 28 the serpent in the story, which is symbolic of Satan himself. It has made a business, or more particularly a very profitable 29 franchise, out of insulating people from the responsibility for all their choices and actions and thereby centralizing all power 30 and sovereignty to itself. It has done this through social insurance programs, all of which are implemented as franchises 31 that completely destroy your sovereignty and constitutional rights. This corruption is described in: 32 The Unlimited Liability Universe http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Spirituality/Articles/UnlimitedLiabilityUniverse.htm The vast majority of the rest of the Bible after Gen. 3 documents ALL the consequences of Adam and Eves disobedience 33 to Gods commandments and laws, as well as that of their descendants. The lesson you should learn from this story is that 34 life got REALLY complicated for Adam and Eve and their descendents because they wanted to be disobedient, 35 irresponsible, and rebellious toward God and His laws. This proves that the main purpose Gods laws is to simplify your 36 life and avoid all the problems and complications that people invite into their lives by failure to recognize Gods commands 37 as law or a failure to obey them to the best of their ability. Such rebellion and disobedience manifests itself in several 38 forms: 39 1. Refusing to acknowledge the authority of the ENTIRE bible of whatever religion you believe in as LAW. This means 40 that if you are a Christian, you must acknowledge both the Old and New Testaments as law. 41 2. Questioning the credibility of any portion of the bible of your respective religion in order to justify violating any part of 42 Gods law. 43
Path to Freedom 43 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 3. Claiming that Gods grace is a license to sin without consequence, and in willful disobedience of Gods law. 1 The success of your efforts to restore your sovereignty and freedom depends entirely on the following factors in descending 2 order of importance: 3 1. Treating the bible of your religion as a law book and a covenant in which you are not entitled to the rewards without 4 fruit or actions of obedience towards the law book. 5 2. Learning, reading, knowing, and obeying Gods laws to the best of your ability. This will allow you to govern your 6 own life and family without any external interference or need for the government, family courts, civil courts, etc. See: 7 Laws of the Bible, Form #13.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Taking complete, exclusive, and personal responsibility for all of you and your familys actions and choices. This 8 means only requesting help from others as your very last resort after you have made every possible effort to correct the 9 problem yourself and executed your due diligence by studying the law and finding out for yourself what your options 10 are. 11 4. Not allowing yourself to be in position of ever having to depend on others, and especially in emergencies. When you 12 want it REALLY bad, you will get it REALLY bad. Bend over. 13 5. Planning and executing every facet of your life and your choices consistent with the above priorities. 14 6. The above forms of corruption in the case of Christianity are extensively documented in: 15 Corruption Within Modern Christianity, Form #08.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, was quoted as saying as he left the Constitutional convention when 16 questioned about what kind of government they had created, the following: 17 A republic, Maam. If you can keep it. 18 The measure of whether you can keep it, meaning the Republic indicated by Franklin, is the degree to which you take 19 complete and exclusive responsibility for yourself. The minute you refuse this calling, is the minute you will not only 20 become a slave to your own sin, but to sinful rulers who will try to profit from your sin by offering you franchises designed 21 to exchange your rights for a bowl of pottage. When you want ANYTHING REALLY BAD, you will get it in the rear end. 22 BEND OVER. See: 23 Overview of America, Liberty University Section 2.3 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm President Theodore Roosevelt agreed with these conclusions when he summed up the essence of what it means to be 24 sovereign: 25 We of this mighty western Republic have to grapple with the dangers that spring from popular self-government tried on a scale 26 incomparably vaster than ever before in the history of mankind, and from an abounding material prosperity greater also than 27 anything which the world has hitherto seen. 28 As regards the first set of dangers, it behooves us to remember that men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern 29 themselves or they must submit to being governed by others. If from lawlessness or fickleness, from folly or self-indulgence, they 30 refuse to govern themselves then most assuredly in the end they will have to be governed from the outside. They can prevent the 31 need of government from without only by showing they possess the power of government from within. A sovereign cannot make 32 excuses for his failures; a sovereign must accept the responsibility for the exercise of power that inheres in him; and where, as is 33 true in our Republic, the people are sovereign, then the people must show a sober understanding and a sane and steadfast purpose 34 if they are to preserve that orderly liberty upon which as a foundation every republic must rest. 35 [President Theodore Roosevelt; Opening of the Jamestown Exposition; Norfolk, VA, April 26, 1907] 36 The quickest and easiest way for you to: 37 1. Destroy your own credibility. 38 2. Indicate to us that you: 39 2.1. Really DONT want to be free. 40 2.2. Dont understand what freedom is about. 41 2.3. Dont want or deserve our help. 42
Path to Freedom 44 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Is for you to: 1 1. Refuse to take responsibility for the above or demonstrate your commitment and diligence in taking responsibility at 2 every step of your life. 3 2. Expect someone else to do your homework or hard work needed to restore your sovereignty in order to avoid pain or 4 discomfort. For instance, posting questions in our forums or contacting us for answers BEFORE you have made any 5 effort to answer the questions yourself. Instead, make every possible effort to research the issue yourself and volunteer 6 all the answers you have found so far when posing the question. This will demonstrate that you REALLY care and 7 want to be responsible for yourself. 8 3. Not learn how to use our website and then force us to find the answer to your question and do your research for you so 9 you dont have to learn anything. You should download the following and watch it several times so you are 10 completely familiar with our website. It is a large file so dont watch it off the internet: 11 Website Video Orientation, Form #12.010 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. Expect that simply paying money to us to execute the sovereignty process or answer an immediate question or 12 emergency will be a silver bullet that will keep them from pain or effort or prevent the need for commitment on their 13 part. No amount of money paid to others will solve the main problem, which is your own ignorance of the law, 14 laziness, and irresponsibility. 15 All of the above are summed up by the following proverbs and scriptures: 16 Liberty Means Responsibility. That's why most men dread it. 17 [George Bernard Shaw] 18 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy [or irresponsible] man will be put to forced labor [slavery!]. 19 [Prov. 12:24, Bible, NKJV] 20 "Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in 21 the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest, how long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A 22 little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep--so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need 23 like an armed man." 24 [Prov. 6:6-11] 25 we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the 26 cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the headChrist. 27 [Eph. 4:14, Bible, NKJV] 28 Your deceitful government knows all of the above. They know that those who refuse to pay their taxes want to evade 29 responsibility for paying for the so-called benefits they consume by living in this country. In fact, their knowledge of this 30 section is the main weapon they use to prosecute tax crimes in court. When they want to convict you of a tax crime, they 31 will assemble a grand jury and petit jury full of tax consumers, government dependents, and government public officers 32 called statutory U.S. citizens and taxpayers, tell them that you are a leech who wont pay his fair share and that 33 your omission is increasing THEIR tax bill, and then watch them hang you. In proving that you are a leech, they will show 34 the benefits you collected and then accuse you of stealing because you refuse to reimburse them for the cost of providing 35 the benefit. That will get the jury mad and make them want to hang you. Below is the language that the Supreme Court 36 used to describe their benefit franchise, in fact. Note that your corrupt government describes their mere EXISTENCE as 37 a benefit and refuses to recognize your right NOT to procure their protection or services. Hence, they believe in 38 SLAVERY that is a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment: 39 The contention was rejected that a citizen's property without the limits of the United States derives no benefit from the United 40 States. The contention, it was said, came from the confusion of thought in 'mistaking the scope and extent of the sovereign power of 41 the United States as a nation and its relations to its citizens and their relation to it.' And that power in its scope and extent, it was 42 decided, is based on the presumption that government by its very nature benefits the citizen and his property wherever 43 found, and that opposition to it holds on to citizenship while it 'belittles and destroys its advantages and blessings by denying the 44 possession by government of an essential power required to make citizenship completely beneficial.' In other words, the principle 45 was declared that the government, by its very nature, benefits the citizen and his property wherever found, and therefore has the 46 power to make the benefit complete. Or, to express it another way, the basis of the power to tax was not and cannot be made 47 dependent upon the situs of the property in all cases, it being in or out of the United States, nor was not and cannot be made 48 dependent upon the domicile of the citizen, that being in or out of the United States, but upon his relation as citizen to the United 49 States and the relation of the latter to him as citizen. The consequence of the relations is that the native citizen who is taxed may 50 have domicile, and the property from which his income is derived may have situs, in a foreign country and the tax be legalthe 51 government having power to impose the tax. 52
Path to Freedom 45 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ [Cook v. Tait, 265 U.S. 47 (1924)] 1 The benefit being taxed above is, in fact, the privilege of calling yourself a statutory U.S. citizen, which is entirely 2 voluntary. Those who choose not to avail themselves of this privilege must instead declare themselves to be non-citizen 3 nationals under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21) and 8 U.S.C. 1452 and nonresident aliens instead of statutory U.S. citizens. 4 This is covered in: 5 Why You are a national, state national, and Constitutional but not Statutory Citizen, Form #05.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If you want to know all the devious and fraudulent tactics they use in tax crime prosecutions, read: 6 The Government Benefits Scam, Form #05.040 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5.2 How to Figure It All Out 7 To those who wish to explore American law and not be drowned by complex terminology, it helps to know some basic 8 ideas or concepts. 9 1. *First*, know the difference between a right, endowed by one's Creator, and a privilege granted by servant 10 government. 11 2. *Second*, know that government instituted to secure a right, has no power to deny that right - except by your consent - 12 or in pursuit of justice, following due process. 13 3. *Third*, taxes are only levied on those who consent, and / or upon privileges granted by government. 14 That's pretty easy to remember. 15 Most of the abuses and usurpations can be traced back to consent, often acquired by dubious means. 16 For example, if you check your state's constitution for the delegation of the power to tax, you will find that it refers to 17 estate, as in real and personal property. Estate is held with qualified ownership. However, private property, absolutely 18 owned by an individual, will never be listed as being subject to a tax. In fact, in all cases where I found private property 19 mentioned, it was in reference to being protected. 20 If you were misled to assume that all land <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASP/message/454>; is estate (i.e., real estate), 21 and that you had to record your purchase as real estate, you've volunteered to be taxed. 22 Another stunner is the surrender of liberty via citizenship. According to the Declaration of Independence, we're endowed 23 with the right to life, liberty, and private property ownership (upon which we can pursue happiness without permission of 24 another). Yet from day one, the militia <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASP/message/1444>; were under obligation to 25 train, fight and die, on command. Apparently, the militia do not have rights - because the militia surrendered those rights to 26 be CITIZENS. 27 Citizens surrender their inalienable rights in exchange for the privilege to exercise political liberty - voting and holding 28 office. Which, if you read the earliest constitutions, required one to show proof of land ownership as well as taxes paid. 29 That is the root for recording one's property in the public record. If you didn't record your private property as estate, you 30 weren't taxed, nor were you eligible to vote, etc. In addition, by recording your property as estate, if you were an office 31 holder, the land could be liened in the event someone sought restitution or compensation for injuries inflicted by your 32 actions not warranted by one's office. 33 All American people were not citizens, under the original republican form of government. In fact, the majority were non- 34 citizen sovereigns. But over time, the republican form was transformed into the democratic form, by expanding the voter 35 pool. No longer were voters limited to property owners who paid taxes, but anyone who qualified under the 'new rules'. 36 And those rules were relaxed more and more. Citizenship changed from being an expensive privilege, sought after and paid 37 for with obligatory duties, into an endowment at birth. Worse, the vast pool of citizens were no longer drawn from civic 38 minded and unselfish individuals with a stake in the local community. Those who could manipulate large voting blocs 39
Path to Freedom 46 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ could gain control over the treasuries and build their own political empires. /(Thus we have the "best" government bribery 1 can buy -- by consent of the governed.) 2 One of the most controversial expansions of the privilege to vote was when it was extended to women. There was never a 3 "right" to vote - it was always a privilege. And that privilege was paid for with the acceptance of militia duty - the 4 obligation to train, fight and die on command. But no woman citizen / voter objected that she was not obligated equally as 5 her male counterpart to train, fight and die. Women became privileged citizens, with benefits that were unequal. 6 Finally, the transformation of the democratic form, into the democratic socialist form, in 1935, effectively removed most 7 Americans from the republican form of government, that their forefathers fought and died to bestow upon them. It was no 8 coincidence that the Social Security system was tailored to gain support of women voters. The age of retirement was set at 9 65, while life expectancy for men (in 1935) was 57, was tacit acknowledgment that the majority of beneficiaries would be 10 women./(Ida May Fuller <http://www.ssa.gov/history/imf.html>; was the first recipient. By the time of her death, Fuller 11 had collected $22,888.92 from Social Security monthly benefits, compared to her contributions of $24.75 to the system.)/ 12 The eradication of private property ownership was done by reducing the status at law of the individual, via pauperization 13 (FICA), and by eliminating lawful money <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASP/message/1637>; from circulation (FDR). 14 Paupers, by definition, are recipients of charity from the public treasury. Which is exactly what the Congressional Research 15 Service defined 'entitlements' as... "gifts from the public treasury". Once the individual American lacked standing, and 16 could not alienate title with lawful money, all property purchased with worthless notes was no longer a right, but a 17 privilege, subject to taxation and regulation. (Not only was the Pauper's Oath 18 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauper%27s_oath >; no longer required, but even retail transactions became subject to 19 taxation - no one had a right to buy and sell!). 20 Knowing these facts, one can maneuver through the maze of law, and determine if a law is for justice - regarding a 21 deliberate injury to the person or property of another - or if the law is regulatory - limited in scope to those who had 22 consented. 23 Likewise, any tax can be traced back to some privilege or consent. No inalienable right can be subject to taxation, lest that 24 right be negated or impaired. 25 In many sources, you can find legal authorities that admit that the American people were sovereigns, that their private 26 property rights were protected, that their natural and personal liberties were not to be trespassed by the public servants, 27 oathbound and regulated. 28 That you surrendered your magnificent birthright of sovereignty, freedom and independence, for the scraps of national 29 socialism and democracy is why we are a nation in decline, wracked by usurers, parasites and collectivist pirates. But if you 30 were a victim of fraud (like most Americans), that surrender can be reversed - once. And subsequent embrace of 31 government privilege will be presumed to be done with full knowledge and consent. 32 But make no mistake - the predators are running the show. And they dislike it when prey fight back. It's also why 33 "participation" in their democracy is futile. You cannot elect the solution to the problem when the cause is your consent... to 34 socialism, to democracy, to bribery, and to usury. 35 Take the time to read law, collect enough exhibits <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASP/message/951>; to support your 36 claim, and gain confidence that the law is on your side. 37 The short list to freedom is: 38 1. [ ] Acquire a domicile upon private property absolutely owned, within the boundaries of the USA; 39 2. [ ] Withdraw consent from national socialism, and any government privilege; and 40 3. [ ] Exercise your natural and personal liberty, as a free inhabitant / American national. 41 Caveat - when a substantial percentage of Americans withdraw consent, the current system will implode. Without sufficient 42 "human resources" underwriting the worthless notes, the dollar bills will cease to be acceptable as legal tender. The 43 government will be faced with a pool of recipients and insufficient donors. Furthermore, the creditor will have far less 44
Path to Freedom 47 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ wealth to skim and may begin to foreclose. I would not be surprised if the government resigned en masse and emigrated to 1 countries that do not extradite. 2 However, I hope that the newly restored republican form will rein in the abuses of democracy and socialism, that had run 3 rampant for decades. It would be a tragedy if the only nation on Earth whose people were sovereign, was to fall, due to the 4 ignorance of her people. 5 5.3 Responding to Offers or Demands 6 We have an unlimited ability to contract with our fellow human beings in any way that we choose. Our choices are 7 dependent not upon our circumstances, but only upon our knowledge and will and creative intelligence. 8 Whether in commerce or law or life, whenever someone demands something from us, it is an offer to contract. There are 9 only five ways we can respond to an offer to contract. 10 1. We can ignore. 11 2. We can argue or contest. 12 3. We can reject the offer or refuse for cause, without dishonor, as long as it is an erroneous claim and there is no liability 13 evidenced (see UCC 3-501). 14 4. We can accept. or 15 5. We can conditionally accept. 16 Ignoring is dishonoring, both to the offeror and the offeree. In commerce, it means agreeing by acquiescence. If someone 17 sends us a bill and we ignore it, we have committed a commercial dishonor and we have agreed that we owe it. They have 18 become the creditor in the matter and we have become the debtor/ slave. 19 Arguing is dishonoring to everyone as well, no matter how righteous it seems. Ultimately, no points of view are absolutely 20 valid and in a fight, force and deception are relied upon by all but the saintliest of parties. The loser will certainly become a 21 debtor in the matter; the victor's creditorship may be a crime. 22 Honorably rejecting and the two ways of accepting are the only ways we can remain in honor and take full responsibility 23 for our life and our world and not be a victim or a debtor. Full acceptance is appropriate when we agree with the substance 24 and form of whatever is being offered. Conditional acceptance is more appropriate when we are not sure about those things. 25 All conditional acceptances are counter-offers: "Sure, I'll go to town with you if you help me clean up that mess first" OR 26 "Sure, I'll accept that upon proof of your claim, in the form of a signed affidavit by you, under penalties of perjury and 27 under your personal, unlimited commercial liability". 28 Learning how to accept conditionally is fundamental to learning how to remain in creditor relationship with and be able to 29 freely control any situation. 30 5.4 Private vs. Public 31 It is important to know the difference between PRIVATE and PUBLIC persons, because we all have private and public 32 identities. We can handle private and public affairs from the private, but we cannot handle private affairs from the public. 33 The latter is one of the biggest mistakes many people make when trying to handle their commercial and lawful (private) or 34 legal (public) affairs. 35 In law, all rights attach to LAND, and all privileges attach to ones STATUS under voluntary civil franchises. An example 36 of statuses include taxpayer (under the tax code), person, individual, driver (under the vehicle code), spouse 37 (under the family code). Rights are PRIVATE, PRIVILEGES are PUBLIC. 38 In our society, the PRIVATE straw man was created by the application for the birth certificate. It is a legal person under 39 contract law and under the Uniform Commercial Code, with capacity to sue or be sued under the common law. It is 40 PRIVATE PROPERTY of the human being described in the birth certificate. 41
Path to Freedom 48 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ The PUBLIC officer straw man (e.g. statutory "taxpayer") was created by the Application for the Social Security Card, 1 SSA Form SS-5. It is a STATUS under an unconstitutional national franchise of the de facto government. It is 2 PROPERTY of the national government. The PUBLIC straw man is described in: 3 Proof that There Is a Straw Man, Form #05.042 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm The PRIVATE "J ohn Doe" is a statutory "non-resident alien non-individual" in relation to the PUBLIC. He exists in the 4 republic and is a free inhabitant under the Articles of Confederation. He has inalienable rights and unlimited liabilities. 5 The PUBLIC "J OHN DOE" is a public office in the government corporation and statutory "U.S. citizen" per 8 U.S.C. 6 1401, 26 U.S.C. 3121(e), and 20 CFR 1.1-1(c ). He exists in the socialist democracy. He has benefits, franchises, 7 obligations, immunities, and limited liability. 8 In the PRIVATE, money is an ASSET and always in the form of something that has intrinsic value, i.e. gold or silver. 9 Payment for anything is in the form of commercial set off. 10 In the PUBLIC, money is a LIABILITY or debt and normally takes the form of a promissory note, i.e. an FRN, a check, 11 bond or note. Payment is in the form of discharge in the future. 12 The PRIVATE realm is the basis for all contract and commerce under the Uniform Commercial Code. The PUBLIC realm 13 was created by the bankruptcy of the PRIVATE entity. Generally, creditors can operate from the PRIVATE. PUBLIC 14 entities are all debtors (or slaves). The exercise of the right to contract by the PRIVATE straw man makes human beings 15 into SURETY for the PUBLIC straw man. 16 Be careful how you use your right to contract. It is the most DANGEROUS right you have because it can destroy ALL of 17 your PRIVATE rights by converting them to PUBLIC rights and offices. 18 "These general rules are well settled: 19 (1) That the United States, when it creates rights in individuals against itself [a "public right", which is a euphemism for a 20 "franchise" to help the court disguise the nature of the transaction], is under no obligation to provide a remedy through the 21 courts. United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black, 128 U.S. 40, 9 Sup.Ct. 12, 32 L.Ed. 354; Ex parte Atocha, 17 Wall. 439, 21 L.Ed. 696; 22 Gordon v. United States, 7 Wall. 188, 195, 19 L.Ed. 35; De Groot v. United States, 5 Wall. 419, 431, 433, 18 L.Ed. 700; Comegys v. 23 Vasse, 1 Pet. 193, 212, 7 L.Ed. 108. 24 (2) That where a statute creates a right and provides a special remedy, that remedy is exclusive. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. 25 Corn Products Co., 236 U.S. 165, 174, 175, 35 Sup.Ct. 398, 59 L.Ed. 520, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 118; Arnson v. Murphy, 109 U.S. 238, 26 3 Sup.Ct. 184, 27 L.Ed. 920; Barnet v. National Bank, 98 U.S. 555, 558, 25 L.Ed. 212; Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. 27 Dearing, 91 U.S. 29, 35, 23 L.Ed. 196. Still the fact that the right and the remedy are thus intertwined might not, if the provision 28 stood alone, require us to hold that the remedy expressly given excludes a right of review by the Court of Claims, where the decision 29 of the special tribunal involved no disputed question of fact and the denial of compensation was rested wholly upon the construction 30 of the act. See Medbury v. United States, 173 U.S. 492, 198, 19 Sup.Ct. 503, 43 L.Ed. 779; Parish v. MacVeagh, 214 U.S. 124, 29 31 Sup.Ct. 556, 53 L.Ed. 936; McLean v. United States, 226 U.S. 374, 33 Sup.Ct. 122, 57 L.Ed. 260; United States v. Laughlin (No. 32 200), 249 U.S. 440, 39 Sup.Ct. 340, 63 L.Ed. 696, decided April 14, 1919." 33 [U.S. v. Babcock, 250 U.S. 328, 39 S.Ct. 464 (1919)] 34 All PUBLIC franchises are contracts and therefore participating in them is an act of contracting. Franchises include Social 35 Security, income taxation, unemployment insurance, driver licensing, and marriage licensing. 36 You shall make no covenant [contract or franchise] with them [foreigners, pagans], nor with their [pagan government] gods 37 [laws or judges]. They shall not dwell in your land [and you shall not dwell in theirs by becoming a resident or domiciliary in 38 the process of contracting with them], lest they make you sin against Me [God]. For if you serve their [government] gods [under 39 contract or agreement or franchise], it will surely be a snare to you. 40 [Exodus 23:32-33, Bible, NKJV] 41 Governments become corrupt by: 42 1. Refusing to recognize the PRIVATE. 43 2. Undermining or interfering with the invocation of the common law in courts of justice. 44
Path to Freedom 49 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 3. Allowing false information returns to be abused to convert the PRIVATE into the PUBLIC without the consent of the 1 owner. 2 4. Destroying or undermining remedies for the protection of PRIVATE rights. 3 5. Replacing CONSTITUTIONAL courts with LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE courts. 4 6. Making judges into statutory franchisees such as taxpayers, through which they are compelled to have a conflict of 5 interest that ultimately destroys or undermines all private rights. This is a crime and a civil offense in violation of 18 6 U.S.C. 208, 28 U.S.C. 144, and 28 U.S.C. 455. 7 7. Offering or enforcing government franchises to people not domiciled on federal territory. This breaks down the 8 separation of powers and enforces franchise law extraterritorially. 9 8. Abusing words of art to blur or confuse the separation between the PUBLIC and the PRIVATE. (deception) 10 9. Removing the domicile prerequisite for participation in government franchises through policy and not law, thus 11 converting them into essentially PRIVATE business ventures that operate entirely through the right to contract. 12 10. Abusing sovereign immunity to protect PRIVATE government business ventures, thus destroying competition and 13 implementing a state-sponsored monopoly. 14 11. Refusing to criminally prosecute those who compel participation in government franchises. 15 12. Turning citizenship into a statutory franchise, and thus causing people who claim citizen status to unwittingly become 16 PUBLIC officers. 17 13. Allowing presumption to be used as a substitute for evidence in any proceeding to enforce government franchises 18 against an otherwise PRIVATE party. This violates due process of law, unfairly advantages the government, and 19 imputes to the government supernatural powers as an object of religious worship. 20 Therefore, it is important to learn how to be EXCLUSIVELY PRIVATE and a CREDITOR in all of our affairs. Freedom is 21 possible in the PRIVATE; it is not even a valid fantasy in the realm of the PUBLIC. 22 Below is a summary: 23 Table 3: Public v. Private 24 # Characteristic Private Public 1 Name J ohn Doe J OHN DOE (idemsonans) 2 Created by Birth certificate Application for SS Card, Form SS-5 3 Property of Human being Government 4 Protected by Common law Statutory franchises 5 Type of rights exercised Private rights Constitutional rights Public rights Statutory privileges 6 Rights/privileges attach to LAND you stand on Statutory STATUS under a voluntary civil franchise 7 Courts which protect or vindicate rights/privileges Constitutional courts under Article III in the true Judicial Branch Legislative administrative franchise courts under Articles 1 and IV in the Executive Branch. 8 Domiciled on Private property Public property/federal territory 9 Commercial standing Creditor Debtor 10 Money Gold and silver Promissory note (debt instrument) 11 Sovereign being worshipped/obeyed God Governments and political rulers (The Beast, Rev. 19:19). Paganism 12 Purpose of government Protect PRIVATE rights Expand revenues and control over the populace and consolidate all rights and sovereignty to itself 13 Government consists of Body POLITIC (PRIVATE) and body CORPORATE (PUBLIC) Body CORPORATE (PUBLIC) only. All those in the body POLITIC are converted into officers of the corporation by abusing franchises. 5.5 Creditor or Debtor 25 Playing well the game of commerce means being a creditor, not a debtor. 26
Path to Freedom 50 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Debtors take positions, defend what they know and make statements about it; they ignore, argue and/or contest. Extreme 1 debtor-minded people presume victimhood and seek to limit their liability. Debtors operate unwittingly from and within the 2 public venue. They are satisfied with mere equitable title - they can own and operate, but not totally control their property. 3 Debtor possibilities are limited and confining, as debtors are slaves. 4 Creditors are present to whatever opportunity arises; they ask questions to bring remedy if called for; they accept, either 5 fully or conditionally. Accomplished creditors take full responsibility for their life, their finances and their world. 6 Creditors understand and make use of their unlimited ability to contract privately with anyone they want at any time. They 7 maintain legal title and control of their property. Creditor possibilities are infinite. Creditors are sovereign and free. 8 5.6 Three Useful Tools 9 We want to establish facts for the record, but it is best to be careful making positive statements (that may have to be 10 proven); instead, whoever is making demands, put it on them to make positive statements - make them prove it. 11 1. Negative Averment: An averment that is negative in form but affirmative in substance that must be proved by the 12 alleging party. There is no evidence that I am not correct in this matter and there is no evidence that you are not wrong 13 in this matter, and I dont believe that any such evidence exists. Youre stating what is not; not what is. 14 2. Confession & Avoidance: A response in which the accused admits (via passive acquiescence) the allegations but asks 15 for additional facts that deprive the admitted facts of an adverse legal effect. Accusation: "Is this your signature on this 16 document?" Response(s): "Is there a defect in that instrument?" Well, tell me the defect is and Ill correct it. Well, if 17 there is no defect in the instrument, then why are you here? Why should I answer your question when you cant even 18 answer mine? Are you telling me that you are not even qualified to make any determinations on that negotiable 19 instrument?" Why are you here? 20 3. Conditional Acceptance: A response, in honor without argument, that is a counter-offer. The only offer that is ever 21 relevant is the one on top. Offer: "Let's go to town and go shopping." Counter-offer(s): "Sure, just come over and help 22 me finish cleaning up the kitchen first." "I'll accept that upon proof of bona-fide claim in the form of a signed affidavit 23 by you under penalty of perjury and under your own personal, unlimited commercial liability within 30 days." 24 5.7 Summary of Steps 25 The most important principles we want to emphasize throughout this document in order for you to protect and defend your 26 status as free, Sovereign, and foreign but not alien in respect to a government that is obviously totally corrupted are 27 that: 28 1. You must study and learn the law if you want to be free. 29 One who turns his ear from hearing the law [God's law or man's law], even his prayer is an abomination. 30 [Prov. 28:9, Bible, NKJV] 31 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do 32 according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not 33 commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever 34 you go. 35 [Joshua 1:8-9, Bible, NKJV, 36 IMPLICATION: If you aren't reading and trying to obey God's law daily, then you're not doing God's will and you will not 37 prosper] 38 "But this crowd that does not know [and quote and follow and use] the law is accursed. 39 [John 7:49, Bible, NKJV] 40 "Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your [God's] statutes." 41 [Psalm119:155, Bible, NKJV] 42 "Every man is supposed to know the law. A party who makes a contract [or enters into a franchise, which is also a contract] with an 43 officer [of the government] without having it reduced to writing is knowingly accessory to a violation of duty on his part. Such a 44 party aids in the violation of the law." 45 [Clark v. United States, 95 U.S. 539 (1877)] 46 47 2. You must learn how to diligently seek, discern, accept, and act on the Truth: 48
Path to Freedom 51 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 2.1. The truth is the most important thing you can possess. 1 "Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding." 2 [Prov. 23:23, Bible, NKJV] 3 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, 4 And the man who gains understanding; 5 For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, 6 And her gain than fine gold. 7 She is more precious than rubies, 8 And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. 9 [Prov. 3:13-15, Bible, NKJV] 10 11 2.2. The only source of absolute, unchanging Truth is God. 12 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 13 [John 14:6, Bible, NKJV] 14 "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your [God's] word is truth." 15 [John 17:17, Bible, NKJV] 16 "The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever." 17 [Psalm119:160, Bible, NKJV] 18 "Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth." 19 [Psalm119:142, Bible, NKJV] 20 2.3. Knowledge and understanding of the Truth BEGINS with loving and knowing God: 21 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, 22 But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 23 [Prov. 1:7, Bible, NKJV] 24 25 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. 26 [Prov. 8:13, Bible, NKJV] 27 28 2.4. The product of seeking the Truth is knowledge and wisdom. 29 For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; 30 [Prov. 2:6, Bible, NKJV] 31 32 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. 33 [Prov. 8:12, Bible, NKJV] 34 35 2.5. The wisdom that results from seeking truth will unavoidably cause much grief and sorrow. This grief and sorrow 36 will result from the realization of how hopelessly corrupt man and every creation of men truly is and why we 37 desperately need God. This explains why all the sin and sorrow in the world began from Adam and Eve eating of 38 the fruit of the tree of knowledge: 39 For in much wisdom is much grief, 40 And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. 41 [Eccl. 1:18, Bible, NKJV] 42 2.6. The reason people avoid the truth and are enticed by a lying media and a lying government is because they want 43 to avoid the grief and sorrow that results from knowing the truth. This avoidance of the truth will ultimately lead 44 them to rebel against and offend God and to commit idolatry towards government: 45 Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, Who take counsel, but not of Me, and who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, 46 that they may add sin to sin; who walk to go down to Egypt, and have not asked My advice, to strengthen themselves in the 47 strength of Pharoah [the government], and to trust in the shadow of Egypt [or the District of Criminals, Washington, D.C. in 48 this case]! Therefore the strength of Pharoah shall be your shame, and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation 49 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and note it on a scroll, that it may be for time to come, forever and ever: that this is a 50 rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the Lord; who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the 51
Path to Freedom 52 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things Speak to us smooth [politically correct] things, prophesy deceits. Get out of the 1 way, turn aside from the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 2 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: 3 Because you despise this word [the Truth], and trust in oppression and perversity, and rely on them, therefore this iniquity shall 4 be to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. And He shall break it 5 like the breaking of the potters vessel, which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its 6 fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water from the cistern. 7 [Isaiah 30:1-3, 8-14, Bible, NKJV] 8 9 2.7. The Truth is codified in Gods Holy Laws: 10 Laws of the Bible, Form #13.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2.8. The Truth can be verified: 11 2.8.1. By the Holy Spirit in the case of spiritual matters. 12 2.8.2. By evidence in the legal field. Anything not based on evidence is a state-sponsored religion and not a 13 REAL law. 14 2.9. The Truth never conflicts with itself. Anyone who contradicts themselves is a liar. 15 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light [Truth] is not in him. 16 [John 11:10, Bible, NKJV] 17 It is, of course, true that statutory construction is a holistic endeavor and that the meaning of a provision is clarified by the 18 remainder of the statutory scheme ... [when] only one of the permissible meanings produces a substantive effect that is compatible 19 with the rest of the law. United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd., 484 U.S. 365, 371, 108 S.Ct. 626, 20 98 L.Ed.2d 740 (1988). 21 [U.S. v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., 532 U.S. 200, 121 S.Ct. 1433 (2001)] 22 23 2.10. The Truth is best obtained from those who are not trying to sell you anything: 24 It is good for nothing, cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts. 25 [Prov. 20:14, Bible, NKJV] 26 27 2.11. If, in seeking the truth, you become confused, it is usually because someone with an agenda is trying to hide or 28 conceal the truth, usually with words of art and deception: 29 For where [government] envy and self-seeking [of money they are not entitled to] exist, confusion [and deception] and every 30 evil thing will be there. 31 [James 3:16, Bible, NKJV] 32 Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with You? They gather together against the 33 life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. But the Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge. He has 34 brought on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; the Lord our God shall cut them off. 35 [Psalm 94:20-23, Bible, NKJV] 36 37 2.12. If you seek to eliminate confusion, ask of the Lord in all sincerity of heart and in fervent prayer, and it will be 38 revealed to you: 39 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 40 [James 1:5, Bible, NKJV] 41 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, 42 And lean not on your own understanding; 43 In all your ways acknowledge Him, 44 And He shall direct your paths. 45 [Prov. 3:5-6, Bible, NKJV] 46 47 2.13. Those who refuse to learn, accept, and act upon the Truth will first be deceived and ultimately destroyed: 48 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He [God] who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 49 And then the lawless one [Satan] will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the 50 brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one [Satan] is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and 51 lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that 52 they might be saved [dont be one of them!]. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion [from their own 53
Path to Freedom 53 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ government], that they should believe a lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in 1 unrighteousness. 2 [2 Thess. 2:3-17, Bible, NKJV] 3 4 3. The most important skills you can have in a legal setting and as a citizen is the ability to: 5 3.1. Quickly recognize what constitutes legal evidence of a reasonable belief about something. Anything NOT based 6 on legally admissible evidence, if proffered in the legal field, constitutes a state sponsored religion. See: 7 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3.2. Quickly recognize, understand, and challenge the unsubstantiated presumptions of others NOT based on legally 8 admissible evidence. See: 9 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3.3. Quickly recognize, understand, and challenge contradictions and cognitive dissonance in the logic, statements, 10 and actions of others. Anything that contradicts itself cannot be truthful and therefore should not be trusted. 11 3.4. Control your own emotions and think logically and rationally in all circumstances. Otherwise, your enemies will 12 use your emotions and especially your ego to victimize and control you. 13 3.5. Question authority and especially if that authority asserts rights superior to your own. Our system of law is based 14 on equality of all persons. No public servant can have any more delegated authority than the public at large, and 15 if they do, then you must have consented to it and you should enforce the mandatory requirement that they must 16 PROVE that you consented to it. 17 4. If you find yourself confused about the meaning of a legal term, the following guidelines apply for arbitrating any 18 dispute about the meaning of the term: 19 4.1. You aren't allowed to PRESUME what the word means. All presumption is a violation of due process of law for 20 those protected by the Constitution because physically present within a constitutional and not statutory "State", 21 and also results in the creation of a state-sponsored religion in violation of the First Amendment if the 22 presumption causes a surrender of rights to the government or destroys equal protection. See: 23 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.2. The maxim of law applies that if it isn't expressly included and authorized somewhere in the statutes, then it must 24 be presumed to be purposefully unauthorized and excluded. In that sense, all law functions as a delegation of 25 authority order from the Sovereign People, We the People, and public servants cannot add to that delegation order 26 using presumptions or vague definitions. 27 "Expressio unius est exclusio alterius. A maxim of statutory interpretation meaning that the expression of one thing is the 28 exclusion of another. Burgin v. Forbes, 293 Ky. 456, 169 S.W.2d 321, 325; Newblock v. Bowles, 170 Okl. 487, 40 P.2d 1097, 29 1100.Mention of one thing implies exclusion of another. When certain persons or things are specified in a law, contract, or will, 30 an intention to exclude all others from its operation may be inferred. Under this maxim, if statute specifies one exception to a 31 general rule or assumes to specify the effects of a certain provision, other exceptions or effects are excluded." 32 [Blacks Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 581] 33 4.3. If your interpretation of the statute would result in the commission of a crime or violation of law elsewhere in the 34 code, then you cant possibly be interpreting the meaning correctly. 35 4.4. If you aren't aware of a statute that expressly identifies the meaning of the questionable term, you must give 36 yourself and not the government the benefit of the doubt under the Ninth and Tenth Amendment, which states 37 that all powers not expressly granted to the government are reserved to the states and the people respectively. 38 "In the interpretation of statutes levying taxes it is the established rule not to extend their provisions, by implication, beyond the 39 clear import of the language used, or to enlarge their operations so as to embrace matters not specifically pointed out. In case of 40 doubt they are construed most strongly against the government, and in favor of the citizen." 41 [Gould v. Gould, 245 U.S. 151 (1917)] 42 5. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery EVERYWHERE, including on federal territory. 43 That it does not conflict with the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a 44 punishment for crime, is too clear for argument. Slavery implies involuntary servitudea state of bondage; the ownership of 45 mankind as a chattel, or at least the control of the labor and services of one man for the benefit of another, and the absence of a 46 legal right to the disposal of his own person, property, and services [in their entirety]. This amendment was said in the Slaughter 47 House Cases, 16 Wall, 36, to have been intended primarily to abolish slavery, as it had been previously known in this country, and 48 that it equally forbade Mexican peonage or the Chinese coolie trade, when they amounted to slavery or involuntary servitude and 49
Path to Freedom 54 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ that the use of the word servitude was intended to prohibit the use of all forms of involuntary slavery, of whatever class or 1 name. 2 [Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 542 (1896)] 3 Other authorities to the same effect might be cited. It is not open to doubt that Congress may enforce the Thirteenth Amendment 4 by direct legislation, punishing the holding of a person in slavery or in involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime. In 5 the exercise of that power Congress has enacted these sections denouncing peonage, and punishing one who holds another in that 6 condition of involuntary servitude. This legislation is not limited to the territories or other parts of the strictly national domain, 7 but is operative in the states and wherever the sovereignty of the United States extends. We entertain no doubt of the validity of 8 this legislation, or of its applicability to the case of any person holding another in a state of peonage, and this whether there be 9 municipal ordinance or state law sanctioning such holding. It operates directly on every citizen of the Republic, wherever his 10 residence may be. 11 [Clyatt v. U.S., 197 U.S. 207 (1905)] 12 13 Consequently, the government is without authority to write law that imposes ANY kind of duty or obligation against 14 you other than simply avoiding injuring the equal rights of others. 15 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of [the ONLY requirement of] the law [which is to avoid 16 hurting your neighbor and thereby love him]. 17 [Romans 13:9-10, Bible, NKJV] 18 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. 20 [Prov. 3:30, Bible, NKJV] 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 22 "With all [our] blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow 23 citizens--a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to 24 regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is 25 the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." 26 [Thomas Jefferson: 1st Inaugural, 1801. ME 3:320] 27 28 If someone is trying to abuse the authority of civil law to impose a mandatory duty upon you, then the only kind of law 29 they can be enforcing is private or contract law to which you had to expressly consent at some point. Your reaction 30 should always be to insist that they produce evidence of your consent IN WRITING. This is similar to what the courts 31 do in the case of the government, where they cant be sued or compelled to do anything without you producing an 32 express waiver of sovereign immunity. They got that authority and that sovereignty from you(!), because it was 33 delegated to them by We The People, so you must ALSO have sovereign immunity. Your job as a vigilant American 34 who cares about his freedom and rights is then to discover by what lawful mechanism you waived that sovereign 35 immunity and the following document is very helpful in determining that mechanism: 36 Requirement for Consent, Form #05.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6. The purpose of all government forms is to create and enforce usually false and prejudicial presumptions about your 37 status that will damage your Constitutional rights and undermine your sovereignty. 38 6.1. They use terms that are deliberately not defined either on the form or in the law itself in order to: 39 6.1.1. Facilitate and encourage abuse of words of art. 40 6.1.2. Give judges and administrative personnel undue discretion and latitude to exceed their authority and violate 41 the separation of powers doctrine. 42 6.1.3. Encourage false presumptions about what they mean. 43 6.1.4. Transform a society of law into a society of men and the policies of men. 44 6.2. Nothing on government forms or in government publications are trustworthy or reliable. 45 "IRS Publications, issued by the National Office, explain the law in plain language for taxpayers and their advisors... While a good 46 source of general information, publications should not be cited to sustain a position." 47 [Internal Revenue Manual, Section 4.10.7.2.8(05-14-1999)] 48 49 6.3. It is positively FOOLISH to sign a government form under penalty of perjury that even the government agrees is 50 untrustworthy. 51 6.4. For further details on the above scam, see: 52 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 55 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 7. You will always lose when you play by their rules, use their biased forms, or declare any statutory status used on their 1 biased forms or in their void for vagueness franchise codes. He who makes either the forms or the rules or 2 officiates either always wins. Instead: 3 7.1. Always add an Other box and make sure the form points to an attachment that completely describes your 4 status. 5 7.2. On the attachment, provide court admissible evidence signed under penalty of perjury that defines all words used 6 on the government form in such a way that they are NOT connected with any status found in any state or federal 7 law, thus making you foreign in respect to said law. 8 8. If you want a form to accurately describe your status as a nontaxpayer, you will have to make your own or modify 9 what they offer. The only types of forms the government makes are for franchisees called taxpayers. This is 10 confirmed by the IRS Mission Statement contained in IRM 1.1.1.1, which empowers the IRS to help and service 11 only taxpayers. 12 8.1. For modified versions of IRS forms, see: 13 Federal Forms and Publications: Family Guardian http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Forms/IRS/IRSFormsPubs.htm 8.2. For replacement forms for use by persons not engaged in government franchises or who are nontaxpayers, see: 14 SEDM Forms/Pubs http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9. If you dont want to play by their rules, you cannot EVER describe yourself as ANYTHING they have jurisdiction 15 over or anything mentioned anywhere in their deliberately void for vagueness codes, such as: 16 9.1. person as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(1), 26 U.S.C. 6671(b), and 26 U.S.C. 7343. 17 9.2. individual as defined in 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c )(3). 18 9.3. taxpayer as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14) and 1313. 19 9.4. U.S. citizen as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1401 or 26 CFR 1.1-1(c ). 20 9.5. U.S. resident as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(A). 21 9.6. U.S. person as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(30). 22 9.7. Engaged in the trade or business franchise, which is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26) as the functions of a 23 public office. 24 10. To avoid being associated with any of the privileged statuses in the previous item, you should consistently do the 25 following: 26 10.1. Avoid filling out government forms. 27 10.2. If compelled to fill out government tax forms, write on the tax form Not Valid Without the Attached Tax Form 28 Attachment, Form #04.201 and Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 and attach the 29 following forms to every tax form you are compelled to fill out: 30 10.2.1. Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 31 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 32 10.2.2. Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 33 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 34 10.3. Every word on the forms you fill out should be legally defined either on the form itself or in the attachment you 35 provide. Signing a form that uses terms that are not defined is like signing a blank check and putting undue 36 discretion in the hands the bureaucrat or judge who receives or uses the form. The definitions you provide for the 37 terms on the form should specifically state that the term DOES NOT mean what is defined in any federal or state 38 law, and that you are not declaring a status or availing yourself of a benefit of any government franchise, but 39 rather waive your right to ever receive the benefits of any franchise. This practice: 40 10.3.1. Prevents misunderstandings and arguments with the recipient of the form. 41 10.3.2. Prevents litigation caused by the misunderstandings. 42 10.3.3. Prevents you from being the victim of the false presumptions of those reading the form who do not know 43 the law. The Bible makes it a sin to presume and Christians cannot therefore condone or encourage 44 presumptions by others, and especially those that cause a surrender of rights protected by the Constitution. 45 10.3.4. Puts the recipient in the box so that they cannot make any commercial use or abuse out of the form by 46 compelling you to engage in franchises or assume a status that would connect you to franchises. 47 10.4. Whenever you fill out a government form you should remember that the government that prepared the form will 48 always self-servingly omit the two most important options in the "status" or entity type boxes, which are: 49 10.4.1. "none of the above" AND 50 10.4.2. "not subject but not exempt" 51 By omitting the two above options, the government is indirectly compelling you to contract with and associate 52 with them, because all franchises are contracts, and you must associate (exercise your First Amendment right to 53
Path to Freedom 56 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ associate) with them by choosing a domicile WITHIN their jurisdiction (as a "protected person" and therefore a 1 "customer" called a "citizen" or "resident") before they can even lawfully contract with you to begin with under 2 the civil law. The approach should always be to add a new box that says "Not subject but not exempt" and check 3 it. This is further detailed in: 4 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 6.12 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11. If anyone receiving a government form tries to argue with you about what you put on the form, respond as follows: 5 11.1. Indicating that the words you use to describe yourself on forms is the method by which you both contract and 6 politically associate with a specific government of your own choosing in order to procure protection. The First 7 Amendment protects your right to both politically associate (and thereby become a citizen, resident, or 8 inhabitant) and to be free from compelled association. Therefore, no one but you has the right decide or declare 9 your status on a government form, unless of course you appoint them to practice law on your behalf or represent 10 you, which you should NEVER do. See: 11 Your Exclusive Right to Declare or Establish Your Civil Status, Form #13.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11.2. Arguing that anyone who wants to compel you to describe yourself on a government form in a way that you know 12 does not accurately characterize both your status and your intentions is committing the crime of suborning perjury 13 and criminally tampering with a witness. All government forms are signed under penalty of perjury and therefore 14 constitute "testimony of a witness". YOU and not them are the witness and all witnesses are protected from 15 duress, coercion, and retaliation because if they werent, the evidence they produce would be of no value and 16 would not be admissible in a court of law. You and only you have the exclusive right to declare and establish 17 your status under the civil law because doing so is how you exercise your Constitutionally protected rights to 18 contract and associate. Any violation of those two rights defeats the entire purpose of establishing the 19 government to begin with, which is the protection of private rights by preventing them from being involuntarily 20 converted to public rights. 21 11.3. Insisting that it constitutes involuntary servitude in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment to compel you to 22 either complete a government form or to fill it out in a certain way. It also means PROSECUTING those who 23 engage in such slavery privately and personally because no lawyer is ever going to bite the hand that feeds him or 24 jeopardize the license that his government benefactors use to silence dissent. 25 11.4. Emphasizing to those receiving the form that even if they are private parties, they are acting as agents of the 26 government in either preparing or accepting or insisting on the form and that they are therefore subject to all the 27 same constitutional constraints as the government in that capacity, including a Bivens Action for violation of 28 rights. For instance, those accepting tax forms are statutory "withholding agents" per 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(16) 29 who are agents and officers of the government and therefore constrained by the Constitution while physically 30 situated on land protected by the Constitution within the exclusive jurisdiction of a state of the Union. 31 12. If you try to submit a form to a company that accurately describes your status, they frequently may try to interfere with 32 the process by refusing to accept it because if they do, it might create a civil or criminal liability and generate evidence 33 in their records of such a liability. For instance, they may say any of the following: 34 12.1. We will not accept your form if you add any boxes to the form. 35 12.2. We will not accept your form if you add any attachments to the form. 36 12.3. We will not accept your form if modify our form or terms on the form. 37 13. If those receiving forms you fill out use any of the approaches described in the previous step, the best way to handle it 38 is one of the following: 39 13.1. Send the information you wanted to submit separately as an addendum to an original account or job application 40 you gave them, and indicate in the attachment that it must accompany any and every form you submit in the past, 41 present and future, and especially if requested as part of legal discovery. Say that all forms you submit, if not 42 accompanied by the addendum, are invalid, misleading, deceptive, and political but not legal or actionable speech 43 without the attachment. 44 13.2. Send then an amendment IMMEDIATELY AFTER the transaction is completed via certified mail using a 45 Certificate/Proof/Affidavit of Service, Form #01.002 that adds everything and all attachments they refused to 46 accept WITH the form 47 For both instances above, the correspondence you send should say that this amends any and all forms submitted to the 48 company or person for the past, present, and future and must accompany all such forms in the context of any and all 49 legal discovery relating to you and directed at the recipient. Say that if they dont include it, they are criminally 50 obstructing justice and tampering with a protected witness of criminal activity. Dont EVER allow them to have 51 anything in their possession that isnt associated with explanatory and exculpatory information that reflects your true 52 status or which creates a prima facie presumption that you are voluntarily associated with any statutory status within 53
Path to Freedom 57 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ any franchise agreement. Otherwise, they are going to use this as evidence in litigation and exclude everything else, 1 leaving you with no method to deny the status you claimed or what you meant in claiming it. The mandatory Legal 2 Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001 also helps as a 3 defense against such tactics, because it too is required to be associated with everything the government receives about 4 you or else the information is not valid, untrustworthy, deceptive, and misleading. 5 14. We have produced forms you can submit for the occasion described in the previous step whereby a properly executed 6 government form is rejected and the witness filling it out is criminally tampered with in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512. 7 Submit the following forms AFTER THE FACT to remove the risks created by the witness tampering and prevent 8 fraud charges against you: 9 14.1. Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002-updates an existing SSA Form SS-5 to correct 10 the status of the applicant. 11 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12 14.2. Passport Amendment Request, Form #06.016-amends a previous USA passport application to remove false 13 presumptions about your citizenship status and domicile 14 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 15 14.3. Legal Notice to Correct Fraudulent Tax Status, Reporting, and Withholding, Form #04.401-send this form to any 16 company you have financial dealings with that threatened to either fire, not hire, or not do business with you 17 because of the tax withholding paperwork you gave them. Send it AFTER the transaction or hiring is completed 18 to correct their records. 19 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 14.4. Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #06.022-updates an EIN 21 application to disconnect you permanently from all franchises. 22 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 23 14.5. Notice and Demand to Correct False IRS Form 1099-S, Form #04.403-send this form to an itinerant Escrow 24 company that REFUSES to accept correct tax withholding paperwork on a real estate transaction and threatens to 25 hold up the sale if you dont fill out the tax paperwork in a way that you KNOW is FRAUDULENT. Send 26 AFTER the escrow transaction is completed so that you dont have to hold up the sale. 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 14.6. Retirement Account Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #04.217-Changes the character of a 29 retirement account to a PRIVATE, non-taxable account 30 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 31 15. BEWARE THE DANGERS OF GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID: 32 15.1. Application for most forms of government ID makes you a privileged resident domiciled on federal territory 33 and divorces you from the protections of the Constitution. The United States they are referring to below is 34 NOT that mentioned in the Constitution, but the statutory United States consisting of federal territory that is no 35 part of any de jure state of the Union. 36 State of Virginia 37 Title 46.2 - MOTOR VEHICLES. 38 Chapter 3 - Licensure of Drivers 39 46.2-328.1. Licenses, permits and special identification cards to be issued only to United States citizens, legal permanent resident 40 aliens, or holders of valid unexpired nonimmigrant visas; exceptions; renewal, duplication, or reissuance. 41 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, except as provided in subsection G of 46.2-345, the Department shall not 42 issue an original license, permit, or special identification card to any applicant who has not presented to the Department, with 43 the application, valid documentary evidence that the applicant is either (i) a citizen of the United States, (ii) a legal permanent 44 resident of the United States, or (iii) a conditional resident alien of the United States. 45 15.2. Most states cannot and will not issue drivers licenses to those who are nonresidents of the statutory but not 46 Constitutional United States, which consists only of federal territory that is no part of any state of the Union. If 47 you give them an affidavit of non-residency, in fact, they will tell that you arent eligible for a license and issue 48 you a certificate of disqualification saying that they refused to issue you a license. Now wouldnt THAT be 49 something useful to have the next time a cop stops you and tries to cite you for not having that which the 50 government REFUSED to issue you, which is a LICENSE! 51 15.3. When or if you procure government ID of any kind, including drivers licenses, you should always do so as a 52 NON-RESIDENT, a transient foreigner, and neither a statutory citizen or statutory resident. The place you 53 are a citizen or resident of for all government ID applications is federal territory and not the de jure republic. 54 Government ID is a privilege, not a right. 55
Path to Freedom 58 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 15.4. The only type of government ID you can procure without a domicile on federal territory and without being a 1 statutory citizen or statutory resident who is effectively an officer and employee of the government are: 2 15.4.1. A USA passport. See: 3 How to Apply for a Passport as a non-citizen national, Form #09.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 15.4.2. ID issued by your own government or group. 4 15.4.3. ID issued by a notary public, who is a public officer and therefore part of the government. 5 15.5. For details on the dangers of government ID, see: 6 Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002, Section 14 through 14.5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 16. There are only TWO ways that they can enforce their rules against you. All of these rules are documented in Federal 7 Rule of Civil Procedure 17(b): 8 16.1. If you have a domicile on their territory. 9 16.2. If you are acting in a representative capacity as a public officer of the United States federal corporation 10 described in 28 U.S.C. 3002(15)(A). This includes participation in any government franchise because all such 11 franchises inevitably turn you into government agents and officers. See: 12 Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Another way of stating the above two rules is that whenever a sovereign wants to reach outside its physical territory, it 13 may only do so using its right to contract with other fellow sovereign states and people. If you arent domiciled on 14 their territory, they have to produce evidence that you consented to some kind of contract or agreement with them. 15 This is consistent with the maxim of law that debt and contract know no place: 16 Debitum et contractus non sunt nullius loci. 17 Debt and contract [franchise agreement, in this case] are of no particular place. 18 19 Locus contractus regit actum. 20 The place of the contract [franchise agreement, in this case] governs the act. 21 [Bouviers Maxims of Law, 1856; 22 SOURCE: http://famguardian.org/Publications/BouvierMaximsOfLaw/BouviersMaxims.htm] 23 24 17. If you dont want them enforcing their rules against you, you cant act like someone they have jurisdiction over either 25 by: 26 17.1. Describing yourself as a person, franchisee (e.g. taxpayer, driver, benefit recipient, U.S. citizen), or 27 entity referenced in their private law franchise agreement. 28 17.2. Invoking the benefits or protections of any portion of the franchise agreement. For instance, the following 29 remedy is ONLY available to franchisees called taxpayers and may not be invoked by nontaxpayers: 30 TITLE 26 > Subtitle F > CHAPTER 76 > Subchapter B > 7433 31 7433. Civil damages for certain unauthorized collection actions 32 (a) In general 33 If, in connection with any collection of Federal tax with respect to a taxpayer, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 34 Service recklessly or intentionally, or by reason of negligence, disregards any provision of this title, or any regulation promulgated 35 under this title, such taxpayer may bring a civil action for damages against the United States in a district court of the United 36 States. Except as provided in section 7432, such civil action shall be the exclusive remedy for recovering damages resulting from 37 such actions. 38 39 17.3. Filling out forms that are only for use by franchisees called taxpayers. The IRS mission statement at IRM 40 1.1.1.1 says they can ONLY help or assist taxpayers and the minute you ask for their help, you are implicitly 41 admitting you are a franchisee called a taxpayer engaged in the trade or business franchise. Do you see 42 nontaxpayers or persons who are sovereign and not privileged in their mission statement: 43 IRM 1.1.1.1 (02-26-1999) 44 IRS Mission and Basic Organization 45 The IRS Mission: Provide Americas taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities 46 and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all. 47 48
Path to Freedom 59 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 17.4. Asking for licenses such as a Taxpayer Identification Number or Social Security Number on a W-7, W-9, or SS-5 1 respectively. The only people who need such licenses are those receiving some kind of government benefit. 2 All such benefits are government franchises that are listed in the IRS Form 1042-S Instructions and within 26 3 CFR 301.6109-1(b), where they identify the criteria for when you MUST provide a Taxpayer Identification 4 Number: 5 Box 14, Recipients U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) 6 You must obtain a U.S. taxpayer identification number (TIN) for: 7 o Any recipient whose income is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. 8 Note. For these recipients, exemption code 01 should be entered in box 6. 9 o Any foreign person claiming a reduced rate of, or exemption from, tax under a tax treaty between a foreign country and 10 the United States, unless the income is an unexpected payment (as described in Regulations section 1.1441-6(g)) or 11 consists of dividends and interest from stocks and debt obligations that are actively traded; dividends from any 12 redeemable security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (mutual 13 fund); dividends, interest, or royalties from units of beneficial interest in a unit investment trust that are (or were, upon 14 issuance) publicly offered and are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 15 1933; and amounts paid with respect to loans of any of the above securities. 16 o Any nonresident alien individual claiming exemption from tax under section 871(f) for certain annuities received under 17 qualified plans. 18 o A foreign organization claiming an exemption from tax solely because of its status as a tax-exempt organization under 19 section 501(c ) or as a private foundation. 20 o Any QI. 21 o Any WP or WT. 22 o Any nonresident alien individual claiming exemption from withholding on compensation for independent personal 23 services [services connected with a trade or business]. 24 o Any foreign grantor trust with five or fewer grantors. 25 o Any branch of a foreign bank or foreign insurance company that is treated as a U.S. person. 26 o If a foreign person provides a TIN on a Form W-8, but is not required to do so, the withholding agent must include the 27 TIN on Form 1042-S. 28 [IRS Form 1042-s Instructions, Year 2006, p. 14] 29 17.5. Using government license numbers on government forms such as the EIN, TIN, or SSN. 30 17.6. Failing to rebut the use of government issued identifying numbers against you by others. See: 31 About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17.7. Submitting the WRONG withholding paperwork with your private employer, bank or financial institution. The 32 correct paperwork is the an AMENDED version of the IRS Form W-8BEN. Everything else will unwittingly 33 make you into a U.S. person, a resident alien, a person, and an individual in the context of the IRS: 34 About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17.8. Failing to rebut false Information Returns such as IRS Forms W-2, 1042-s, 1098, and 1099 filed against you by 35 ignorant people who arent reading or properly obeying the law. All such documents connect you with the trade 36 or business franchise and make you into a person in receipt of federal privilege and therefore subject to federal 37 jurisdiction. See: 38 Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17.9. Petitioning a franchise court called United States Tax Court that is ONLY for franchisees called taxpayers. 39 Tax Court Rule 13(a) says that the court is ONLY available to taxpayers. You cant petition this administrative 40 tribunal without indirectly admitting you are a taxpayer. See: 41 The Tax Court Scam, Form #05.039 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Although Crowell and Raddatz do not explicitly distinguish between rights created by Congress and other rights, such a distinction 42 underlies in part Crowell's and Raddatz' recognition of a critical difference between rights created by federal statute and rights 43 recognized by the Constitution. Moreover, such a distinction seems to us to be necessary in light of the delicate accommodations 44 required by the principle of separation of powers reflected in Art. III. The constitutional system of checks and balances is designed 45 to guard against encroachment or aggrandizement by Congress at the expense of the other branches of government. Buckley v. 46 Valeo, 424 U.S., at 122, 96 S.Ct., at 683. But when Congress creates a statutory right [a privilege in this case, such as a trade 47 or business], it clearly has the discretion, in defining that right, to create presumptions, or assign burdens of proof, or prescribe 48 remedies; it may also provide that persons seeking to vindicate that right must do so before particularized tribunals created to 49
Path to Freedom 60 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ perform the specialized adjudicative tasks related to that right. FN35 Such provisions do, in a sense, affect the exercise of judicial 1 power, but they are also incidental to Congress' power to define the right that it has created. No comparable justification exists, 2 however, when the right being adjudicated is not of congressional creation. In such a situation, substantial inroads into functions 3 that have traditionally been performed by the Judiciary cannot be characterized merely as incidental extensions of Congress' power 4 to define rights that it has created. Rather, such inroads suggest unwarranted encroachments upon the judicial power of the United 5 States, which our Constitution reserves for Art. III courts. 6 [Northern Pipeline Const. Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. at 83-84, 102 S.Ct. 2858 (1983)] 7 8 Because a number of people dont understand the above subtleties, they discredit themselves by claiming to be a 9 nontaxpayer not subject to the I.R.C. and yet ACTING like a taxpayer. The IRS and the courts fine and sanction 10 such ignorant and presumptuous conduct. 11 18. Franchises are the main method for destroying your sovereignty. Unless and until you understand exactly how they 12 work and how they are used to trap and enslave the ignorant and those who dont consent, you will never be free. 13 Government benefits are the bribe that judges and tyrants use to entice you to participate in government franchises 14 and thereby surrender your sovereign immunity and contract away your rights. Government franchises are 15 exhaustively explained below: 16 Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 19. You cant accept a financial benefit or payments of any kind from the government without becoming part of the 17 government. In that sense, there are always strings attached to money you get from the government, many of which 18 are completely invisible to most people. The only thing the government can lawfully pay public monies to are public 19 officers and agents. Those who engage in such benefits must have a government license (a TIN or SSN) and thereby 20 become a government officer or agent. 21 "A tax, in the general understanding of the term and as used in the constitution, signifies an exaction for the support of the 22 government. The word has never thought to connote the expropriation of money from one group for the benefit of another." 23 [U.S. v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936)] 24 25 20. All government benefits or payments do not constitute consideration that can lawfully make the subject of any 26 enforceable contract or franchise in the case of most Americans. The reason is because: 27 20.1. The benefits are paid with Federal Reserve Notes that have no intrinsic value because they are not redeemable 28 by the government in anything of value. See: 29 The Money Scam, Form #05.041 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20.2. The government doesnt have an obligation that is enforceable in a true, constitutional court in equity to those 30 who sign up for it. All the remedies they give you are in administrative franchise courts that are not true 31 constitutional courts and all participants in these proceedings are biased because they are executed by 32 franchisees (e.g. taxpayers) with a criminal and financial conflict of interest in violation of 18 U.S.C. 208, 33 28 U.S.C. 455, and 28 U.S.C. 144. You will always lose in these tribunals. You ought to avoid begging for 34 anything from the government because you will be tricked into becoming their slave and whore. See: 35 The Government Benefits Scam, Form #05.040 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 21. The only group of people the government can write law for are its own agents, officers, and employees for the most 36 part. See: 37 Why Statutory Civil Law is Law for Government and Not Private Persons, Form #05.037 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22. You will never be free as long as you are conducting commerce with the government and thereby subject to their 38 jurisdiction. All such commerce implies a waiver of sovereign immunity pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1605 and inevitably 39 makes you into a slave and a serf of tyrants. Blacks Law Dictionary defines commerce as intercourse. This is the 40 same intercourse that Babylon the Great Harlot is having with the Beast, which the Bible defines as the kings and 41 political rulers of the earth in Rev. 19:19. 42 Commerce. Intercourse by way of trade and traffic between different peoples or states and the citizens or inhabitants thereof, 43 including not only the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities, but also the instrumentalities [governments] and agencies by 44 which it is promoted and the means and appliances by which it is carried on 45 [Blacks Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 269] 46 Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot [Babylon the Great Harlot] who sits on many waters, with whom the kings 47 of the earth [politicians and rulers] committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk [indulged] with the 48 wine of her fornication. 49 [Rev. 17:1-2, Bible, NKJV] 50
Path to Freedom 61 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse 1 and against His army. 2 [Rev. 19:19, Bible, NKJV] 3 On the subject of not associating with a corrupted government, the bible says the following: 4 "Come out from among them [the unbelievers and government idolaters] 5 And be separate, says the Lord. 6 Do not touch what is unclean [the government or anything made by man], 7 And I will receive you. 8 I will be a Father to you, 9 And you shall be my sons and daughters, 10 Says the Lord Almighty." 11 [2 Corinthians 6:17-18, Bible, NKJV] 12 "And have no fellowship [or association] with the unfruitful works of [government] darkness, but rather reprove [rebuke and 13 expose] them." 14 [Eph. 5:11, Bible, NKJV] 15 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law [man's law]. 16 [Gal. 5:18, Bible, NKJV] 17 Shall the throne of iniquity [the U.S. Congress and the federal judiciary], which devises evil by [obfuscating the] law [to expand 18 their jurisdiction and consolidate all economic power in their hands by taking it away from the states], have fellowship with 19 You? They gather together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood [of "nontaxpayers" and persons outside 20 their jurisdiction, which is an act of extortion and racketeering]. But the Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my 21 refuge. He has brought on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; the Lord our God [and those 22 who obey Him and His word] shall cut them off [from power and from receiving illegal bribes cleverly disguised by an obfuscated 23 law as legitimate "taxes"]. 24 [Psalm 94:20-23, Bible, NKJV. 25 QUESTION FOR DOUBTERS: Who else BUT Congress and the judiciary can devise "evil by law"?] 26 Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone 27 who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from [not associate with] wickedness [wherever it is found, and especially in 28 government].' " 29 [2 Tim. 2:19, Bible, NKJV] 30 "It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean 31 and clean, and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes [laws] which the LORD [God] has spoken to them by the 32 hand of Moses." 33 [Lev. 10:9-11, Bible, NKJV] 34 6. Defending your beliefs against criticism by others 35 "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence [and presumptions] than does knowledge." 36 [Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 1871] 37 "Believing [PRESUMING without checking the facts and evidence] is easier than thinking. Hence so many more believers than 38 thinkers." 39 [Bruce Calvert] 40 What luck for rulers that men do not think 41 [Adolf Hitler] 42 The power to create presumptions is not a means of escape from constitutional restrictions. 43 [Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U.S. 219 , 238, et seq., 31 S.Ct. 145; Manley v. Georgia, 279 U.S. 1 , 5-6, 49 S.Ct. 215] 44 Be diligent to [investigate and expose the truth for yourself and thereby] present yourself [and the public servants who are your 45 fiduciaries and stewards under the Constitution] approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 46 word [and the deeds] of truth. But shun profane babblings [government propaganda, tyranny, and usurpation] for they will 47 increase to more ungodliness. And their message [and their harmful affects] will spread like cancer [to destroy our society and 48 great Republic]. 49 [2 Tim. 2:15-17, Bible, NKJV] 50 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish [government] men as free, yet 51 not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants [fiduciaries, where the Bible is the "bond"] of God. Honor all people. 52 Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." 53
Path to Freedom 62 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ [1 Peter 2:13-17, Bible, NKJV] 1 As you learn the truths found on our website, you will inevitably butt heads with ignorant and presumptuous people who 2 may: 3 1. Attempt to criticize and discredit the information we present. 4 2. Have strong opinions that they cannot justify or defend rationally with evidence. 5 3. Falsely tell you that what you are doing violates the law, and yet they have never even read the law for themselves in 6 most cases. 7 The freedom community, unfortunately, is plagued with personalities who all have strong egos and often economic 8 agendas. The table below summarizes the major government organizations and freedom personalities who are likely to try 9 to attack our research and materials, along with authoritative resources you can use to respond to the often presumptuous, 10 irrational, and ignorant attacks they will no doubt attempt to make in order to unjustly and fraudulently discredit our 11 materials and research and thereby unduly elevate their own importance and credibility: 12 Table 4: Tools to Defend Your Beliefs 13 # Person or entity doing the criticism Resources to defend yourself from the personality 1 U.S. Dept. of Justice or Federal J udiciary Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 6 through 6.12 and 9 through 9.3 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2 The IRS Rebutted Version of the IRS The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments, Form #08.005 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3 The U.S. Congress Rebutted Version of Congressional Research Service Report #97-59A: Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Federal Income Tax, Form #08.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4 Dan Evans http://evans-legal.com/dan/welcome.html Rebutted Version of Dan Evans Tax Protester FAQs, Form #08.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 Pete Hendrickson http://losthorizons.com
Policy Document: Pete Hendricksons Trade or Business Approach, Form #08.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 Peter Kershaw http://hushmoney.org Policy Document: Peter Kershaws Tax Approach, Form #08.010 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 7 UCC redemption advocates Examples: Robert Kelly: http://americansbulletin.googlepages.com/ SamDavis: http://statusisfreedom.com/ Winston Shrout (Solutions in Commerce) Barton Buhtz: http://famguardian.org/Subjects/ MoneyBanking/UCC/InvestigativeReportUCC.pdf Rice McCleod: http://famguardian.org/Publications/ RedemptionManual/Redemption-20061120.pdf Policy Document: UCC Redemption, Form #08.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 Larken Rose http://www.kickingthedragon.com/ Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Sections 5.7.6 through 5.7.6.11.10 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9 Irwin Schiff http://paynoincomtax.com Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Section 5.7.5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 63 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Person or entity doing the criticism Resources to defend yourself from the personality 10 Other famous freedom personalities not listed here Whos Who in the Freedom Community, Form #08.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Persecution of Tax Honesty Advocates http://famguardian.org/PublishedAuthors/ Govt/TaxHonestyPersecution/TaxHonPersec.htm 11 Fourteenth Amendment conspiracy theorists Why the Fourteenth Amendment is NOT a Threat to Your Freedom, Form #08.015 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Section 8.2 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm In addition to the above, the following resource contains memorandums of law on most major freedom subjects. Most of 1 these memorandums end with a series of admissions. These documents are very useful to use as weapons against people 2 who are arguing about a specific subject covered by the memorandum because you can print these documents on double 3 sided paper and then hand them to the person who is attacking you and demand that they either rebut the admissions at the 4 end and the content of the document within 30 days, or else they agree with you. 5 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.5: Memorandums of Law http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We have also prepared the following document which rebuts the most popular arguments made against our ministry and its 6 teachings. This document is prominently posted on the opening page of our website to discredit our detractors: 7 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm By far, the most frequent resistance we get from people who are reading our materials for the first time is against our view 8 on the Fourteenth Amendment and citizenship in general. The majority of freedom researchers wrongfully associate a 9 sinister motive to the Fourteenth Amendment and think that it is bad to claim to be a Fourteenth Amendment citizen. We 10 completely disagree and you will need to study the following resources to understand fully why we disagree with what we 11 call Fourteenth Amendment Conspiracy Theorists: 12 1. Why the Fourteenth Amendment is NOT a Threat to Your Freedom, Form #08.015 13 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 14 2. Why You are a national, state national, and Constitutional but not Statutory Citizen, Form #05.006. See in 15 particular section 15.3. 16 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17 3. Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004, Sections 6.1 and 8.1 18 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 19 4. Family Guardian Forums: Form 6.1 entitled Citizenship, Domicile, and Nationality. See the thread entitled State 20 citizen falsely argues that he is not a Fourteenth Amendment Citizen: 21 http://famguardian.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3951 22 If you have a controversy about anything relating to citizenship, please join the Family Guardian forums and post your 23 comments and arguments in forum number 6.1 listed above. We are far too busy to argue with you personally or 24 individually, but the above forums will get the attention you need: 25 http://famguardian.org/forums/ Please BEFORE posting anything in the forums, at least read and re-read all the materials on citizenship mentioned in the 26 above list, so that other forum members dont have to review or repeat the vast research that has already been done on 27 citizenship through us and the Family Guardian sister site. Citizenship is a deliberately complex subject so please take time 28 to study it carefully using the above materials BEFORE you go into debate mode. 29
Path to Freedom 64 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ If you would like a website that agrees 100% with our views but also offers an alternative or expanded view of some 1 subjects we dont cover as thoroughly, please see: 2 Freedom School http://freedom-school.com/ 7. Immunizing Yourself from Becoming a Target for Enforcement or Criminal Prosecution 3 We emphasize that there are several things one must do in order to prevent being victimized by illegal tax enforcement or 4 criminal prosecution by a corrupt government. These things are described in the following subsections. 5 7.1 Get educated in the law and administrative process. 6 The government systematically manufactures legal ignorance in the public fool system and then harvests it using the 7 fraudulent tax system when ill-prepared citizens enter the work force. They are like sharks and will attack when they smell 8 blood in the water. They are predators, not protectors. The Holy Bible explains why the Lord has raised up these predators 9 to avenge a wicked people who refuse to follow His laws: 10 The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable. But this is a people robbed 11 and plundered! [by a WICKED government] All of them are snared in [legal] holes [by the sophistry of covetous lawyers who 12 devise evil by law], and they are hidden in prison houses; they are for prey, and no one delivers; for plunder, and no one says, 13 Restore!. 14 Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come? Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to 15 the robbers? [wicked government] Was it not the Lord, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, 16 nor were they obedient to His law, therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger and the strength of battle; it has set him 17 on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not take it to heart. 18 [Isaiah 42:21-25, Bible, NKJV] 19 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you [a wicked government] have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your 21 knowledge have warped you; and you have said in your heart, I am and there is no one else besides me. Therefore evil shall 22 come upon you; you shall not know from where it arises [Iraq? Afghanistan? Who knows?]. And trouble shall come upon you; 23 you shall not be able to put it off [war on terrorism will have no end]. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly [9-11-2001 in 24 New York City], which you shall not know. Stand now with your enchantments [New Age philosophy, people friendly churches 25 that dont preach doctrine and Gods word and have become vanity] and the multitude of your sorceries [drugs], in which you have 26 labored from your youthperhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you will prevail. You are wearied in the multitude of your 27 counsels [greedy lawyers and corrupt politicians who we have too many of in this country]; Let now the astrologers, the stargazers 28 [horoscopes, weathermen], and the monthly prognosticators [stock market analysts] stand up and save you from these things that 29 shall come upon you. Behold, they shall be as stubble, they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not 30 be a coal to be warmed by, nor a fire to sit before! Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored, your merchants from 31 your youth; they shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you. 32 [Isaiah 47:10-11, Bible, NKJV] 33 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 34 "Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; 35 See now and know; 36 And seek in her open places 37 If you can find a man, 38 If there is anyone who executes judgment, 39 Who seeks the truth, 40 And I will pardon her. 41 Though they say, "As the LORD lives,' 42 Surely they swear falsely." 43 O LORD, are not Your eyes on the truth? 44 You have stricken them, 45 But they have not grieved; 46 You have consumed them, 47 But they have refused to receive correction. 48 They have made their faces harder than rock [PROUD, rebellious, presumptuous]; 49 They have refused to return [to Your ways]. 50
Path to Freedom 65 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Therefore I said, "Surely these are poor. 1 They are foolish; 2 For they do not know the way [or the Law] of the LORD, 3 The judgment of their God. 4 I will go to the great men and speak to them, 5 For they have known the way of the LORD, 6 The judgment of their God." 7 But these have altogether broken the yoke 8 And burst the bonds. 9 Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, 10 A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them; 11 A leopard will watch over their cities. 12 Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, 13 Because their transgressions are many; 14 Their backslidings have increased. 15 "How shall I pardon you for this? 16 Your children have forsaken Me 17 And sworn [on tax returns] by those [in government] that are not gods. 18 When I had fed them to the full, 19 Then they committed adultery [and fornication and sexual perversity] 20 And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 21 They were like well-fed lusty stallions; 22 Every one neighed after his neighbor's wife [sexual perversion]. 23 Shall I not punish them for these things?" says the LORD. 24 "And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? 25 "Go up on her walls and destroy, 26 But do not make a complete end. 27 Take away her branches, 28 For they are not the LORD's. 29 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah 30 Have dealt very treacherously with Me," says the LORD. 31 They have lied about the LORD [evolutionism], 32 And said, "It is not He. 33 Neither will evil come upon us, 34 Nor shall we see sword or famine. 35 And the prophets become wind, 36 For the word is not in them. 37 Thus shall it be done to them." 38 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: 39 "Because you speak this word, 40 Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, 41 And this people wood, 42 And it shall devour them. 43 Behold, I will bring a nation [in the District of Criminals, Washington D.C.] against you from afar, 44 O house of Israel," says the LORD. 45 "It is a mighty nation, 46 It is an ancient nation, 47 A nation whose language [legalese] you do not know, 48 Nor can you understand what they say [in their deceitful laws]. 49 Their quiver is like an open tomb; 50 They are all mighty [deceitful] men. 51 And they [and the IRS, their henchmen] shall eat up your harvest and your bread, 52 Which your sons and daughters should eat. 53 They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; 54 They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; 55 They shall destroy your fortified cities [and businesses and families], 56 In which you trust, with the sword. 57 "Nevertheless in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a complete end of you. And it will be when you say, "Why does the 58 LORD our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, "Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in 59 your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.' 60
Path to Freedom 66 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ "Declare this in the house of Jacob 1 And proclaim it in Judah, saying, 2 "Hear this now, O foolish people, 3 Without understanding [ignorant and presumptuous], 4 Who have eyes and see not, 5 And who have ears and hear not: 6 Do you not fear Me?' says the LORD. 7 "Will you not tremble at My presence, 8 Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, 9 By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? 10 And though its waves toss to and fro, 11 Yet they cannot prevail; 12 Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it. 13 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; 14 They have revolted and departed. 15 They do not say in their heart, 16 "Let us now fear the LORD our God, 17 Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. 18 He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest." 19 Your iniquities have turned these things away, 20 And your sins have withheld good from you. 21 "For among My people are found wicked men [the IRS, federal reserve, bankers, lawyers, and politicians]; 22 They lie in wait as one who sets snares; 23 They set a trap; 24 They catch men [with deceit and greed as their weapon]. 25 As a cage is full of birds, 26 So their houses are full of deceit [IRS publications and law books and government propaganda]. 27 Therefore they have become great and grown rich [from plundering YOUR money illegally]. 28 They have grown fat, they are sleek; 29 Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; 30 They do not plead the cause, 31 The cause of the fatherless; 32 Yet they prosper, 33 And the right of the needy they do not defend. 34 Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the LORD. 35 "Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?' 36 "An astonishing and horrible thing 37 Has been committed in the land: 38 The prophets prophesy falsely, 39 And the priests [federal judges] rule by their own power; 40 And My people love to have it so. 41 But what will you do in the end? 42 [Jeremiah 5, Bible, NKJV, Emphasis added] 43 Blood in the water for a corrupted government and legal profession is legal ignorance or ill-preparedness. Indicators that 44 your blood is in the water include: 45 1. You dont understand what your rights are and you dont immediately recognize when your rights have been violated 46 by your opponent. See: 47 1.1. Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 48 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 49 1.2. Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 50 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 51 2. You do not understand the subject of jurisdiction and do not know how to challenge it. See: 52 2.1. Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.018 53 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 54 2.2. Federal Enforcement Authority Within States of the Union, Form #05.032 55 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 56 3. You use government identifying numbers or tolerate their use against you by others without correcting them. This 57 constitutes fraud on your part and makes you into a public officer or federal personnel within the government. 58 See: 59 3.1. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 60 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 61 3.2. Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 62
Path to Freedom 67 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 1 3.3. Why You Arent Eligible for Social Security, Form #06.001 2 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3 3.4. Social Security: Mark of the Beast, Form #11.407 4 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 4. You engage in presumptions and do not challenge presumptions of others. See: 6 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm For instance: 7 4.1. You falsely and erroneously call yourself a taxpayer or you dont argue with people who call you a taxpayer. 8 You dont even know what a taxpayer is. See: 9 Who Are Taxpayers and Who Needs a Taxpayer Identification Number?, Form #05.013 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.2. You falsely and erroneously call yourself a citizen or a resident of the United States. You dont even know 10 what the legal definition of United States is within the particular statute that is being enforced. See: 11 Why You are a national, state national, and Constitutional but not Statutory Citizen, Form #05.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.3. You falsely and erroneously call yourself an employee. You dont even know what the legal definition of 12 employee is. See: 13 Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.4. You falsely and erroneously assume that you earn income and you dont know its legal definition. It is defined 14 as earnings associated with a trade or business and a public office within the U.S. government, or payments 15 received from the U.S. government that are not connected to a public office, all of which are listed in 26 U.S.C. 16 871. See: 17 The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5. You use any of the flawed tax arguments documented below: 18 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6. You respond improperly to collection notices. You: 19 6.1. Do not respond. 20 6.2. Respond late 21 6.3. Make presumptuous or unsubstantiated statements in your response. 22 6.4. Do not properly rebut false information returns upon which the collection notices are based. 23 For guidance on how to respond properly, see: 24 State Response Letter Index, Form #07.201 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/States/StateRespLtrIndex.htm
Federal Response Letter Index, Form #07.301 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 7. You do not ask any questions at examinations or on the telephone. Excellent questions to ask are found at the end of 25 nearly every Memorandum of Law found on our Forms/Pubs page at: 26 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.5: Memorandums of Law http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8. You do not engage in any kind of legal discovery. 27 9. You do not identify any aspect of the enforcement action as being illegal. 28 10. When financial institutions and companies refuse to cooperate with you in correcting their illegal practices and 29 fraudulent records about you and tell you to write the legal department, you dont do it. For an example of such a 30 correspondence, see: 31 Legal Notice to Correct Fraudulent Tax Status, Reporting, and Withholding, Form #04.401 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11. You do not file criminal complaints against offending employees to stop illegal enforcement activity. For example 32 criminal complaints, see: 33 SEDM Litigation Tools, Section 1.8 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 68 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 12. You do not know how to prepare legal pleadings and must rely on an expensive attorney that you cant afford. 1 Consequently, you are easily coerced economically into submission. For templates of several types of legal pleadings, 2 see: 3 SEDM Litigation Tools http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm The best place to quickly and inexpensively come up to speed on law and administrative process is to use the free 4 information offered in the following portion of our website: 5 Liberty University http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 7.2 Build an administrative record that will immunize yourself from persecution and litigation. 6 The most attractive target for the government to prosecute in willful failure to file tax prosecutions are people who have 7 nothing in their IRS administrative record. In tax prosecutions, courts will usually only allow information that is 8 ALREADY in the agency administrative record to be admitted into evidence. The Dept. of Justice knows this, which is 9 why typically they will go after people who file NOTHING, and therefore have no evidence to defend themselves with in 10 litigation. In the courtroom, admissible evidence is the only weapon and the most defenseless litigants are those who have 11 no evidence to justify why they did what they did. It is therefore very crucial to systematically build a complete and 12 comprehensive administrative record. Details for building a good administrative tax record are described below: 13 Techniques for Building a Good Administrative Record, Form #09.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 7.3 Forming and running your own law and freedom study group in your area 14 Another important method of defense against government corruption and a source of great personal enrichment and 15 encouragement is to form a law and freedom study group in your county or city. Such groups can be useful for the 16 following purposes: 17 1. Provide an organized system of study of the law. 18 2. Provide mentorship from more experienced members. 19 3. Develop a community pleading library for reuse by other members. 20 4. Provide encouragement to members in studying and learning. 21 5. Share experiences and tools developed by others. 22 6. Develop peoples litigation skills. Many such groups hold mock court, in which members serve as pretend judges 23 and attorneys and give other members an opportunity to develop their courtroom presentation skills. Many law schools 24 also have such mock courts. Our forums are also structured as a mock court for people to learn to argue their points 25 with law and evidence so they learn to speak and argue logically using the Socratic method. 26 The above types of advantages of forming your own freedom study group locally can supplement what you read on our 27 website and provide a critical component to your learning and progress that we are simply not equipped or resourced to 28 provide individually. We encourage all our members to form their own local freedom study groups. Please, however: 29 1. Do not pursue us personally in pursuit of the above goals. We are not equipped to provide that level of help and you 30 should form your own local freedom group among your friends and associates. 31 2. If you want to find members from our ministry to join in your group, you may visit the following forums in doing so. 32 You will need to join the referenced forums in order to post to them: 33 2.1. SEDM Forums, Forum #3.7: Members Seeking Members. 34 http://sedm.org/forums/ 35 2.2. Family Guardian Forums, Forum 5.8: Members Seeking Members 36 http://famguardian.org/forums/ 37 Some members who wish to start their own group or enhance the quality of an existing group have asked us what materials 38 on our website would be useful in putting together a systematic, organized law study course for their members. On this 39 subject, we recommend the following approach. 40
Path to Freedom 69 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1. Insist that members guide their study using this document, and that they attempt to complete section 2 of this document 1 while attending the sessions listed below. 2 2. Use the materials in our Liberty University: 3 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 4 3. Give the following items from the Liberty University in a group setting. Have people in the group take turns giving the 5 individual presentations: 6 3.1. 2.2 through 2.6. (5 sessions) 7 3.2. 3.1 through 3.3, 3.6. (4 sessions) 8 3.3. 4.1. (1 session) 9 4. Assign homework, which should include reading the following sections of the Liberty University: 10 4.1. 2.7 through 2.11. (5 meeting sessions) 11 4.2. 3.4, 3.5, and 3.7 through 3.11. (7 meeting sessions) 12 4.3. 4.2. (1 meeting session) 13 Schedule a full meeting session to discuss and debate each individual item in the above. 14 5. Require that you cannot become a full fledged sovereign member without at least completing the following steps in the 15 Liberty University. 16 5.1. 2.1 through 2.11. 17 5.2. 3.1 through 3.11. 18 7.4 Going on the offensive: Presenting and debating our research and evidence with legal and government 19 professionals on the record 20 We encourage and always have encouraged our members and readers to present and debate our research and evidence with 21 anyone and everyone in the legal, government, tax, or accounting professions so as to help us improve their quality and 22 accuracy. An important reason for the existence of our website, in fact, is to gain the widest possible audience for peer 23 review of our research so that it will be the most accurate it can be. 24 Below are some suggestions for presenting our materials to third parties in the legal, government, tax, and accounting 25 professions in order to both convince you that they are true and to develop legally admissible evidence that they are true 26 that you can defend yourself with in front of any jury, should it ever come to that. 27 1. You may want to approach government employees, attorneys, and judges and offer to pay them money or buy them 28 lunch to present any evidence at all that would disprove the research. The more money you offer them, the more likely 29 you are to get a rebuttal. This technique is especially effective if you happen to have such professionals within your 30 own family or who are relatives. 31 2. Present the research via certified mail or with the following proof of service, so that you have proof that you sent it and 32 exactly what was sent. 33 Certificate/Proof/Affidavit of Service, Form #01.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. If you meet them in person, bring a witness. 34 4. You can use the following as a source for your questions: 35 4.1. Answering the following questions on a signed affidavit: 36 Test for Federal Tax Professionals, Form #03.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.2. Answering the Admissions at the end of our Memorandums of Law and pointing out anything that is inconsistent 37 with reality in each. See: 38 SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 1.5: Memorandums of Law http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.3. Answering the following questions on a signed affidavit. 39 Tax Deposition Questions, Form #03.016 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.4. Rebutting the content of: 40 Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 70 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ If you get anything back OTHER than simply irrelevant opinion, then please be sure to scan it in as a PDF and post it as an 1 attachment to our forums so that we can review and publish it: 2 SEDM Forums, Forum #9.4: Errata Reports http://sedm.org/forums/ Our experience has consistently been that those in the legal profession and the government who are presented with what 3 amounts to legally admissible evidence that proves all the following get hostile and defensive and have absolutely no 4 evidence they can defend their misconduct with: 5 1. That they only care about money and not about justice. 6 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced 7 themselves through with many sorrows. 8 [1 Tim. 6:10, Bible, NKJV] 9 2. That they have not read the law, even though they are in charge of enforcing it. This makes them a bad citizen, 10 according to the U.S. Supreme Court. 11 "Every man is supposed to know the law. A party who makes a contract [or enters into a franchise, which is also a contract] with an 12 officer [of the government] without having it reduced to writing is knowingly accessory to a violation of duty on his part. Such a 13 party aids in the violation of the law." 14 [Clark v. United States, 95 U.S. 539 (1877)] 15 3. That they do not understand the law. 16 4. That the only thing that matters is the opinion of a judge that cannot be justified with what the law actually says. This 17 means the courtroom is really a state sponsored church and the judge is just a priest of a civil religion who conducts 18 worship directed at himself. 19 5. That they have substituted public policy perpetrated by a corrupted judge with a financial conflict of interest in place 20 of what the law actually says, just like the Pharisees did. 21 "The king establishes the land by justice, But he who receives bribes [socialist handouts, government "benefits", or PLUNDER 22 stolen from nontaxpayers] overthrows it." 23 [Prov. 29:4, Bible, NKJV] 24 6. That they are engaged in an organized crime syndicate that not only doesnt protect you, but only protects its own 25 criminal activities and charges you protection money. 26 Dont steal: The government hates competition. 27 "Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Thus the beneficiaries are spared the shame and danger that their acts 28 would otherwise involve... But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what 29 belongs to them and gives it to the other persons to whom it doesn't belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of 30 another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish that law without delay ... No legal 31 plunder; this is the principle of justice, peace, order, stability, harmony and logic." 32 [Frederic Bastiat, The Law, 1848] 33 It should interest Christians to know that directly confronting evil in the government and the legal profession as described 34 in this section is how J esus BEGAN His ministry, and when He visited people in these professions, He called them to 35 repentance, just as you should, if they could not defend their behavior with legally admissible evidence: 36 Matthew the Tax Collector 37 9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. 38 [REPENT!] So he arose and followed Him. 39 10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and [OTHER SIMILAR] sinners came 40 and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees [lawyers] saw it, they said to His disciples, Why does your 41 Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? 42
Path to Freedom 71 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go 1 and learn [STUDY! By reading the LAW] what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the 2 righteous, but sinners, to repentance. 3 [Matt. 9:9-13, Bible, NKJV] 4 Here is what some credible authorities say about confronting evil in the government and the legal profession, who together 5 are characterized as The Beast in Rev. 19:19: 6 Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with You? They gather together against the 7 life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. But the Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge. He has 8 brought on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; the Lord our God shall cut them off. 9 [Psalm 94:20-23, Bible, NKJV] 10 11 "He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk 12 humbly with your God?" 13 [Micah 6:8, Bible, NKJV] 14 Those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm. But submissiveness is not our heritage. The First 15 Amendment was designed to allow rebellion to remain as our Heritage. The Constitution was designed to keep the government off 16 the backs of the people. The Bill of Rights was added to keep the precincts of belief and expression, of the press, of political and 17 social activities free from surveillance. The Bill of Rights was designed to keep agents of government and official eavesdroppers 18 away from Assemblies of People. The aim was to allow men to be free and independent to assert their rights against government. 19 [Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1; 92 S.Ct. 2318 (1972)] 20 Below are some legal standards you should impose on the evidence that people use to disprove our research. This will 21 ensure that the debate stays focused on legally admissible evidence rather than political opinions that are irrelevant in a 22 court of law. All of these requirements are consistent with what the law and the courts actually say on the subject of what 23 constitutes a reasonable belief: 24 1. Must conform completely with the conclusions contained in the pamphlet below about what constitutes legally 25 admissible evidence about tax liability: 26 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Must be admissible, non-prima facie evidence. 27 2.1. The 1939 code upon which the present internal revenue code was based has been REPEALED. See 53 Stat 1, 28 Section 4. Not only did it repeal itself, but it also repealed all prior revenue laws from the Statutes at Large 29 before J anuary 2, 1939. Therefore, nothing from the Statutes at large prior to J anuary 2, 1939 can be cited as 30 positive law. 31 2.2. 1 U.S.C. 204 legislative notes, the GPO website, and the House of Representatives websites all say that the 32 Internal Revenue Code was not presently enacted into positive law. Therefore, if your evidence consists of cites 33 from the I.R.C., you must prove that every section of the code you cite is individually a positive law, which is the 34 only type of admissible, non-presumptive evidence having to do with written law. The way to prove that is to cite 35 a section of the Statutes at Large AFTER 1939 which was enacted into positive law. We remind you that it is a 36 religious sin for Christians (see Numbers 15:30) and a violation of due process to "presume" or "assume" 37 anything, and therefore the government cannot compel us to "presume" that a section of the I.R.C. is enacted 38 positive law without proving it. See the following for why "presumption" is a violation of due process. 39 Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. If your evidence is from a witness, then the witness must agree on a notarized affidavit to be financially liable for 40 making a false statements. 41 4. Your evidence may not come from any IRS publication, because the IRS Internal Revenue Manual says in section 42 4.10.7.2.8 that IRS publications may not be cited to sustain a position. See the following for further details on this 43 scam. 44 Federal Courts and the IRS' own IRM Say the IRS is NOT RESPONSIBLE for Its Actions or its Words or For Following Its Own Written Procedures! http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Articles/IRSNotResponsible.htm 5. If the evidence relates to the liability of a person who does not reside on federal property and is not a federal 45 "employee", agent, or contractor, then any court cites must come from a state court, because: 46 5.1. The Supreme Court said in Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) that there is no federal common law in 47 a state of the Union. 48
Path to Freedom 72 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 5.2. The Rules of Decision Act, 28 U.S.C. 1652 says that the law to be applied in the courts is state law and not 1 federal law, and especially when the domicile of the Defendant is on state property and not on federal property. 2 5.3. The IRS Internal Revenue Manual, Section 4.10.7.2.9.8 says that courts below the Supreme Court may only be 3 cited as precedent for the particular person involved in the proceeding. 4 5.4. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(b) states that the capacity to sue or be sued is based on the domicile of the 5 Defendant. If that domicile is in a state and not on land ceded to the federal government or under general federal 6 jurisdiction, then no federal statute or no federal judicial precedent may be cited as authority in the case. 7 6. Cannot consist of either the IRS " The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments" or the Congressional Research Report 8 97-59A entitled " Frequently Asked Questions About the Federal Income Tax". The reasons for this are many, not the 9 least of which consist of: 10 6.1. The IRS document doesn't identify the IRS or anyone in the IRS as a source and is not signed or authenticated. 11 Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, nothing can be used as evidence without at least the identity of the author 12 being know and the author being sworn under oath and held just as accountable as those who relied on his 13 statements. 14 6.2. The Office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS (202-622-3300) positively refuses to either sign or take personal 15 responsibility in writing for publication of this document and thereby be held legally liable for false statements 16 contained therein, even though his administrative help indicated on the telephone that he was the author. How 17 ironic it is that anyone from the government would insist on calling anything "truth" that absolutely no one 18 conspicuously will claim legal responsibility for. How ironic also is it that the IRS would base all of its positions 19 against allegedly "frivolous" positions that it can't and won't take personal and legal responsibility for, even 20 though the people who argue against their unofficial position can and are held legally responsible for making 21 "frivolous" arguments by courts that demonstrably don't even have any jurisdiction. Therefore, both of these 22 publications for similar reasons are simply hearsay evidence that is excludible under the Hearsay Rule 23 (Fed.R.Evid. 802) and also amount essentially to "political propaganda" and "false commercial speech" unless 24 and until they are authenticated and the authors are identified and held liable for their dubious and deliberately 25 vague and deceptive statements therein. 26 6.3. Federal courts have repeatedly said that one may not rely upon the statements of public servants in forming a 27 reasonable belief. See the Following for some of the reasons why. 28 Reliance Upon Government Representations http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Articles/reliance.htm 8. Situational Resources for Members 29 After you have accomplished as much as you can of the Basic Checklist for Freedom in section 2 earlier, you may find 30 yourself in various situations. This section lists what you can do in each situation. Our website also has an index of forms 31 organized by situation in the following two locations: 32 1. Liberty University, Section 6.1: Situational References 33 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 34 2. SEDM Forms/Pubs, Section 2: Situational Index of Forms and Publications 35 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 36 8.1 Learning How to Use our Website 37 Before you begin using our website, we highly recommend the following instructional video to make finding things VERY 38 easy. 39 Website Video Orientation, Form #12.010: Video demonstration of all of the main features of our website. Shows how to become very proficient at using the website and locating information on a specific topic. http://famguardian1.org/Mirror/SEDM/Support/UsingWebsite/UsingSedmWebsite.wmv The above video is also found on the opening page of our website in big letters: WEBSITE VIDEO ORIENTATION. 40
Path to Freedom 73 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.2 Learning your Rights and Status! 1 If you dont know what your rights and status are in relation to the government, then YOU DONT HAVE ANY RIGHTS 2 and people are going to walk all over you! Learn your rights or get on your knee pads and learn to be a good little slave. 3 The resources below are very helpful for that purpose. 4 1. Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 2. Famous Quotes About Rights and Liberty, Form #08.001 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 3. Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 9 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 10 8.3 Learning the Law 11 The following resources are useful to those who want to learn at least the basics of law, their rights and status, how to do 12 legal research, and where to learn more. 13 1. SEDM Liberty University systematic free study to teach you the basics of law and sovereignty 14 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 15 2. Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 through 4. Teaches you the basics of law, statutes, regulations, and your 16 rights 17 http://famguardian.org/Publications/GreatIRSHoax/GreatIRSHoax.htm 18 8.4 Legal Research and Using the Law in Your Own Defense 19 The following resources are very helpful to those who want to learn and use the law in their own defense: 20 1. Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Form #12.013-short course that presents the basics of how to do legal 21 research. 22 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 23 2. Legal Research DVD, Form #11.201- Over 200,000 pages of law searchable within each document, including the 24 entire U.S. Code. Great for people with slow dial-up lines or who want to study the law on the road 25 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 26 3. Federal Depository Libraries Database-list of free federal libraries where you can read the law for free. 27 http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp 28 4. SEDM Litigation Tools 29 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 30 5. Subject Index-legal research on most major subjects 31 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/SubjectIndex.htm 32 6. Legal Research Sources-exhaustive FREE legal references from all sources 33 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/LegalResrchSrc.htm 34 7. State Legal Resources, Family Guardian Website 35 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/StateLegalResources.htm 36 8. State Income Taxes 37 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Research/StateIncomeTaxes.htm 38 9. Family Guardian Website: Law and Government Area 39 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/LawAndGovt/LawAndGovt.htm 40 8.5 Getting Involved 41 Those who would like to get involved politically and legally to end the fraud and effect peaceful positive change are 42 encouraged to visit the following useful resource: 43 Family Guardian: Activism Topic Area http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Activism/Activism.htm
Path to Freedom 74 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.6 Avoiding or Terminating Participation in Franchises 1 This section will describe forms and techniques for avoiding government franchises. All forms and tools for avoiding 2 government franchises are found in the following places on our website: 3 1. Liberty University, Section 4: Avoiding Government Licenses and Franchises. 4 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 5 2. Forms/Pubs, Section 1.6. 6 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 7 8.6.1 Quitting Social Security 8 If you want to terminate Social Security participation, the following form provides all the tools required: 9 Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.2 Correcting your citizenship and domicile status 10 If you want to correct your citizenship and domicile status with the U.S. government and your state, the following form is 11 excellent: 12 Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.3 Responding to compelled use of Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and Taxpayer Identification Numbers 13 (TINs) 14 The following resources are available for those being unlawfully compelled to apply for or use Social Security Numbers 15 (SSNs) or Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs): 16 1. About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202-Explains why nonresident alien NON-individuals not engaged in the trade 17 or business/public office are exempted by regulation from the requirement to use SSNs and TINs and exempted from 18 reporting and provides a form that cites all the legal authorities. Attach to withholding paperwork. Nonresident alien 19 Non-individual not engaged in a trade or business is the only status that members of this ministry may have who 20 wish to use our materials to interact with third parties. 21 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22 2. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #07.004, Sections 8, 9, and 10-Provides 23 background on when SSNs and TINs are mandatory and remedies for those unlawfully compelled to use said numbers. 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 3. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012, Sections 8, 9, and 10-Provides 26 background on when SSNs and TINs are mandatory and remedies for those unlawfully compelled to use said numbers. 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 4. Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205-Provides legal evidence 29 you can attach to withholding paperwork proving that you cannot lawfully apply for or use SSNs or TINs. 30 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 31 5. SEDM Exhibits 07.004 and 07.009-letters from the Social Security Administration proving that use of Social Security 32 Numbers is voluntary and cannot be compelled. 33 http://sedm.org/Exhibits/ExhibitIndex.htm 34 6. Family Guardian Website, Property and Privacy Protection Topic, Section 6: Numerical Identification and Automated 35 Tracking-Resources to fight compelled use of Social Security Numbers and Taxpayer Identification Numbers. 36 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/PropertyPrivacy/PropertyPrivacy.htm 37 7. Social Security: Mark of the Beast, Form #11.407-detailed biblical scriptural research that proves it is against Gods 38 law to apply for or use Social Security Numbers or Taxpayer Identification Numbers. 39 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 40
Path to Freedom 75 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.6.4 Getting married without a state issued license 1 If you are getting married and you are a Christian, we strongly recommend getting married with a private contract instead 2 of a state marriage license. The resource below will prove very helpful: 3 Sovereign Christian Marriage, Form #06.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.5 Applying for a passport 4 If you have to apply or reapply for a USA passport, the following forms will be very helpful to Members in protecting their 5 sovereign status: 6 1. How to Apply for a Passport as a non-citizen national, Form #09.007-use this procedure to apply for a passport as a 7 sovereign national instead of a statutory U.S. citizen. 8 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9 2. USA Passport Application Attachment, Form #06.007-attach this to your passport application to correctly reflect your 10 true status 11 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12 3. Passport Amendment Request, Form #06.016-use this form if you already had a passport and want to update it to 13 reflect your true status after you discovered this website 14 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 15 4. Passport Notice and Demand Letter, Form #06.017-use this form if you apply for a passport as a sovereign non- 16 citizen national and the Dept. of State tries to delay or interfere with lawful issuance of the passport 17 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 18 8.6.6 Registering to vote 19 Members who want to register to vote should use the following form to prevent surrendering any of their sovereignty: 20 Voter Registration Attachment, Form #06.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.7 Opening a Financial Account Without a Social Security Number (SSN) or Taxpayer Identification Number 21 (TIN) 22 If you want to open a bank account without a Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number, please see the 23 following on our website: 24 About IRS Form W-8BEN, Form #04.202 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If the financial institution requires additional justification for why you think you are a nonresident alien NON-individual, 25 give them the following: 26 W-8 Attachment: Citizenship, Form #04.219 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If the financial institution argues with you about the definition of United States or whether you are required to provide an 27 SSN, you can hand them the following: 28 1. Withholding Agent Questionnaire, Form #04.220 29 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 30 2. Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 31 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 32
Path to Freedom 76 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.6.8 Preventing Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from Being Filed Against You by Ignorant and Law 1 Breaking Financial Institutions 2 Whenever a you withdraw $10,000 or more in cash from a financial institutions, ignorant clerks who dont read the law 3 have been told to file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) to the government. Currency Transaction Reports include the 4 following forms: 5 1. FinCEN Form 103, Currency Transaction Report (CTR) by Casinos 6 2. FinCEN Form 104, Currency Transaction Report (CTR) 7 3. FinCEN Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business 8 4. IRS Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business 9 Federal law only requires this report to be filed in connection with transactions associated with a trade or business, which 10 is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26) as the functions of a public office in the U.S. government and nowhere defined to 11 include any other status. In other words, they are only supposed to file these reports in the case of government workers and 12 instrumentalities, which you are NOT. If they attempt to file this report when you make your withdrawal or cash your 13 check, you should vociferously rebut the need for doing this using the following form because it is not only 14 FRAUDULENT, but criminal. 15 Demand for Verified Evidence of Trade or Business Activity: Currency Transaction Report, Form #04.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm It is VERY IMPORTANT to educate people to STOP filing these false reports. They in effect are impersonating a public 16 officer of the government whenever they file such a false report, which is a criminal violation of 18 U.S.C. 912. You 17 may also consider completing a criminal complaint against the clerk at the very same time they are preparing the report and 18 doing it in front of them while they are asking you the same questions. Make a HUGE stink about this and demand to see 19 the supervisor as well. If you dont educate the ignorant people who file these false reports, the information could end up 20 being used to criminally prosecute you under the following statutes: 21 1. Money laundering: 18 U.S.C. 1956. 22 2. Structuring: 31 U.S.C. 5324. 23 For further information on all the commercial crimes that these reports fraudulently connect you to, see: 24 Family Guardian: Money, Banking and Taxation Page, Section 11 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/MoneyBanking/MoneyBanking.htm If you want to proactively prevent these reports from even being attempted to be filed in the first place, you may also want 25 to attach the following form to your account application with the financial institution when you join the institution in the 26 first place so they are put on notice that you WONT tolerate this FRAUD. 27 Privacy Agreement, Form #06.014 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.9 Closing financial accounts with government numbers associated with them 28 When you close financial accounts, you should take care to ensure that there is a paper trail in the account file and attached 29 to the signature card indicating that the use of government identifying numbers such as Social Security Numbers (SSNs) 30 and Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) was not only under duress, but unlawful, and listing all the evidence 31 supporting that determination. This is an important part of building an effective administrative record that has lots of 32 exculpatory evidence that will prevent criminal prosecution for any crime, and especially tax crime. For details on how to 33 build a good administrative record, see: 34 Techniques for Building a Good Administrative Record, Form #07.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 77 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ You should not close the account in person, but send the following correspondence via certified mail with a Certificate of 1 Service as indicated in the instructions. You will need the certified mail card and Certificate of Service along with the 2 original letter as proof that you sent this to the financial institution. 3 Legal Notice of Financial Account Closure, Form #06.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.10 Applying for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 4 You should avoid government identifying numbers of all kinds because they connect you to franchises and destroy your 5 rights. The reasons are explained below: 6 1. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 2. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #07.004. HTML version of the above form 9 that you can cut and paste from for your reuse. 10 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11 The only reason most people apply for such numbers is because they are forced to mainly by financial institutions or 12 business associates. All such applications for those domiciled within states of the Union are unlawful. At the point of such 13 coercion, we recommend signing and submitting the following form to those instituting the duress using our 14 Certificate/Proof/Affidavit of Service, Form #01.002 attached: 15 Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If they insist on refusing service to you because you refuse to violate the law as documented in the above form, they are 16 violating 42 U.S.C. 408 by compelling the unlawful use of government identifying numbers and compelling you to 17 impersonate a public officer of the United States government. In such a case, you have two choices: 18 1. Find another provider of the service.. .OR 19 2. Sue them for violating your rights in STATE court (not federal court!) using the following resources:. . .OR 20 2.1. Form #04.205 above and the Certificate of Service proving you sent it to them. 21 2.2. The statutes cited in Form #04.205 above. 22 2.3. Why You Arent Eligible for Social Security, Form #06.001 23 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 24 2.4. Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002-proves why Social Security is unlawfully 25 administered, in which case those who apply to become employers (meaning federal instrumentalities and 26 public officers), do so illegally. 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 2.5. Social Security Policy Manual, Form #06.013 29 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 30 3. Apply for the number with the following forms attached that will ensure that duress is indicated that confers no 31 jurisdiction or authority upon the IRS and which makes the party instituting the unlawful duress entirely and personally 32 responsible for all the consequences of the unlawful duress. 33 3.1. IRS Form SS-4 with the following written above the signature Not valid without attached form #04.204. 34 3.2. Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Attachment, Form #06.023 35 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 36 3.3. Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 37 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 38 3.4. IRS Form 56: Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship. Fill out this form making the person instituting the 39 duress the duress the party you are acting on behalf of under duress. Indicate that there is duress as the 40 justification for the existence of the relationship and cite 42 U.S.C. 408(a)(8) as the authority. Ensure that you 41 use the AMENDED version of this form in order to avoid the presumption that you are a taxpayer or a person 42 under federal law, and obtain it from the following link: 43 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Forms/IRS/IRSFormsPubs.htm 44
Path to Freedom 78 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ The IRS may come back and say that you arent eligible for a number based on the submission. If they do, you can use this 1 to prove to the company instituting the duress that you arent eligible for it and therefore they cannot force you to use one 2 and must give you the service or relationship you desire. 3 8.6.11 Updating an Existing Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application 4 If you own a business and previously applied for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) either using a Social Security 5 Form SS-4 or online and were compelled to do so, it is VERY important to update the original application to: 6 1. Change the status of the applicant from a statutory Employer to a private, foreign, and nonresident entity. 7 2. Invalidate the original application. 8 3. Implicate criminal activity in connection with any and all tax withholding and reporting that uses the number. 9 You can find the form that does this below: 10 Employer Identification Number (EIN) Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #06.022 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.12 Selling precious metals to a precious metals dealer who wants to file CTRs or IRS Form 1099-Bs against a 11 nontaxpayer 12 Nontaxpayers selling precious metals to precious metal dealers often are the target of false IRS Form 1099-B information 13 returns and false Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), which are IRS Form 8300. These reports may only lawfully be 14 filed on those engaged in the trade or business/public office franchise within the U.S. government and most Americans 15 are not lawfully engaged in this franchise. In order to avoid becoming the target of false reports, the following tool is 16 useful in educating the precious metal dealer about the requirements of the law and in complying with the laws on 17 reporting. 18 Precious Metal Transaction Reporting, Form #04.106 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.13 Opening a Private Mail Box (PMB) 19 Use this form if you are opening a Private Mail Box and want to avoid surrendering your sovereignty or compromising 20 your privacy. Note that there are two types of boxes: Private Mail Boxes (PMBs) that are not a residence or domicile and 21 which are maintained by private commercial mail facilities, and Post Office Boxes (POBs), that are for the delivery of mail 22 to public officers. You should NOT open a PO Box, but a PMB. 23 Postal Service Form 1583 Attachment, Form #06.018 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.14 Responding to a Jury Summons or Jury Duty 24 Use the following form to respond to a jury summons by a state or federal court. 25 Jury Summons Response Attachment, Form #06.015 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We caution that: 26 1. The above form is among those that can be used by non-members, because it appears in the list of forms indicated in 27 section 2 earlier. 28 2. Before the IRS or DOJ indicts people criminally for tax crimes, they very frequently will send them a jury summons to 29 establish their domicile in the federal zone. It is therefore VERY important to respond properly to a jury summons as a 30 non-citizen national and non-resident in relation to federal government jurisdiction by attaching the above form to the 31
Path to Freedom 79 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ jury summons response and ensuring that the jury summons response says Not valid, false, and fraudulent without the 1 attached Jury Summons Response Attachment above the signature on the jury summons response. 2 If you get to serve as a jurist, we recommend printing and/or viewing the following resources before and during the time 3 that you serve: 4 1. Jury Nullification: Empowering the Jury as the Fourth Branch of Government, Form #09.010 5 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Activism/J ury%20Nullification/FIJAJuryNullPamphlet.pdf 6 2. Citizens Rule Book 7 2.1. HTML: http://famguardian.org/Publications/CitRulebook/rulebook.htm 8 2.2. PDF: http://famguardian.org/Publications/CitRulebook/citizen-rule-book.pdf 9 3. Red Beckman Jury Nullification Video 10 http://famguardian1.org/PublishedAuthors/Indiv/BeckmanRed/Beckman.wmv 11 8.6.15 Opening a bank account as a church or religious ministry 12 If you want to open an account as a church or religious ministry and do so without a government identifying number, use 13 the following form: 14 Religious Order Articles of Incorporation, Form #13.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If the bank or financial institution insists on an EIN for the organization, you can hand them the following form as proof 15 that no withholding, reporting, or identification number are required: 16 Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.16 Updating the account application for a retirement account mistakenly opened as a taxpayer 17 If you opened a retirement account before learning about this website and mistakenly did so as a taxpayer and have since 18 learned that you were not a taxpayer or are not now a taxpayer, use the following form to update the account 19 application of the account. This form will make the account a private account, demand removal of any identifying numbers 20 from the account, and prevent any future tax reporting on the account if the recipient follows the laws indicated: 21 Retirement Account Application Permanent Amendment Notice, Form #04.217 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.17 Opening a business or religious ministry bank account as a nontaxpayer and a nonresident without an EIN 22 Those who wish to open a PRIVATE business or religious ministry bank account as a private entity and who want to do so 23 as a nonresident nontaxpayer without an EIN may use the following procedure: 24 Private Business Account Application Procedure: Nonresident Nontaxpayer, Form #04.219 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.18 Traveling by airplane 25 If you will be traveling by airline, then you should print and take along copies of the following form in order to prevent 26 TSA agents from violating your rights. 27 TSA Defense Package, Form #06.029 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 80 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.6.19 Traveling Abroad 1 If you find yourself traveling outside the USA and intend to return, you should consider using the following form in 2 responding to questions by customs and border agents asking you questions: 3 Border Crossing Questionnaire, Form #06.024 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If you dont use the above form or you answer questions from the border agent carelessly or incorrectly, you could: 4 1. Needlessly compromise the privacy about your financial affairs. 5 2. Find yourself in criminal violation of 31 U.S.C. 5314. 6 3. Misrepresent yourself as being subject to the Social Security and Internal Revenue Code Subtitles A and C trade or 7 business franchise. 8 8.6.20 Terminating a Driver License and Traveling without a License 9 The following resources on our website may be used to both terminate a driver license and to build exculpatory evidence in 10 your administrative record that it was issued unlawfully in your case: 11 Driver License Termination Form, Form #06.025 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm In addition to the above, the following book is very useful in helping you travel without a license. 12 Defending Your Right to Travel, Form #06.010 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.6.21 Responding to Request for DHS form I-9 when applying for a new job 13 Those who are applying for a new job are often asked to fill out a DHS Form I-9 and/or submit to E-Verify verification. 14 The following resources are useful in such a situation: 15 1. I-9 Form Amended, Form #06.028-this form avoids all the pitfalls of the standard I-9 form 16 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17 2. Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #09.001-detailed instructions on how to fill 18 out employment withholding paperwork. Section 21.5 talks about the pitfalls of the I-9 Form. 19 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 8.7 Protecting your sovereignty, life, and family 21 8.7.1 Governing your life and your family exclusively under Gods laws 22 The document below shows you how to govern your own life and your own family so that you can function without being 23 compelled to partake of any government franchises, the legal profession, or the corrupted family courts. Very powerful: 24 Family Constitution, Form #13.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.7.2 Starting your own government 25 If you want to start your own government, we have prepared a very powerful document that provides most of the tools you 26 will need. This government can issue driver certifications, marriage certificates, passports, etc. It also has a county notary, 27 county recorder, and its own courts: 28
Path to Freedom 81 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Self Government Federation: Articles of Confederation, Form #13.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.7.3 Responding to a draft or draft registration notice 1 If a Member receives either a draft notice or draft registration request, the following resource is VERY helpful: 2 Lawfully Avoiding the Military Draft, Form #09.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.7.4 Keeping your financial and medical records PRIVATE 3 Members who are contracting to procure medical services or dealing with financial, credit card, or investment companies 4 should use the following form to maximize the protection for their privacy and to keep their personal information out of 5 government and telemarketer computers: 6 Privacy Agreement, Form #06.014 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.7.5 Finding out if your rights have been violated 7 If someone injured you and you want to locate the authority to prove that they violated your rights so that you have 8 standing to sue, consult the following references: 9 1. Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 10 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11 2. Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 12 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 13 8.7.6 Preparing for disasters 14 Those who wish to prepare for disasters of all kinds need to plan for and accumulate the proper food, water, and weapons to 15 defend their life, liberty, property, and family from the damaging effects of inevitable anarchy that will result. The 16 following document is an extremely useful tool to facilitate such planning: 17 Disaster Preparedness Plan, Form #13.015 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8 Taxation: Administrative 18 This section deals with responding to administrative enforcement of taxation and consistently and correctly and truthfully 19 representing your status under the law during the process. Forms available for this purpose on our website are found in the 20 following places on our website: 21 1. Liberty University, Section 6: Administrative Activism in Fighting the Fraud. 22 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 23 2. Forms/Pubs, Sections 1.2, 1.4, and 1.7. 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 8.8.1 Describing and defending your tax status 26 The following document describes the approach towards income taxation that must be taken by all those who are Members 27 of this Ministry: 28 Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 82 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.8.2 Responding to demands for a Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number 1 If someone keep insisting that you MUST provide a Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number, the 2 following resources should be very helpful in proving them WRONG, listed in descending order of value, where the lowest 3 number is the highest value: 4 1. About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 2. Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 3. Why You Arent Eligible for Social Security, Form #06.001 9 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 10 4. Social Security Policy Manual, Form #06.013 11 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12 8.8.3 Filling out withholding paperwork when you start a new job or contract 13 The following form may be submitted by Members who are just starting out a new job or business relationship as either a 14 private employee or a contractor. This will get you off to a very good start and prevent you from becoming the target of 15 false information returns or illegal withholding. The form is filled with lots of evidence to prove the legitimacy of your 16 position both using the IRS publications and the code itself. Excellent. 17 New Hire Paperwork Attachment, Form #04.203 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.4 Starting, stopping, and modifying employment tax withholding after hired or contracted 18 The following document describes how Members of this ministry should interface with private employers in starting, 19 stopping, and modifying employment tax withholding: 20 Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.5 Filling out tax forms under compulsion or containing information that you know is false 21 Members should NOT be filling out IRS taxpayer forms. If they are compelled to fill out and submit such forms, then 22 using the following attachments are MANDATORY: 23 1. Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 2. Affidavit of Duress: Illegal Tax Enforcement by De Facto Officers, Form #02.005 26 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 27 If the financial institution or employer or company you are working with argues with you about what form to submit or 28 what you put on a particular form, we highly recommend the following document that proves they have NO RIGHT to do 29 so: 30 Your Exclusive Right to Declare or Establish Your Civil Status, Form #13.008 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.6 Filing a tax return 31 We remind our Members that our Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4 STRICTLY FORBIDS us to either prepare 32 or advise in the preparation of tax returns for ANYONE, and especially statutory taxpayers. Therefore, please DO NOT 33 contact us for guidance or especially advice about how to file or whether to file a statutory return. You will have to 34
Path to Freedom 83 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ decide entirely on your own whether to file and how to file. Below is some important information about statutory returns 1 that may prove useful in deciding entirely on your own whether or how to file. 2 1. The legal requirement to file tax returns is described in the following document on our website: 3 Legal Requirement to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Form #05.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. The IRS Mission Statement found in IRM 1.1.1.1 says that they ONLY service taxpayers. Hence: 4 2.1. ALL their forms, procedures, reference tools, publications, and services are available ONLY to statutory 5 taxpayers lawfully engaged in a public office within the U.S. government. 6 2.2. They DO NOT make nontaxpayer forms or options on existing forms to indicate the status associated with 7 BEING OTHER than a taxpayer. YOU have to add that option or better yet, make or submit your OWN form 8 correctly, completely, and unambiguously indicating your status to leave no room for presumption on their part. 9 2.3. If you use their approved taxpayer forms, you are presumed to be a taxpayer subject to the I.R.C. If you want 10 a nontaxpayer form, you will either have to: 11 2.3.1. Make your own 12 2.3.2. Use ours, but ONLY if you are a Member and in FULL compliance with our Member Agreement, Form 13 #01.001. Membership is free. 14 2.3.3. Use theirs but attach the Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 and write on the government form Not 15 valid, false, and fraudulent without ALL the SIGNED attachments provided, quantity____pages. 16 2.4. If you use a Taxpayer Identification Number per 26 U.S.C. 6109, you are presumed to be a statutory 17 taxpayer. 18 The above is exhaustively proven in: 19 Who Are Taxpayers and Who Needs a Taxpayer Identification Number?, Form #05.013 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. The Internal Revenue Code is a private law statutory franchise and the purpose of all IRS services is to help those 20 taxpayers who CONSENT to participate in the franchise and consent to occupy a public office in the U.S. 21 government to comply with the franchise contract or quasi-contract codified in Internal Revenue Code, Subtitles A 22 through C. Anyone who would consent to the agreement we call a useful idiot and a communist. See: 23 The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4. The entire Internal Revenue Code mentions persons other than taxpayers in ONLY one place, which is 26 U.S.C. 24 7425. If you invoke that section, you MUST consent that the tax sought to be collected was lawfully assessed, which 25 it almost NEVER is. Hence: 26 4.1. Those who are nontaxpayers have NO REMEDIES if they wish to invoke any provision within the I.R.C. 27 4.2. You CANNOT lawfully petition the U.S. Tax Court without declaring yourself a taxpayer to invoke their 28 services under Tax Court Rule 13(a). Hence YOU LOST and are presumed guilty until YOU prove yourself 29 innocent BEFORE you even get the privilege to set foot in that corrupt place. See: 30 The Tax Court Scam, Form #05.039 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4.3. All remedies for those who are nontaxpayers and members instead lie within the common law under equity in a 31 constitutional state court rather than a federal statutory franchise court such as U.S. Tax Court (Article I franchise 32 court per 26 U.S.C. 7433) or U.S. District Court (Article 4 franchise court). 33 4.4. You MAY NOT, under any circumstances as a member, invoke any provision of the I.R.C statutory franchise 34 agreement as a nontaxpayer other than those provisions that show who is subject to it, which is clearly not 35 anyone compliant with our member agreement. 36 5. No one can lawfully make you a taxpayer EXCEPT you, because no one can lawfully donate your otherwise private 37 property to a public use, public purpose, or a public office without your consent. If they do, they are committing 38 THEFT and violating the Fifth Amendment Takings clause. 39 5.1. Federal judges cannot declare you either a taxpayer or a nontaxpayer per 28 U.S.C. 2201(a) forbids this. 40 5.2. Neither federal judges nor the IRS can lawfully expand the definitions of words within the I.R.C. to include 41 anything or class of things no EXPRESSLY identified. This kind of verbicide constitutes THEFT and 42 TREASON. See the following for a defense against such cruel and criminal tactics by THIEVING public 43 servants: 44 Rules of Presumption and Statutory Interpretation, Litigation Tool #01.006 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5.3. Neither the IRS nor any court can lawfully make you into a taxpayer by PRESUMPTION or without 45 demonstrating your EXPRESS consent to be one in a format that YOU and not THEY specify. See: 46
Path to Freedom 84 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5.4. Third parties cannot unilaterally or lawfully elect you into public office by filing an information return that 1 constitutes prima facie evidence that you lawfully occupy such a public office. See 26 U.S.C. 6041(a). All such 2 false reports are a criminal offense. See: 3 Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If you dont know and understand all the above, you may become a sad statistic if you ever go face to face with the 4 terrorists who run what Mark Twain calls The District of Criminals. There are, in fact, only TWO types of governments: 5 1. Government by consent. 6 2. Terrorist governments. 7 We obviously have never and will never advise you in how to prepare a tax return or whether to prepare a tax return or 8 prepare one for you. In fact, we wont get involved in any commercial motive because we are a religious ministry and 9 NOT a business. Our only customer is, in fact, God Himself. If you do disregard this section or similar contents posted 10 many places on our website and contact us, in violation of our member agreement either through our Contact Us Page or in 11 our Member Forums, to ask how or whether to file a tax return, we will, in fact: 12 1. Regard you as a government mole trying to get us into trouble. 13 2. Identify you as someone who is lazy and/or careless and who does not do their home work. Hence, you will ultimately 14 and likely end up in a LOT of trouble that we want nothing to do with because you dont know how to read or follow 15 simple directions. 16 3. Be very hard on you in all future contact with us, because ultimately you are likely to abuse our materials by not 17 applying them properly or diligently, and thus discredit us with third parties. This will bring shame and reproach on us 18 that we cannot and WILL not condone. 19 The only thing we are allowed to say on the subject of filing of tax returns without putting ourselves in jeopardy or 20 rendering anything that resembles legal advice is to tell you what we might file FOR OURSELVES ONLY in order to 21 secure a return of funds unlawfully withheld and paid to the de facto government. This is how we would handle such a 22 situation IN OUR OWN CASE and NOT your case. Nothing written here or anywhere on our website or in any 23 communications you have with us should be regarded as legal advice. 24 1. We would follow the Member Agreement by annually and regularly filing corrected information returns along with a 25 criminal complaint against the filers of the false report(s). In fact, if you DONT do this as a member, you are a 26 Member in Bad Standing because doing this is MANDATORY for all members. See: 27 Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. We would regard the corrected information returns and the accompanying criminal complaints as a fully satisfying the 28 requirement to file a return. The Corrected Information Return Attachment Letter, Form #04.002, in fact, makes this 29 assertion. 30 3. If the IRS refuses to file the corrections, we would prosecute them personally and individually for a Bivens action 31 under the Common law in a state court for damages sustained by all the criminal consequences of their malicious 32 refusal to file the corrected information returns provided. If they can prosecute us for failure to file, then we can do 33 it to them under the concept of equal protection. We WOULD NOT go into federal U.S. District Court, because it is a 34 statutory franchise court. If we filed in any federal court, it would be in the original jurisdiction U.S. Supreme Court, 35 which is the only true Article III court left at the federal level that we are aware of. For information on how to do this, 36 see: 37 Civil Court Remedies for Sovereigns: Taxation, Litigation Tool #10.002 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 4. We WOULD NEVER file in U.S. Tax Court, because it is a legislative franchise court available ONLY to statutory 38 franchisees called taxpayers and because Tax Court Rule 13(a) requires that ONLY taxpayers can request the 39 services of this legislative franchise court. The most we would do is request a dismissal without filing the petition, 40 because even filing a petition would constitute a criminal impersonation of a taxpayer. The following response 41 letters available through our website take that approach: 42 4.1. Federal LTR3219 43
Path to Freedom 85 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4.2. Federal LTR531DO 1 5. In all our dealings we would emphasize that we are under unlawful duress by either the de facto government or their 2 voluntary officers called withholding agents using such forms as the following. This will ensure that we cannot 3 lawfully be prosecuted for falsifying any government form that we were unlawfully forced to complete under duress: 4 Affidavit of Duress: Illegal Tax Enforcement by De Facto Officers, Form #02.005 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6. If money was unlawfully withheld or paid by third parties to the de facto government, we would NOT file any 5 taxpayer forms, but would instead file one of the following non-statutory claim for damages as a nontaxpayer: 6 6.1. Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form 7 #15.001 8 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9 6.2. Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Short, Form 10 #15.002 11 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12 7. If we were concerned about substantial frivolous return penalties and we were dealing with multiple years that could 13 add up, we would try only one year first to see what the response is before we added additional years to the mix. 14 8. We would NEVER, EVER file any kind of resident or citizen tax return, such as IRS Forms 1040, 940, 1120, etc. 15 We would ALWAYS file as a nonresident domiciled outside of exclusive federal jurisdiction. This is a mandatory 16 requirement of the Member Agreement. Anyone who is a statutory resident, citizen, or U.S. person is a 17 consenting party to all federal civil law and is, in fact, a public officer and franchisee within the U.S. government. 18 Even businesses can file nonresident alien tax returns. See: 19 8.1. Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002 20 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 21 8.2. Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 22 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 23 One last time for emphasis: 24 PLEASE DO NOT: 1. CONTACT US FOR HELP OR ADVICE ON HOW TO FILE OR WHETHER TO FILE A TAX RETURN, and DEFINITELY NOT IF YOU ARE, IN FACT OR IN DEED, A STATUTORY FRANCHISEE CALLED A TAXPAYER. 2. REFER TO ANYTHING WE COMMUNICATE TO YOU AS ADVICE. FURTHERMORE, EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE A NONTAXPAYER, YOU WILL BE REGARDED AS AND PRESUMED TO BE A STATUTORY TAXPAYER BY US UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU ADMIT ON EVERY OCCASION IN YOUR CONTACT WITH US THAT YOU: 1. CONSENT UNCONDITIONALLY TO OUR MEMBER AGREEEMENT. 2. ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EVERY ASPECT OF OUR MEMBER AGREEMENT. WE WILL NOT TALK TO STATUTORY FRANCHISEES CALLED TAXPAYERS ON TAX MATTERS, ADVISE THEM, INTERACT WITH THEM, RENDER TAX SERVICES TO THEM, OR ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR TAX MATERIALS TO INTERACT WITH ANYONE IN THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT OR THE LEGAL PROFESSION. THIS SAME WARNING APPLIES TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR MEMBER AGREEMENT, FORM #01.001, SECTION 4, FORBIDS US TO GET INVOLVED IN. IF YOU WONT HELP PROTECT US, THEN WE WONT HELP OR PROTECT OR SERVE YOU FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY OR INCENTIVES. "Come out from among them [the unbelievers and government idolaters] And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, And you shall be my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty." [2 Corinthians 6:17-18, Bible, NKJV]
Path to Freedom 86 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.8.7 Responding to a request to file a tax return by state revenue agencies 1 Nontaxpayers who receive state revenue agency collection notices demanding that they file a tax return should consider the 2 following form for their response: 3 State Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.203 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm For legal authorities on why Members are not required to file federal income tax returns, see: 4 1. Legal Requirement to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Form #05.009 5 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 6 2. Why I am Not Legally Liable to File Affidavit, Form #07.103 7 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 8 NOTE: The content of this section, like everything on our website, does NOT pertain to and may not be used by either 9 those who are not Members or those who do not fully comply with the requirements of our Member Agreement. 10 8.8.8 Responding to a demand to file a tax return by the IRS 11 Nontaxpayers who receive IRS collection notices demanding that they file a tax return should consider the following form 12 for their response: 13 Federal Demand to File Response: Nonresident Nontaxpayer/Nonfiler, Form #07.303 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm For legal authorities on why Members are not required to file federal income tax returns, see: 14 1. Legal Requirement to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Form #05.009 15 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 16 2. Why I am Not Legally Liable to File Affidavit, Form #07.103 17 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 18 NOTE: The content of this section, like everything on our website, does NOT pertain to and may not be used by either 19 those who are not Members or those who do not fully comply with the requirements of our Member Agreement. 20 8.8.9 Obtaining AMENDED IRS forms 21 The IRS Mission Statement found in IRM 1.1.1.1 says they can ONLY help taxpayers. 22 IRM 1.1.1.1 (02-26-1999) 23 IRS Mission and Basic Organization 24 The IRS Mission: Provide Americas taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities 25 and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all. 26 They very deliberately dont have any forms or procedures for people who arent franchisees called taxpayers as defined 27 in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14). By taxpayer, we mean a public officer engaged in the trade or business franchise. 28 Most IRS forms are therefore rigged to create the following false presumptions that are deliberately designed to entrap and 29 enslave those who are not taxpayers to participate in franchises and thereby surrender ALL of their rights in the process: 30 1. That you are a taxpayer as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14) and 26 U.S.C. 1313. 31 2. That you are an individual as defined in 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c ). 32 3. That you are a person as defined in 26 U.S.C. 6700(b) and 7343. 33 4. That you are engaged in the trade or business franchise, which is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26) as the functions 34 of a public office in the U.S. government. 35
Path to Freedom 87 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 5. That you are a statutory U.S. citizen domiciled on federal territory pursuant to 26 CFR 1.1-1(c ) and 8 U.S.C. 1 1401. 2 6. That because you provided a government identifying number, then you are a federal benefit recipient who is federal 3 personnel because you participate in a federal retirement program called Social Security pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4 552a(a)(13). 5 Consequently, you must use AMENDED or MODIFIED IRS forms to prevent being victimized these the above 6 presumptions. AMENDED versions of most major IRS forms are available at the address below: 7 Federal Forms and Publications http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Forms/IRS/IRSFormsPubs.htm Even for the AMENDED forms, Members are still required to ALSO attach the following to prevent prejudicing their 8 status and to completely rule out any false presumptions about their status: 9 Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.10 Correcting False Information Returns Filed Against You: W-2, 1042-s, 1098, and 1099 10 Information returns connect you to the trade or business excise taxable activity that is the primary subject of Internal 11 Revenue Code, Subtitle A. That activity is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26) as the functions of a public office. 99.9% 12 of all information returns filed against most Americans are simply FALSE and must be rebutted. The resources for doing 13 that can be found below. You should regularly and at least annually correct these false reports until you can educate your 14 business associations from stopping them from being filed to begin with. If you dont, you could become the unlawful 15 target of a failure to file prosecution pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7203. 16 1. The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001-explains the heart of the IRS enforcement fraud. 17 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 18 2. Correcting Erroneous Information Returns, Form #04.001 19 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 3. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1042s, Form #04.003: 21 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22 4. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1098s, Form #04.004: 23 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 24 5. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form 1099s, Form #04.005: 25 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 26 6. Correcting Erroneous IRS Form W-2s, Form #04.006: 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 7. Corrected Information Return Attachment Letter, Form #04.002-Attach this letter to corrected information returns you 29 send to the IRS. 30 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 31 8. Demand for Verified Evidence of Trade or Business Activity: Information Return, Form #04.007-Use this form in 32 the case where someone you work for or with is trying wants to fill out an Information Return against you, and you are 33 not engaged in a "trade or business". This prevents you from having false or erroneous Information Returns filed 34 against you by educating companies and financial institutions about their proper use. 35 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 36 9. Demand for Verified Evidence of Trade or Business Activity: Currency Transaction Report, Form #04.008- Use this 37 form in the case where you are trying to withdraw $10,000 or more from a financial institution in cash, and they want 38 to fill out a Currency Transaction Report (CTR), Treasury form 8300, on the transaction. Typically, banks are not 39 subject to federal legislative jurisdiction AND the CTR's can only be completed on those who are engaged in a "trade 40 or business", which few Americans are. 41 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 42 10. Criminal Complaint Attachment: Fraudulent Information Return(s), Form #04.402-Use this form in combination with 43 forms 04.006 and 04.008 to get filers of false information returns into HUGE trouble. 44 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 45
Path to Freedom 88 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.8.11 Federal tax collection notice 1 If a Member receives a federal tax collection notice, responses are available that properly reflect their status: 2 Federal Response Letter Index, Form #07.301 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 8.8.12 State tax collection notice 3 If a Member receives a state tax collection notice, responses are available that properly reflect their status: 4 State Response Letter Index, Form #07.201 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/States/StateRespLtrIndex.htm 8.8.13 Attending a tax audit 5 The following booklet is specifically designed for Members facing audits by state or federal tax personnel: 6 1. Nontaxpayers Audit Defense Manual, Form #06.011 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 2. Handling and Getting Collection Due Process Hearings, Form #09.005 9 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 10 3. IRS Due Process Meeting Handout, Form #03.008-hand this out at the audit 11 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12 8.8.14 Proving IRS Falsification of your tax records 13 IRS routinely falsifies tax records. Those anticipating litigation against the IRS often want a method to detect such 14 falsification that the can use as legally admissible evidence in court. The following two options are useful for that purpose: 15 1. Master File Decoder 16 http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Programs/MFDecoder/MFDecoder.htm 17 2. Full Service IMF Decoding 18 http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Services/IMFDecoding/IMFDecoding.htm 19 8.8.15 Responding to an IRS Notice of Deficiency (NOD) 20 If you receive a Notice of Deficiency (NOD) from the IRS, such as IRS Letters 530DO, 1862, or 3219, we highly suggest 21 that you read the following important document about U.S. Tax Court, which is a FRAUD for a person who doesnt work 22 as a public officer in the government. All these letter encourage you to petition Tax Court, and Tax Court Rule 13(a) says 23 that only taxpayers can petition the Tax Court. Consequently, you have to admit that you are a taxpayer who is liable 24 before you ever even go into court! 25 The Tax Court Scam, Form #05.039 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm To obtain a canned response to an IRS Notice of Deficiency and you are a Member in full compliance with our Member 26 Agreement, you may consult the following additional resources: 27 1. Criminal Complaint in Connection with IRS Notice of Deficiency, Litigation Tool #08.006 28 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 29 2. IRS LTR 3219 Response 30 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 31 3. IRS LTR 530 Response 32 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 33 4. IRS LTR 1862 Response 34
Path to Freedom 89 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 1 8.8.16 Responding to IRS Summons or Collection Enforcement 2 The following resources were prepared for Members expecting a government raid or who are being investigated for a tax 3 matter: 4 1. What to Do When the IRS Comes Knocking, Form #09.002 5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 2. Authorities on summons-Sovereignty Forms and Instructions, Cites by Topic 7 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/CitesByTopic/summons.htm 8 3. IRS Summons Response: Accused Party, Form #03.020-Response to IRS Summons of accused party 9 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 10 4. IRS Summons Response: Spouse, Form #03.021-Response to IRS Summons of spouse of accused party 11 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 12 5. IRS Form 2270 Response, Form #03.022-Responds to IRS Form 2270: Notice to Exhibit Books and Records 13 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 14 6. IRS Summons Guide, Form #03.024-Use this document and the Exhibit Book to respond to an IRS Summons the day 15 of the summons. 16 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 17 7. IRS FOIA Request: Employer Contact or Criminal Investigation, Form #03.025-Use this document to request all 18 evidence in possession of the IRS about you if you become the subject of illegal enforcement authority. 19 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 20 8. Taxpayer Spouse Affidavit to Employer About IRS Investigation of Member, Form #03.026-Use this affidavit if you are 21 a Member married to a taxpayer spouse and your spouse is being investigated by IRS at their work about or because of 22 you. 23 9. Petition to Quash IRS Summons, Litigation Tool #05.002-if IRS issues 2039 summons to third parties about you 24 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 25 8.8.17 Selling real estate 26 If you are selling your real estate as a Member and would like to lawfully avoid FIRPTA withholding or reporting, the 27 following form information is useful: 28 1. Income Taxation of Real Estate Sales, Form #05.028-detailed treatment of FIRPTA withholding and reporting 29 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 30 2. Sellers Escrow Closing Affidavit, Form #04.212 31 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 32 3. FIRPTA Questionnaire, Form #04.214-Use this form as an attachment to forms 04.026 and 04.024 when dealing with 33 escrow and title companies to educate them about the requirements of FIRPTA. 34 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 35 4. 1099-S Input Form, Form #04.213-Provide this form to the Escrow Company during a real estate transaction to prevent 36 false 1099-S from being filed. 37 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 38 5. IRS Form 1099-S Substitute, Form #04.308 39 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 40 6. IRS Form 1099-S Information Return Reporting Requirements, Form #04.105-use this to educate escrow companies 41 about income tax reporting requirements 42 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 43 7. Notice and Demand to Correct False IRS Form 1099-S, Form #04.403-Send this form to an escrow company that 44 refused to honor the laws on tax reporting and filed a false 1099-S against the Seller as part of a real estate sales 45 transaction 46 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 47 8. Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Course, Form #12.004-there is a whole section on FIRTPA withholding and 48 reporting in this course 49 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 50
Path to Freedom 90 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ If you sold your house and the above information didnt help because the escrow company FORCED you by refusing to 1 accept the above paperwork or refused to process the transaction if you didnt fill out paperwork in the way they direct, 2 then the following resource is recommended to undo the damage: 3 Notice and Demand to Correct False IRS Form 1099-S, Form #04.403 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.18 Filing a return to get unlawfully withheld or paid or collected earnings back 4 Nontaxpayers who become the target of IRS enforcement or collection should consider filing to get back earnings 5 unlawfully withheld, paid, or collected from their earnings, assets, or property. The following form is useful for doing this 6 and prevents them from becoming taxpayers in the process: 7 Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form #15.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.19 Closing an IRA Account after you lawfully become a sovereign and a nontaxpayer 8 Use the following form to close and empty an Individual Retirement Account that you opened before you became a 9 sovereign and a nontaxpayer. It prevents false information returns and all withholdings. 10 IRA Closure Request: Nontaxpayer, Form #04.216 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.20 Responding to a request to update an IRS form W-8 for an existing NRA account 11 Those who open bank accounts without SSNs or TINs as nonresident aliens using IRS form W-8 may be asked to update 12 their W-8 form on file after the three year expiration of the form. They may be told by the financial institution that if they 13 do not update the form, then the account will be subject to backup withholding. Financial institutions will deceive people 14 filling out this form and try to impose arbitrary criteria for how it is filled out and thereby criminally tamper with the 15 witness filling out the form. This form prevents criminal witness tampering, prevents backup withholding, and updates the 16 Form W-8 on file completely consistent with the I.R.C. 17 W-8 Update/Backup Withholding Threat Response, Form #04.221 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.8.21 Responding to a request to participate in E-Verify 18 Those seeking work or a job are sometimes asked to participate in E-Verify in conjunction with the job application process. 19 The process mandates use of a Social Security Number and is therefore unavailable to those who are not eligible for a 20 Social Security Number or those not seeking to be a statutory employee by filling out a W-4. The following article 21 describes information useful in responding to a request to participate in E-Verify, which is illegal and criminal for those not 22 lawfully occupying a public office in the U.S. government: 23 About E-Verify, Form #04.107 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 8.9 Taxation: Litigation or Discovery 24 This section deals with responding to tax litigation and discovery. Forms available for this purpose on our website are 25 found in the following places on our website: 26 1. Liberty University, Section 7: Legal Activism in Fighting the Fraud. 27 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm 28 2. Litigation Tools. 29 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 30
Path to Freedom 91 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.9.1 Responding to a Willful Failure to Failure to File a Tax Return Prosecution 1 If you are prosecuted for failure to file a tax return, the following resources should prove helpful: 2 1. Plea: Failure to File Tax Return, 26 U.S.C. 7203, Litigation Tool #12.001 3 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 4 2. Responding to a Criminal Tax Indictment, Litigation Tool #10.004-use this book as a reference to defend yourself 5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 3. Legal Requirement to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Form #05.009-detailed authorities on the legal requirement to 7 file federal income tax returns 8 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 9 4. Federal Nonresident Nonstatutory Claim For Return of Funds Unlawfully Paid to the Government-Long, Form 10 #15.001-send in this nonstatutory claim once indicted as evidence of your effort to comply with the tax code and to 11 build evidence in your record that you can use at trial 12 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 13 5. Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.018-use this form to challenge jurisdiction at the arraignment 14 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 15 6. 26 U.S.C. 7203: Willful Failure to File 16 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00007203----000-.html 17 8.9.2 Going to Tax Court 18 Those faced with going to U.S. Tax Court should read the following important documents. This so-called COURT is, in 19 fact, a SCAM: 20 1. The Tax Court Scam, Form #05.039 21 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22 2. Why Most People Lost in Tax Court 23 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/ChallJ urisdiction/WhyMostPeopleLoseInTaxCourt.pdf 24 8.9.3 Responding to a deposition of the IRS/Dept. of Justice generally 25 If you are deposed to answer questions about tax subjects generally and which do not relate to your involvement or 26 participation in SEDM, we recommend the following resource: 27 Deposition Handout, Form #03.018 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8.9.4 Responding to a deposition of the IRS/Dept. of Justice About SEDM or Family Guardian 28 If you as a Member of SEDM are approached with a summons by either the IRS or the Dept. of Justice and they want to 29 depose you in order to ask questions about your involvement with SEDM or Family Guardian Fellowship, see the 30 following: 31 1. SEDM Member Agreement, Form #01.001- Section 7 describes how members must respond to questions at such a 32 deposition. Section 6 also says that if they provide any information about SEDM, they agree to become the substitute 33 Defendant. 34 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 35 2. Deposition Handout: Member Deposition, Form #03.005- Members must give this to the deposing counsel BEFORE 36 the meeting and demand that they sign it, per the Member Agreement. 37 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 38 3. Case History of C. Hansen-Section entitled DOJ Litigation under date 11/30/2005 contains an audio recording that 39 you can listen to of a DOJ deposition of one of our members. He really embarrassed them 40 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/CaseStudies/CHansen/CHansen.htm 41 4. Deposition Agreement, Form #03.004- Members must bring a copy of this document to the deposition and submit it 42 into evidence. 43
Path to Freedom 92 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 1 8.9.5 Civil tax litigation 2 Members facing civil tax litigation against the government can take advantage of the following very helpful resources to get 3 the best results possible: 4 1. SEDM Litigation Tools-pleadings and forms useful to those litigating a civil tax case 5 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 6 2. Civil Court Remedies for Sovereigns: Taxation, Litigation Tool #10.002-summary of most major remedies for those 7 facing civil tax litigation 8 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 9 3. Petition to Dismiss Civil Tax Case, Litigation Tool #03.002 10 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 11 8.9.6 Criminal tax investigation 12 Members being investigated for alleged criminal tax violations are strongly recommend to use the following resources: 13 1. Responding to a Criminal Tax Indictment, Litigation Tool #10.004 14 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 15 2. Individual Master File Decoding-develops evidence of fraudulent manipulation of IRS records 16 http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Services/IMFDecoding/IMFDecoding.htm 17 8.9.7 Criminal tax prosecution 18 Members who are being criminally prosecuted for a tax matter can get help. We can provide the following paralegal 19 litigation support services: 20 1. Decode your master file. See: 21 1.1. Full Service IMF Decoding 22 http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Services/IMFDecoding/IMFDecoding.htm 23 1.2. IMF Decoding Course, Form #12.005 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 2. Write draft pleadings and motions that you can modify. 26 3. Act as assistance of counsel. Note that we dont provide legal representation or practice law. 27 If you want to procure our services, fill out and fax the following form and wait for our quote: 28 Litigation Support Client Intake Packet, Form #01.003 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Tools available on our website for persons engaging in criminal tax prosecutions include the following: 29 1. SEDM Litigation Tools-pleadings and forms useful to those litigating a criminal tax case 30 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 31 2. U.S. Dept. of Justice Criminal Tax Manual: 32 2.1. 1994 version 33 http://famguardian.org/Publications/DOJ TDCTM/titlepg.htm 34 2.2. 2001 version 35 http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/readingroom/2001ctm/titlepg.htm 36 3. The Government Benefits Scam, Form #05.040-destroys the main argument used in all criminal tax prosecutions 37 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 38 4. Petition for Identity Hearing: Criminal Tax Case, Litigation Tool #03.004-file this motion to have your case dismissed 39 and establish that you are not the proper defendant 40 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 41
Path to Freedom 93 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 5. Responding to a Criminal Tax Indictment, Litigation Tool #10.004-helpful tools and procedures for those facing 1 criminal tax prosecution 2 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 3 6. Federal Criminal Practice Guide, Litigation Tool #10.006-written by former U.S. Attorney. Forms and procedures for 4 the various phases of a federal criminal case. Only $100. 5 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 6 8.9.8 Responding to a Civil Tax Injunction Lawsuit 7 Those facing tax injunctions should read the IRS own training manual on the subject: 8 IRS Abusive Tax Promotions Training Manual, Training 3118b-002 http://famguardian.org/PublishedAuthors/Govt/IRS/Training3318b-002-AbusiveTaxPromotions.pdf One of our Members has survived a tax injunction lawsuit pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6700, 6701, 7402, and 7408. You are 9 invited to reuse his pleadings, which are posted on the internet at the address below: 10 Case History of C. Hansen http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/CaseStudies/CHansen/CHansen.htm In addition to the above, the following pleadings relating to tax injunctions are available in our Litigation Tools page: 11 1. Answer to Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Litigation Tool #05.001 12 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 13 2. Cross Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Litigation Tool #05.003 14 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 15 3. Appeal Opening Brief-Tax Injunction Case, Litigation Tool #07.002 16 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 17 8.10 Litigation Generally 18 8.10.1 Selecting a freedom attorney 19 The following form is useful in selecting competent legal counsel to assist you in civil or criminal litigation involving 20 defending your sovereignty: 21 Competent Counsel Questionnaire, Litigation Tool #01.004 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 8.10.2 Help Preparing Court Pleadings 22 Those who need help preparing court pleadings should consult the following resources: 23 1. Litigation Tools, Section 1.3: Motions and Petitions- Microsoft Word templates you can use as a starting point to 24 prepare your pleading. 25 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 26 2. Support Page, Sections 9.1 and 9.2: Using Microsoft Word Pleading Templates-video tutorial on how to use the 27 templates in the previous item 28 http://sedm.org/Support/Support.htm 29 3. Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Litigation Tool #10.005-how to do legal research. 30 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 31 Generally, the number of lines per page, the margins, and the spacing for legal pleadings varies by jurisdiction and by court 32 type. If you want to locate the court rules for any jurisdiction or court so you can use the following resource: 33 SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.008 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 94 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 8.11 State Litigation Generally 1 8.11.1 Locating state legal authorities 2 Use the following resources to locate legal authorities for use in state court litigation: 3 1. Litigation Tools-many valuable legal research sources for both state and federal jurisdictions 4 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 5 2. SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.008-complete database of all legal jurisdictions in the USA, 6 including all 50 states. 7 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 8 3. State Legal Resources, Family Guardian Website. 9 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/StateLegalResources.htm 10 4. State Memorandums of Law, Litigation Tools, Section 1.11-memorandums of law you can attach to state pleadings. 11 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 12 5. State Vehicle Codes-information about vehicle codes in all 50 states 13 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Freedom/Rights/Travel/StateVehCodeLaws.htm 14 6. State Income Taxes-detailed information about income taxes in all 50 states 15 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Research/StateIncomeTaxes.htm 16 7. Law and Government Page, Family Guardian Website- Many useful legal research and government information 17 sources 18 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/LawAndGovt/LawAndGovt.htm 19 8. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004: Cites by Topic-many useful cites to put into your 20 pleadings. 21 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/FormsInstr.htm 22 9. Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Litigation Tool #10.005-how to do legal research. 23 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 24 8.11.2 Filing complaints or answers in state court 25 We suggest attaching the following two forms to every Complaint or Answer you file in federal court: 26 1. Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 8.12 Federal Litigation Generally 29 8.12.1 Familiarizing Yourself With Federal Court Procedure 30 The following resource is very helpful in giving you a basic idea of how federal civil and criminal court procedure 31 functions. All of the links provided in the document are hot linked so you can examine the authorities yourself. 32 Federal Litigation Quick Reference, Litigation Tool #10.001 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 8.12.2 Locating federal legal authorities 33 Use the following resources to locate legal authorities for use in state court litigation: 34 1. Litigation Tools-many valuable legal research sources for both state and federal jurisdictions 35 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 36 2. SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.008-complete database of all legal jurisdictions in the USA, 37 including all 50 states. 38 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 39 3. Legal Research Sources. 40 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/LegalResrchSrc.htm 41
Path to Freedom 95 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4. Law and Government Page, Family Guardian Website- Many useful legal research and government information 1 sources 2 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/LawAndGovt/LawAndGovt.htm 3 5. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004: Cites by Topic-many useful cites to put into your 4 pleadings. 5 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/FormsInstr.htm 6 6. Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Litigation Tool #10.005-how to do legal research. 7 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 8 8.12.3 Filing complaints, answers, and pleadings in federal court 9 If you are filing pleadings in federal district or circuit court, use of the following pleading attachments are highly 10 recommended: 11 1. Federal Pleading/Motion/Petition Attachment, Litigation Tool #01.002-prevents presumptions by the government 12 court or opponent about your status or the meaning of key words of art that will injure your constitutional rights. 13 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 14 2. Affidavit of Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status, Form #02.001 15 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 16 3. Citizenship, Domicile, and Tax Status Options, Form #10.003-establishes evidence on the record or at a deposition of 17 your citizenship, domicile, and tax status to prevent being injured by presumption or abuse of words of art by the 18 government opponent or judge 19 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 8.12.4 Challenging federal enforcement authority and jurisdiction 21 The following resources are helpful to those wishing to challenging federal enforcement authority and jurisdiction: 22 1. Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.018 23 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 24 2. Federal Enforcement Authority Within States of the Union, Form #05.032 25 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 26 3. Why Statutory Civil Law is Law for Government and Not Private Persons, Form #05.037 27 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 28 8.12.5 Filing a Bivens Action to defend your rights 29 When rights protected by the Constitution are violated by public servants, the only remedy available that does not invoke 30 some kind of government franchise and prejudice your rights is a Bivens Action against the public servants who did you 31 wrong. That action can be filed in either a federal court or a state court. Resources available that deal with filing your own 32 Bivens action include the following: 33 1. Sovereignty and Freedom page, Section 3.4: Litigating to Defend Your Rights-Bivens Actions-References on Bivens 34 Actions. Family Guardian 35 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Freedom/Freedom.htm 36 2. Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, Litigation Tool #10.010 37 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 38 3. Civil Court Remedies for Sovereigns: Taxation, Litigation Tool #10.002-civil remedies in federal court, if you file your 39 action in federal court and it relates to taxation. 40 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 41 8.13 Dealing with the Press and Media 42 A coordinated campaign to slander those advocating an accountable, law abiding government is being waged by the 43 corrupted corporate media. They are: 44 1. Trying to label such people with a name such as "sovereign citizen", "terrorist", "superconstitutionalist", etc. 45
Path to Freedom 96 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 2. Connecting them with violent activities or putting labels on them that associate them with violent people. 1 3. Trying to portray them as being "anti-government". 2 4. Interviewing you without telling you what their story is about and without offering you an opportunity to know or 3 comment on what others are saying about you or us. We call this "blind siding". Then on their story, they will make 4 statements about you that they never even gave you an opportunity to respond to that are presumptuous and untrue. 5 Some examples: 6 1. Time, for instance, recently did an article featured on the cover of the October 11, 2010 Time Magazine about Militias 7 in which they interviewed Bob Schulz (http://givemeliberty.org) and tried to connect him with violent militia 8 advocates, even though he has never been involved with militia. 9 2. ABC Evening News, Dan Harris, did an evening news did a 4 minute story on Sovereign Citizens on 7/1/2010. 10 3. CBS 60 Minutes did a 20 minute biased story on Sovereign Citizens on 5/15/2011. It was pretty much a repeat of the 11 ABC report, but a little longer. It featured the same people. See: 12 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7365985n 13 4. Wikipedia has been conducting a slander campaign against government reform and tax honesty advocates by keeping 14 the authors of its articles SECRET and unaccountable. Bob Schulz was prevented by an anonymous slanderer named 15 "famspear" from editing the Wikipedia article about himself! 16 5. Congressional Research Service reports and the IRS' own "The Truth About incorrect Tax Arguments" have been 17 slandering freedom fighters by abusing the rules of statutory construction and quoting irrelevant case law. See: 18 Liberty University, Section 8: Resources to Rebut Private Sector Deception and False Propaganda http://sedm.org/LibertyU/LibertyU.htm In addition, a member of the media tried to contact a member of our ministry to slander us by connecting us with the latest 19 whacko, Jerry Kane, who murdered two police officers in Arkansas in 2010. The other person they interviewed in their 20 piece was J .J . McNab, who is famous for trashing freedom advocates and who slandered them in her interview. For a 21 description of her malicious dealings towards the freedom community and slanderous statements to a biased media see the 22 following: 23 Whos Who in the Freedom Community, Form #08.009, Section 3.1 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We don't approve of any of the things that any of the following advocate, we don't call ourselves "sovereign citizens", and 24 we are NOT "anti-government": 25 1. "Sovereign Citizens". The term "sovereign citizen" is an oxymoron used exclusively by those who are MORONS. See: 26 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011, Sections 6.1 and 6.2 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. Redemption Advocates. See: 27 Policy Document: UCC Redemption, Form #08.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3. Militias 28 The fact that we are not affiliate with and do not approve of any of the above groups is also documented in: 29 Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011, Section 4 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Form...rgAgWebsite.pdf FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm If you are contacted by any member of the corrupted media or if you contact the media about government corruption, please 30 be very leery of the bias of the media and to employ the following tools in interacting with the media and/or government: 31
Path to Freedom 97 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1. Press Agreement, Form #01.003 1 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2 2. Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011 3 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4 3. Flawed Tax Arguments to Avoid, Form #08.004 5 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 6 Here are some tactics that will keep both you and us out of harms way and prevent becoming a target for slander. Insist on 7 the following terms prior to the interview or story: 8 1. Insist that the press read the above documents BEFORE interviewing you. You should quiz them on the content 9 BEFORE you begin your interview. 10 2. Insist that they NOT raise any of the false arguments described in Form #08.011 above against either you or the 11 ministry and agree NOT to mention them against you in the story they release to the public. 12 3. Insist on knowing the title of the story they are doing. 13 4. Disclose who else they are interviewing BEFORE they release the story. 14 5. Give you a chance to rebut anything negative the other participants in the story say about you and put it in the story. 15 When the media representative couldn't spin their story and didn't like the terms of the interview and released their biased 16 story without the participation of the member they contacted, here is what the member sent them: 17 Dear _____, 18 I watched with interest your story on the Sovereign Citizen Movement aired on ____________. Seeing in hindsight what you 19 reported on, and what you said your inquiry with us was about, it is clear that: 20 1. You already decided what you wanted to say before you began investigating the story. 21 2. You tried to deceive me by refusing to identify what your story was about. You were specifically asked what the name of your 22 story was going to be and what you were going to report on. Had I known what the subject of the story was, I would have told 23 you that we don't approve of Jerry Kane, don't claim to be "sovereign citizens", and are not anti-government. 24 3. You never intended for the complete, unbiased truth to come out. You probably didn't present to Brent Johnson what J.J. 25 McNab said about sovereigns, nor give him a chance to respond to it, nor engage the two of them in a televised or EQUAL 26 debate. You just wanted to SPIN a sensational story. 27 4. You wanted to connect us with people and philosophies that we clearly disdain who are violent, law breakers, and anti- 28 government. You can't advocate any of these things and be a member of sedm.org. Read the member agreement for yourself 29 and see: 30 http://sedm.org/Membership/MemberAgreement.htm 31 Hence, we were not the proper audience for your inquiry. 32 Our initial intuitions about bias in the media and press were confirmed by your actions and inactions, stealth in refusing to disclose 33 the nature of your investigation, and your avoidance of a complete and balanced inquiry that were mandated by the Nondisclosure 34 Agreement we sent you. When you realized that you couldn't involve us in a story that was spun in any particular direction because 35 of the agreement, you had to air the story without our participation, which turned out to be fortunate based on the content of the 36 story. 37 Your story didn't address the REAL reason behind the actions of so-called "sovereign citizens", which is corruption in the 38 government and a refusal of the media to expose it or the legal profession or the courts to prosecute and punish it. Recall that this 39 subject was the ONLY thing, along with the law, that we would discuss and which could have or would have balanced your story. [. 40 . .] 41 Hence, what you portrayed was not news based on facts, but policy and opinion portrayed as fact. That was the very thing we 42 criticized about Fox News to you and the very thing, the ONLY thing, you presented. 43 YOU are the reason things not only are lawless and hopeless in this country, but why they will continue to get worse: You aren't 44 interested in the facts or the law. All you want to do and all you DID do in your newscast was entertainment, not exposition or 45 muckraking. This is the same problem in the government, the courts, and the legal profession that is the origin of ALL of the 46 hostility of alleged "sovereign citizens" against all of these entities: Politicizing the legal profession and government and replacing 47 law with policy and franchises. Read about this FRAUD for yourself: 48
Path to Freedom 98 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Government Instituted Slavery Using Franchises, Form #05.030 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm On the other hand, if you want to do a REAL story on the corruption in the alleged government that is the origin of all the violence 1 and hate and anti-government behavior, then look at the extensive evidence portrayed at http://famguardian.org and 2 http://sedm.org on that subject, right from the government's own mouth and laws. 3 SHAME ON YOU. A place is reserved in hell for people like you. 4 9. About Membership 5 The only way God relates to those who are TRULY His people is through contracts and covenants. The entire Bible, in fact, 6 is nothing but a big contract, covenant, and trust indenture complete with case law to back it up. See: 7 Delegation of Authority Order from God to Christians, Form #13.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We operate just like God, in that you can only obtain our services and petition us for help is if you are party to a covenant 8 with the legal person you are asking for help from. That covenant is our Member Agreement, Form #01.001. You can 9 only earn and deserve our help and protection if you are able and willing to help and protect us by consenting 10 unconditionally and complying completely with our Member Agreement. Thats the Golden Rule found in Matt. 7:12 and 11 Luke 6:31: 12 1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 13 2. You can only deserve what you are willing to earn. 14 3. You will always reap what you sow. If you sow help you will reap it. 15 Membership in the Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM) is and always has been absolutely free. 16 Requirements for membership are found in our Member Agreement: 17 SEDM Member Agreement, Form #01.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm We caution that our Member Agreement requires that: 18 1. Anyone are free to read and obtain our materials and by doing so, they mandatorily become Members. 19 2. Anyone, including non-Members, may obtain or use the materials required to complete Steps 1 through 14 of this 20 section and by doing so they become Members. In addition, completing up to step 14 of this section makes them 21 Members in Good Standing. 22 3. All materials and services OTHER than our tax materials and services are available for use by any Member, 23 including those who have not completed steps 1 through 14 of this section. 24 4. Only those who are Members and who have completed up to step 14 of this section and thereby become Members in 25 Good Standing may use our tax services or materials other than those listed in this section in order to interact with 26 third parties in the government or the legal profession. 27 4.1. By use, we mean using them in your interactions with any third party, such as the state or federal governments, 28 financial institutions, employers, or the legal profession. 29 4.2. For a list of tax information and services, see section 2 of our Member Agreement, Form #01.001. 30 5. Non-Members are not authorized to use any of our materials or services, including our tax materials. 31 The above requirements are for the protection of you, us and the third parties who receive our materials and is intended to 32 prevent: 33 1. Either you or us from being discredited. 34 2. Abuses of our materials by those who are not qualified to use them or who have not taken all the steps necessary to 35 become legally qualified to lawfully use them. 36 3. Needlessly burdening innocent third parties with correspondence that is not only irrelevant, but possibly even false. 37 4. Violations of law by those using our materials. 38
Path to Freedom 99 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ If you bypass the Path to Freedom process described earlier in Section 2, do not become or intend to become a Member, 1 and jump right into USING materials or services OTHER than those necessary to become a Member, then you: 2 1. Become a Member in Bad Standing but still a Member subject to the terms of our Member Agreement, Form 3 #01.001. 4 2. Are still subject to the Copyright/Software/License Agreement covering all materials on this website. That agreement 5 is a subset of the Member Agreement and is found in section 5 of that agreement. It also appears in our Disclaimer: 6 http://sedm.org/disclaimer.htm 7 We do the above in order to ensure that we have recourse if people abuse our materials, bring reproach on us, or litigate 8 against either us or other members using our materials as evidence. The main audience this defensive measure is directed 9 against is the government, who has been famous in the past for misusing our materials in order to enjoin or penalize our 10 protected activities unlawfully. 11 Membership and all the information and forms needed to become a Member is absolutely free. Reading or obtaining 12 materials from our bookstore is optional and not considered mandatory or even essential in order to become a Member. 13 Our religious ministry is not some kind of scam or Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scheme to profit from anything, but 14 rather a sincere, unselfish effort to practice, renew, and enhance ones religious faith, to set people free, and to help them 15 defend their sovereignty from unethical, unlawful, and injurious encroachments, mostly by a corrupted government and 16 legal profession. We dont operate on commissions, use referrals of any kind, nor is it our goal to encourage or promote 17 any commercial arrangement whatsoever. We even tell you in section 5 of this document NOT to believe people who do 18 have a commercial motive. 19 "Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding." 20 [Prov. 23:23, Bible, NKJV] 21 Those who qualify to become members must meet the citizenship status found in items 3.1, 3.3, 4.3, or 4.5 of the following 22 page. 23
Path to Freedom 100 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Table 5: Citizenship status vs. Income tax status 1 # Citizenship status Place of birth Domicile Accepting tax treaty benefits? Defined in Tax Status under 26 U.S.C./Internal Revenue Code Citizen (defined in 26 CFR 1.1-1) Resident alien (defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(A), 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c )(3)(i) and 26 CFR 1.1-1(a)(2)(ii)) Nonresident alien INDIVIDUAL (defined in 26 CFR 1.1441- 1(c )(3)) Nonresident alien NON- individual (defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(B)) 1 U.S. citizen or Statutory U.S. citizen Anywherein America District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands NA 8 U.S.C. 1401; 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)(A) Yes (only pay incometax abroad with IRS Forms 1040/2555. See Cook v. Tait, 265 U.S. 47 (1924)) No No
No
2 U.S. national Anywherein America American Samoa; Swains Island; or abroad to U.S. national parents under 8 U.S.C. 1408(2) NA 8 U.S.C. 1408; 8 U.S.C. 1452 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)(B) No (see26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(B)) No Yes (seeIRS Form 1040NR for proof) No 3.1 national or statenational or Constitutional but not statutory citizen Anywherein America Stateof theUnion NA (ACTA agreement ) 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21); 8 U.S.C. 1452; 14th Amend., Section 1 No No No Yes 3.2 national or statenational or Constitutional but not statutory citizen Anywherein America Foreign country Yes 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21); 8 U.S.C. 1452; 14th Amend., Section 1 No No Yes No 3.3 national or statenational or Constitutional but not statutory citizen Anywherein America Foreign country No 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21); 8 U.S.C. 1452; 14th Amen., Section 1 No No No Yes 4.1 alien or Foreign national Foreign country Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands NA 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) No Yes No
No 4.2 alien or Foreign national Foreign country Stateof theUnion Yes 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) No No Yes No 4.3 alien or Foreign national Foreign country Stateof theUnion No 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) No No No Yes 4.4 alien or Foreign national Foreign country Foreign country Yes 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) No No Yes No 4.5 alien or Foreign national Foreign country Foreign country No 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) No No No Yes 2
Path to Freedom 101 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ NOTES: 1 1. A nonresident alien individual who has made an election under 26 U.S.C. 6013(g) and (h) to be treated as a resident alien is treated as a nonresident alien for the 2 purposes of withholding under I.R.C. Subtitle C but retains their status as a resident alien under Internal Revenue Code, Subtitle A. See 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c 3 )(3)(ii). 4 2. What turns a nonresident alien NON-individual into a nonresident alien individual is: 5 2.1. Being an alien and NOT a national AND 6 2.2. Meets one or more of the following two criteria found in 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c )(3)(ii): 7 2.2.1. Residence/domicile in a foreign country under the residence article of an income tax treaty and 26 CFR 301.7701(b)-7(a)(1). 8 2.2.2. Residence/domicile as an alien in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa as 9 determined under 26 CFR 301.7701(b)-1(d). 10 3. If you were born in a state of the Union and maintain a domicile there, then you are described in item3.1 of the table. 11 4. All taxpayers are aliens or nonresident aliens. You cannot be a citizen and a taxpayer at same time. The definition of individual found in 26 CFR 1.1441- 12 1(c )(3) does NOT include citizens. The only occasion where a citizen can also be an individual is when they are abroad under 26 U.S.C. 911 and interface 13 to the I.R.C. under a tax treaty with a foreign country as an alien pursuant to 26 CFR 301.7701(b)-7(a)(1) 14
Path to Freedom 102 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Figure 1: Federal Statutory Citizenship Statuses Diagram US 1 US 2 US 2 US 3 US 1 US 1 Defined in: 8 USC 1408 and 8 USC 1101(a)(22)(B) Domiciled in: -American Samoa -Swains Island Defined in: 8 USC 1401 and 8 USC 1101(a)(22)(A) Domiciled in: -District of Columbia -Territories belonging to US: Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Island, Northern Mariana Islands Statutory citizen & national Statutory nationals but not citizens Defined in: 8 USC 1101(a)(21) Amdmt XIV of Const. Law of Nations Domiciled in: Constitutional but not statutory State of the Union Constitutional Citizen/national "The term 'United States' may be used in any one of several senses. 1) It may be merely the name of a sovereign occupying the position analogous to that of other sovereigns in the family of nations. 2) It may designate the territory over which the sovereignty of the United States extends, or 3) it may be the collective name of the states which are united by and under the Constitution." [Numbering Added] [Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652, (1945)] US 1 - Context used in matters describing our sovereign country within the family of nations. US 2 - Context used to designate the territory over which the Federal Government is sovereign. US 3 - Context used regarding the sovereign states of the Union united by and under the Constitution. FEDERAL STATUTORY CITIZENSHIP STATUSES 1 8 USC 1101(a)(21)-national 2 8 USC 1401-citizen & national of the United States 2
3 8 USC 1101(a)(22)-national of the United States 2
4 8 USC 1408-national but not citizen of the United
States 2 at birth 5 8 USC 1452-non-citizen national 2 3 1 5 4 Rev. 9/16/09 5 1 and Describe those born within and domiciled within states of the Union. American Domiciled Abroad 5 1
Path to Freedom 103 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 10. About Us 1 Our mission is to fulfill the two Great Commandments spoken of by J esus: 2 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, 3 "Which is the first commandment of all?" 4 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
And you 5 shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the 6 first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment 7 greater than these." 8 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.
And to 9 love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as 10 oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 11 [Mark 12:28-33, Bible, NKJV] 12 We fulfill the above commandments by educating people about law and helping them obey and enforce it so as to help them 13 honor the two main requirements of the common law, which are: 14 1. Do not harm the equal rights of your neighbor. The term neighbor includes government, which is just an artificial 15 entity created by men. This is a fulfillment of the second Great Commandment above to love your neighbor as 16 yourself. 17 2. Honor all contracts and commitments you make. 18 Therefore, our mission, when you merge the requirements of Gods Law and Mans law is: 19 1. Do not harm the equal rights of your neighbor. The term neighbor includes government, which is just an artificial 20 entity created by men. This is a fulfillment of the second Great Commandment above to love your neighbor as 21 yourself. 22 2. Honor all contracts and commitments you make. 23 3. Enforce the requirement for consent in all interactions between everyone, including between any government or civil 24 ruler and the governed. Emphasize that the MAIN purpose of government is to prosecute those who injure others 25 without the consent of the injured: 26 Requirement for Consent, Form #05.003 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/Consent.pdf 4. Do not respect, subsidize, or cooperate with any effort to enforce or impute any more rights to a government or civil 27 ruler than the people individually themselves have. Otherwise, the first Great Commandment above has been violated 28 because idolatry and a state sponsored religion has been established. This is described in: 29 Socialism: The New American Civil Religion, Form #05.016 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/SocialismCivilReligion.pdf 5. Do not allow the government to make those protected, meaning citizens and residents, into a public officer, and 30 therefore to serve TWO masters, because this is not only idolatry, but a violation of the separation of powers between 31 what is public and what is private. 32 "No servant [or religious ministry or biological person] can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or 33 else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [government]." 34 [Luke 16:13, Bible, NKJV] 35 If you would like to learn more about us and our religious ministry, see the following resources on our website: 36 1. Ministry Introduction Course, Form #12.014-basic simplified introduction to what we do and why we do it 37 http://sedm.org/Ministry/AboutUs.htm 38 2. About Us Page 39 http://sedm.org/Ministry/AboutUs.htm 40 3. SEDM Articles of Mission, Form #01.004-describes our ministry in detail. 41 http://sedm.org/Ministry/SEDMArticlesPublic.pdf 42
Path to Freedom 104 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - detailed answers to the most frequently asked questions about us, our 1 information, and our services. 2 http://sedm.org/FAQs/FAQs.htm 3 5. Questions and Answers from Ministry Members to Ministry Staff-SEDM Forums 4 http://sedm.org/forums/index.php?showforum=44 5 6. Policy Document: Rebutted Arguments Against This Website, Form #08.011-rebuts common false arguments about our 6 ministry and our website. 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 7. What our Members are Saying About Us 9 http://sedm.org/Membership/Testimonials.htm 10 11. Applicability of our materials to those working in the government 11 If you work for the federal government or any state of the Union, you may be wondering whether we authorize the use of 12 our materials in your case. Our policy on this subject is summarized below: 13 1. Military personnel: If you are in the military, we regard you as a public officer and therefore a taxpayer if you are 14 an officer. 15 1.1. Those who are commissioned officers in the military may not use our tax materials in connection with their 16 government compensation. They may, however, use our materials in connection with their PRIVATE 17 compensation outside the government. 18 1.2. Those who are enlisted or non-commissioned officers (NCO) MAY use our materials in connection with both 19 their government and their private compensation. 20 2. Federal civil service personnel: 21 2.1. Those who have a GS grade in the federal government may use our tax materials in connection with both their 22 government compensation and their private compensation because we regard them as not occupying a public 23 office in the government. 24 2.2. Those who have positions in the federal Selective Service may not use our tax materials in connection with their 25 government compensation, because we regard them as public officers. 26 3. State civil service personnel: 27 3.1. Those holding elected or appointed civil office in the state government may not use our tax materials in connection 28 with their government compensation. 29 3.2. Those who are ordinary government workers we do not regard as public officers and therefore taxpayers. 30 If you would like to know more about this subject, we refer you to the following detailed references: 31 1. Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 32 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/WhyThiefOrPubOfficer.pdf 33 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 34 2. The Trade or Business Scam, Form #05.001, Section 14 35 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/TradeOrBusScam.pdf 36 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 37 3. Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020, Section 17: Taxable Income of Nonresident Aliens 38 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/NonresidentAlienPosition.pdf 39 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 40 12. In defense of the size and complexity of our website 41 Sometimes our readers complain about the size and complexity of our website with comments like the following: 42 As a new member who is overwhelmed with the amount of data to read and "master", my question is should one read and 43 COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND EVERY form and article in the documents on this website before submitting any document to the 44 parties in question? 45 Just the reading alone could take months if not years if you must master the concepts. 46 I understand that eternal vigilance is necessary to maintain ones freedom and I am very anxious to move on this information I am 47 learning on this website but I do not want to proceed unprepared and find myself in unfortunate circumstances. 48
Path to Freedom 105 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ I solicit any "advice" or opinion on my cautious procedure. 1 In response to such inquiries, we say the following. 2 You specifically asked for "advice". You are forewarned that our Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4, Items 4 3 and 6 and Section 1.1 forbid: 4 1. Either the GIVING OF or the ASKING FOR advice. 5 2. Offering promises or assurances of any kind about the effectiveness of our materials 6 3. You to construe anything on this website as "advice". 7 The ONLY source of "advice", in fact, that is consistent with our Member Agreement is YOUR OWN READING of what 8 the law actually says on the subject of inquiry, as is pointed out by our Member Agreement. Therefore, this response is 9 NOT "advice" as you call it and please DO NOT ever refer to anything available from this ministry as "advice" or rely on 10 anything but your own reading of the law as your basis for reasonable belief. 11 Your problem in following our materials is no different than that faced by compliant statutory "taxpayers" also. In order to 12 operate ONLY upon what the law actually says and thereby completely avoid all presumptions, statutory "taxpayers" have 13 to read: 14 1. 9,500 pages of Internal Revenue Code 15 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26.html 16 2. 20,000 pages of Treasury Regulations 17 http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html 18 3. 20,000 pages of Internal Revenue Manual 19 http://www.irs.gov/irm/index.html 20 4. Thousands of pages of IRS forms and publications. 21 http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html 22 5. Countless court rulings. 23 . . .which NO ONE we have met EVER does. Hence, even statutory "taxpayers" must therefore operate on "faith" for the 24 most part ALSO. This is covered in: 25 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/ReasonableBelief.pdf FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm What the corrupt de facto government has done, in fact, is use this franchise as a basis to establish its OWN competing 26 religion in violation of the First Amendment, and as described in: 27 Socialism: The New American Civil Religion, Form #05.016 DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/SocialismCivilReligion.pdf FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm At least with our approach: 28 1. The amount of materials one must learn to follow OUR procedure is FAR LESS than theirs. 29 2. We emphasize that you only need to learn enough about their law to show WHERE and WHY you are not subject to it. 30 Wouldn't you rather follow the SIMPLEST approach? And is there a reason that you apply a different standard to us than 31 you do to statutory "taxpayers"? The law makes us all entitled to equality of treatment and the foundation of all free 32 government and freedom itself is equal protection and equal treatment. 33 Central both to the idea of the rule of law and to our own Constitution's guarantee of equal protection is the principle that 34 government and each of its parts remain open on impartial terms to all who seek its assistance. "`Equal protection of the laws is 35 not achieved through indiscriminate imposition of inequalities.' " Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629, 635 (1950) (quoting Shelley 36 v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1, 22 (1948)). Respect for this principle explains why laws singling out a certain class of citizens for 37 disfavored legal status or general hardships are rare. A law declaring that in general it shall be more difficult for one group of 38
Path to Freedom 106 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ citizens than for all others to seek aid from the government is itself a denial of equal protection of the laws in the most literal 1 sense. "The guaranty of `equal protection of the laws 634*634 is a pledge of the protection of equal laws.' " Skinner v. 2 Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942) (quoting Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 369 (1886)). 3 [Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)] 4 Eternal vigilance implies a continuing and sincere effort to learn as much as one can about law and legal foundation behind 5 the materials on this website as one reasonably has time for. Attorneys, for instance, must undergo "continuing education of 6 the bar" of their state in order to be qualified to continue to hold their "license to practice law". That means turning off the 7 TV and spending a budgeted amount of time UNLEARNING all the lies the government told you in the public/government 8 school. That deprogramming can take as long as the original programming took. Be patient with yourself. It has taken us 9 that long. 10 The willful misrepresentation and misapplication of the Internal Revenue Code by a complicit and corrupted IRS is a 11 WAR. In war, one can never have too many weapons, and the ONLY weapon one has is evidence, law, and knowledge in 12 this war. We are not clairvoyant in predicting whether you are capable of waging a convincing war, and it is unreasonable 13 of you to expect that we can predict the future. But God commands Christians to resist evil to the best of their ability, or 14 else they are lukewarm Christians who He vomits out of his mouth. 15 1. "Fearing the Lord" is the essence of our faith. See Deut. 6:13, 24; Deut. 10:20. 16 2. To "fear the Lord" is to "hate evil" and oppose it. See Prov. 8:13. 17 3. Hating evil is the way we love and protect our neighbor, in fulfillment of the last six commandments of the ten 18 commandments. 19 All we can say is, do your best, keeping in mind that: 20 1. All tax crimes have willfulness as a prerequisite. 21 2. One cannot violate a law that one doesn't know about or which one has evidence in one's administrative record to prove 22 one is not subject to, which is what the steps in the Path to Freedom, Form #09.015 do. 23 3. One can only be sovereign if unless one agrees to: 24 3.1. Take complete, exclusive, and personal responsibility for yourself 25 3.2. Blame NO ONE for the consequences of their choices or actions. 26 3.3. Rely ONLY on what the courts say constitutes a reasonable source of belief about their responsibilities. That 27 means that you can't rely on any man and can rely ONLY on what the law actually says as a basis for determining 28 "willfulness". 29 Ignorance IS an excuse in tax crimes, but not in other crimes. That ought to be your first CLUE that the Internal Revenue 30 Code, Subtitles A through C is a civil franchise which activates and acquires the "force of law" by your consent, and that 31 so-called "crimes" are really just violations of the franchise agreement in which you consent to temporarily become 32 government property warehoused in a building called a jail. 33 Here is what God and the Supreme Court say our duties are in this circumstance: 34 "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts ... the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for 35 good men to do nothing [or to trust dishonest or deceitful public servants to do the right thing]." 36 [Edmund Burke] 37 "...the greatest menace to freedom is an inert [passive and uneducated] people [who refuse, as jurists and voters 38 and active citizens, to expose and punish evil in the government]" 39 [Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)] 40 "The violence of the wicked will destroy them [a free people] because they refuse to do justice [by exposing, rebuking, and 41 resisting, and punishing evil]." 42 [Prov. 21:7, Micah 6:8] 43 "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil [in the government] and he will flee from you." 44 [James 4:7, Bible, NKJV] 45 Unfortunately, all we can realistically offer you is the truth, law, information about the experiences of others, and the 46 inspiration of one's unfailing commitment to a just God. We are educators and servants, not leaders. We can't and won't and 47
Path to Freedom 107 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ are prohibited from offering you insurance or promises or guarantees of any kind. We are told as Christians to trust ONLY 1 the Lord and not any vain man or promise from a vain man such as us. You have to trust the Lord and you should trust no 2 other so promises would be meaningless anyway. That is the same thing God offers you. God even warns you that 3 following Him will come with a high price. And because we also follow God in this ministry, then those who follow our 4 materials are sure to be just as persecuted as God promised for the same reasons. 5 Look, I am sending you out as sheep among [government] wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves. But beware! 6 For you will be handed over to the [corrupted] courts [by licensed attorneys with a conflict of interest] and beaten in the 7 synagogues[501(c )(3) churches]. And you must stand trial before governors and kings [and federal judges, who are the equivalent 8 of modern-day Monarchs] because you are my followers. This will be your opportunity to tell them about meyes, to witness to the 9 world. When you are arrested [by the de-facto corporate government MAFIA because you threaten their organized crime ring], 10 dont worry about what to say in your defense, because you will be given the right words at the right time. For it wont be you 11 doing the talkingit will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 12 Brother will betray brother to death, fathers will betray their own children [by aborting them or selling them into federal slavery 13 by giving them Social Security Numbers, the "badge of allegiance to the Beast", and by falsely claiming they are "U.S. citizens" on 14 their tax returns], and children will rise against their parents [using Child Protective Services] and cause them to be killed [or 15 persecuted by a zealous state eager to justify its existence and expand its jurisdiction at the expense of our sovereignty and 16 Constitutional Rights]. And everyone [and especially misbehaving public DIS-servants] will hate you [and persecute you illegally 17 and unconstitutionally] because of your [exclusive] allegiance to me [God]. But those who endure [and expose the Truth] to the 18 end will be saved [and thereby prevent eternal harm at the price of temporary earthly discomfort]. When you are persecuted in 19 one town, flee to the next. I assure you that I, the Son of Man, will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel. 20 A student is not greater than the teacher. A [public] servant is not greater than the [Sovereign] master. The student [us] shares the 21 teachers [Jesus'] fate. The servant [believers and followers of God] shares the masters [Jesus'] fate. And since I, the master of the 22 household, have been called the prince of demons, how much more will it happen to you, the members of the household! But dont 23 be afraid of those [thieves and tyrants masquerading as "public servants"] who threaten you. For the time is coming when 24 everything will be revealed [and evil punished at the final judgment]; all that is secret will be made public. What I tell you now in 25 the darkness, shout [from websites like this one] abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ears, shout from the 26 housetops for all to hear [and on websites like this one that are outside of government jurisdiction]! 27 Dont be afraid of those who want to kill you. They can only kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear [and obey] only 28 God [and His laws, not the government's unless they are consistent with God's laws], who can destroy both soul and body in 29 hell. Not even a sparrow, worth only half a penny, can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your 30 head are all numbered. So dont be afraid; you are more valuable to himthan a whole flock of sparrows." 31 [J esus in Matt. 10:16-31, Bible, New Living Translation] 32 Our prayers are with you in your own fight. The extent of that fight and what you personally can and should accomplish 33 can only be decided by you as the sovereign based on your intimate knowledge of your own capabilities. 34 We're not trying to be mean and we are here because we care about you. We are blunt sometimes only because we are 35 trying to keep you out of trouble. 36 13. How come Congress cant just pass a law to make your sovereignty irrelevant and compel 37 you to comply? 38 A question we frequently get from our newest members is the following. We have answered the question in advance. 39 QUESTION: 40 I have been reading some of SEDM's materials for a few weeks. I have one question so far...If all the documented evidence 41 regarding establishing sovereignty is fact, and as of right now I beleive that to be true, why hasn't our (US DeFacto) 42 government simply closed these "loopholes" (enacted positive law) to establishing true sovereignty lawfully and thereby 43 "forced" everyone to be part of their system? 44 I'm quite sure I'm blatantly missing something here and my question is one of ignorance. However, given the 45 overwhelming amount of info on the site, I have yet to come across a satisfactory answer so I determined to go to the 46 source of the info. 47 Thank you for your patience. 48
Path to Freedom 108 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ ANSWER: 1 Very good question, and thanks for asking it and caring enough to continue your studies of our extensive and credible 2 research. The answer is quite simple. 3 1. The Declaration of Independence says ALL just authority to govern derives from the consent of those governed. In a 4 free country, no matter what, they have to get your consent and without it, you remain equal to them under the concept 5 of equal protection and therefore exempt from their edicts. 6 2. All civil law is and always has been described as a "social compact". All "compacts", in turn, are contracts. The 7 purpose of establishing government is to protect your right to both CONTRACT and NOT BE COMPELLED to 8 CONTRACT with EVERYONE and ANYONE. Hence, they cannot force the civil law upon you without your consent. 9 That is why you must have the status of "citizen" or "resident" in order for the civil law to be enforceable at all. 10 3. With or without the de facto government, involuntary servitude CONTINUES to be unconstitutional per the Thirteenth 11 Amendment. Even the legally ignorant sitting on a jury will recognize that and respond to it when a defendant invokes 12 it. 13 4. Under our system of common law ALL "persons" must be treated EQUALLY. The only way you can become 14 UNEQUAL is with your consent. That consent is usually procured fraudulently and unlawfully by offering franchises 15 where they are not authorized. If they had to explain that they have a constitutional duty to protect your right NOT to 16 consent, then no one would volunteer, so they hide it. Those who are EQUAL cannot be taxed or civilly governed. If 17 you can't personally tax your neighbor, then you can't create a mafia, call it "government", and delegate authority to 18 that mafia to institute a protection racket that taxes them without their consent. All powers of the government are 19 delegated to the government by the people. You can't delegate "sovereignty" that you don't have yourself. Hence, you 20 are equal to the largest most powerful government. Might does not make right nor does it make them superior to you in 21 any way. The minute they compel inequality by pointing a gun in your face, they: 22 4.1. Cease to be a de jure government. 23 4.2. Become a de facto government. 24 4.3. Become an organized crime mafia, where the "organizers" are the judges who protect the abuses. 25 4.4. Are engaging in money laundering. Theft is a crime and spending proceeds from theft is money laundering. 26 This is covered in: 27 Requirement for Consent, Form #05.003 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/Consent.pdf The only way around this problem is deception and presumption and omission by abusing words of art, which we have 28 shown is used extensively. That deception is explained in: 29 Meaning of the Words includes and including, Form #05.014 FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/MemLaw/Includes.pdf 14. Resources for Further Study 30 This section organizes sources of information useful in further researching the subjects covered in the introduction of this 31 pamphlet: 32 1. A thorough understanding of the concept of freedom, and liberty. 33 1.1. Philosophy of Liberty Presentation 34 http://sedm.org/LibertyU/PhilosophyOfLiberty.htm 35 1.2. Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government 36 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/ThomasJ efferson/jeffcont.htm 37 1.3. Famous Quotes About Rights and Liberty, Form #08.001 38 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 39 2. Basic understanding of law. 40 2.1. The Holy Bible. Source of ALL law. The books of Psalm and Proverbs are most useful. 41 http://biblegateway.com 42
Path to Freedom 109 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 2.2. Laws of the Bible, Form #13.001. Organizes the statutes and judgments of God from the Holy Bible by subject 1 area. Excellent. 2 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 3 2.3. Citizenship and Sovereignty Course, Form #12.001 4 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5 2.4. Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 and 4. 6 http://famguardian.org/Publications/GreatIRSHoax/GreatIRSHoax.htm 7 2.5. Law and Government Page, Family Guardian Website 8 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/LawAndGovt/LawAndGovt.htm 9 3. Basic understanding of how to do legal research. 10 3.1. SEDM Litigation Tools 11 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 12 3.2. Legal Research Sources, Family Guardian Website 13 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/LegalResrchSrc.htm 14 3.3. State Legal Resources, Family Guardian Website 15 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/LegalRef/StateLegalResources.htm 16 4. Computer skills, so that you can prepare administrative correspondence and legal pleadings. 17 4.1. Computers, Technology, and Information Security Page, Family Guardian 18 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Computers/Computers.htm 19 4.2. What to Do When the IRS Comes Knocking, Form #09.002. Section 2.4 describes how to secure your computer to 20 prevent inadvertent compromise of your private and personal information. 21 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22 4.3. Video Professor training disks on various software applications: 23 http://www.videoprofessor.com/ 24 4.4. Computer classes at your local college. 25 4.5. Help files that come with your computer programs. 26 5. A basic understanding of constitutionally protected rights so that they can recognize when they are being violated and 27 know what to do about it. 28 5.1. Enumeration of Inalienable Rights, Form #10.002 29 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 30 5.2. Know Your Rights and Citizenship Status, Form #10.009 31 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 32 6. An understanding of the tax codes and regulations. 33 6.1. Taxation Page, Family Guardian Website 34 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/taxes.htm 35 6.2. Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Chapters 3 and 5. 36 http://famguardian.org/Publications/GreatIRSHoax/GreatIRSHoax.htm 37 6.3. Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Cornell University 38 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ 39 6.4. IRS Humbug: IRS Weapons of Enslavement, Frank Kowalik; ISBN 0-9626552-0-1. This book is written in 40 storyteller fashion by a real-life victim of illegal IRS harassment and provides extensive and organized research 41 on the misrepresentation and illegal enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code of the IRS. THE BEST tax 42 honesty BOOK, OTHER THAN OURS, OF COURSE! Order from: 43 http://www.amazon.com/IRS-Humbug-Enslavement-Frank-Kowalik/dp/0962655201/sr=1- 44 1/qid=1171802281/ref=sr_1_1/103-8062287-0879808?ie=UTF8&s=books 45 6.5. Fundamental Nature of the Federal Income Tax, Form #05.035 46 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 47 7. A basic understanding of WHO you are in relation to the government, including your citizenship and domicile and all 48 the legal terms that describe it accurately. 49 7.1. Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Form #05.002 50 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 51 7.2. Why Domicile and Becoming a Taxpayer Require Your Consent, Family Guardian 52 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Remedies/DomicileBasisForTaxation.htm 53 7.3. Why You are a national, state national, and Constitutional but not Statutory Citizen, Form #05.006 54 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 55 7.4. Nonresident Alien Position, Form #05.020 56 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 57
Path to Freedom 110 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 7.5. Legal Basis for the Term Nonresident alien, Form #05.036 1 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2 7.6. Why Your Government is Either a Thief or You are a Public Officer for Income Tax Purposes, Form #05.008 3 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 4 8. Developing your critical thinking skills to the point where you know what questions are important to ask when you are 5 confronted by government employees in order to silence their ignorant presumptions about you. 6 8.1. Nontaxpayers Audit Defense Manual, Form #06.011 7 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 8 8.2. Presumption: Chief Weapon for Unlawfully Enlarging Federal Jurisdiction, Form #05.017 9 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 10 9. A basic understanding of the administrative remedies, forms, and procedures for defending your sovereignty and rights 11 available to SEDM Members. 12 9.1. SEDM Forms/Pubs 13 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 14 9.2. Notary Certificate of Dishonor Process, Form #09.014-how to get administrative judgments against others that 15 are enforceable in court 16 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 17 9.3. Sovereign Christian Marriage, Form #06.009-how to get married without a marriage license and thereby avoid 18 being a polygamist who also marries the government 19 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 20 9.4. Defending Your Right to Travel, Form #06.010-how to function without a drivers license 21 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 22 9.5. Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101-how to conduct your 23 withholding to properly reflect your sovereign nontaxpayer status 24 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 25 9.6. Lawfully Avoiding the Military Draft, Form #09.003-how to lawfully avoid the draft and draft registration 26 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 27 9.7. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Manual, Form #10.005-how to become sovereign 28 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 29 9.8. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004--how to become sovereign 30 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 31 9.9. Tax Fraud Prevention Manual, Form #06.008-how to avoid becoming a slave to the false and injurious 32 presumptions of others about your status as a taxpayer 33 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 34 10. A basic understanding of the administrative remedies, forms, and procedures for defending your sovereignty and rights 35 available to SEDM Members. 36 10.1. SEDM Litigation Tools 37 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 38 10.2. Civil Court Remedies for Sovereigns: Taxation, Litigation Tool #10.002-how to litigate civil tax matters 39 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 40 10.3. Responding to a Criminal Tax Indictment, Litigation Tool #10.004- how to defend yourself as a sui juris with no 41 licensed attorney against a criminal tax indictment 42 http://sedm.org/Litigation/LitIndex.htm 43 10.4. Unlicensed Practice of Law, Form #05.029-how to help others litigate without being prosecuted for unlicensed 44 practice of law 45 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 46 11. A basic understanding of how to navigate the SEDM Website. 47 http://sedm.org 48 12. A method to connect to like-minded men and women who share your concern so that you can have a support network 49 and share what you learn with others as you participate in the Ministry. 50 12.1. Taxation Area, Section 16.3, Family Guardian Website 51 http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/taxes.htm 52 12.2. Family Guardian Forums 53 http://famguardian.org/forums/ 54 12.3. SEDM Forums 55 http://sedm.org/forums/ 56
Path to Freedom 111 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 15. Legal Notice 1 We caution the reader that: 2 1. This publication should not be cited to sustain a reasonable belief. This is the same warning that the IRS places on its 3 publications and forms in Internal Revenue Manual 4.10.7.2.8. 4 "IRS Publications, issued by the National Office, explain the law in plain language for taxpayers and their advisors... While a good 5 source of general information, publications should not be cited to sustain a position." 6 [IRM 4.10.7.2.8 (05-14-1999)] 7 Our Disclaimer (see http://sedm.org/disclaimer.htm) statement says that under the concept of equal protection of the 8 law, we are also entitled to the same disclaimer as the IRS. Instead, readers are admonished to verify and question 9 absolutely everything appearing in this and every other document on this website, and to not trust anything except that 10 which they have personally verified for themselves to be accurate and truthful based on credible sources of good-faith 11 belief documented below: 12 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. The only source of reasonable, good faith belief and admissible, non-presumptive evidence is enacted positive law and 13 the rulings of the Supreme Court. The IRS Internal Revenue Manual, Section 4.10.7.2.9.8 admits that rulings of 14 federal courts below the Supreme Court may be applied only to the person who litigated the case and to no one else. 15 The legislative notes under 1 U.S.C. 204 states that the Internal Revenue Code is not positive law and is therefore 16 prima facie evidence of law. That means it is presumed to be the law but that presumption is rebuttable. 17 3. By reading, using, or obtaining this information or any information appearing on the Sovereignty Education and 18 Defense Ministry Website (http://sedm.org), the reader agrees to abide fully by our current Disclaimer and the 19 Copyright License Agreement appearing within it. 20 4. By reading or using our materials, readers and/or Members agree to take full and complete and exclusive responsibility 21 for any attempt to use any of the information appearing here. 22 5. It is not the intention of this or any other document written by or statement made by the author to encourage anyone to 23 do anything based on reading this publication other than get educated. Education is the ONLY purpose. 24 6. Readers are encouraged to obey all positive laws which apply within the jurisdiction where they are domiciled. We do 25 not question or challenge legitimate, Constitutional exercises of power by any public servant. 26 16. Contacting Us 27 Please do NOT contact us with questions about Family Guardian or any of the materials on that website. We are NOT part 28 of Family Guardian and are a separate ministry. As far as THIS website, you need not be a Member in order to: 29 1. Submit new research. 30 2. Bring errata in our materials to our attention. 31 3. Ask questions about our ministry. 32 4. Ask about whether you qualify for membership or the obligations or "benefits" of membership. 33 If your are contacting us for any other reason and especially for information about taxation or use of our tax information or 34 services, be advised that: 35 1. You must be an SEDM Member and consent unconditionally to our Member Agreement, Form #01.001 to contact us 36 and ask for help. Submitting a request through our Contact Us Page or our phone number constitutes constructive 37 consent to observe all the terms of said agreement and to become a Member of our religious fellowship. 38 2. If the question relates to your personal tax situation, you must participate in Member Subscriptions, which allows you 39 to ask questions. See: 40 http://sedm.org/Subscriptions.htm 41 3. Our Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4 says we cannot and do not provide legal advice or actionable, 42 factual speech. The only thing we can do is point you at educational materials published by the government which 43 constitute legal evidence consistent with the following: 44 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
Path to Freedom 112 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 16.1 Limitations upon our Ministry in interacting with the public 1 1. We ARE NOT a fish supplier or freedom supplier. We instead teach people HOW TO FISH 2 Fish for a man and you feed him for a day. Teach him HOW to fish, and you feed him for a LIFETIME. 3 [Chinese Proverb] 4 2. Please DO NOT contact us for any of the following: 5 2.1. To join your LinkedIn Network (http://www.linkedin.com/). WE ARENT INTERESTED. If you want to interact 6 with us, the FIRST place you should go is to our Member Forums (http://sedm.org/forums/) and avoid other 7 methods of interaction. 8 2.2. Help if you are not a member. We can only help members who consent unconditionally to our Member 9 Agreement. Membership is free. 10 2.3. Individual mentorship or fellowship. We would never get any work done if we sat around chatting all day with 11 people. 12 2.4. Legal or tax advice of any kind. The rendering of legal or tax advice is prohibited by our Member Agreement. 13 2.5. Value judgments or status determinations about you or any path you have taken or propose to take. This is 14 forbidden by our Member Agreement. We can educate you about the consequences of hypothetical and not actual 15 choices based on our reading of the law, but we cant and wont recommend or choose a specific path for you 16 based on your circumstances because that would undermine your sovereignty. 17 2.6. Promises or assurances about the effectiveness or success of using our materials or services. This is forbidden 18 by our Member Agreement because it places us in a position of conflict of interest and subjects us to liability for 19 your choices and actions. If you wouldnt ask a barber whether you need a haircut, then you shouldnt ask us 20 whether our materials are successful, right, factual, or appropriate for your specific circumstances. The 21 minute we make such a determination is the minute we are making decisions about your status, which is 22 prohibited by our Member Agreement. We encourage you to constantly verify the accuracy and authority of 23 everything available on our website with trustworthy sources OTHER than us. We dont, however, consent to or 24 want to become an insurance company for any of your choices or actions because that would simply undermine 25 your sovereignty. Sovereignty BEGINS with taking complete, exclusive, and personal responsibility for ALL of 26 your choices and actions. 27 2.7. Information about our own personal experiences using the materials available on our website. We value our 28 privacy highly and will not reveal ANY personal information about ourselves. We are a persecuted group 29 because of the violations of law that we expose by government actors, and answering all such questions would 30 simply facilitate further persecution. 31 We are far too busy going about our Fathers business (as J esus would say) to provide individual interaction to the 32 over 240,000 visitors a month who frequent us. Please respect our time and dont try to dump your problems on us 33 without at least trying to help us in return in some way. You must either learn to govern your own life using the 34 information and services we provide or you better get used to bending over for predators who are smarter than you. 35 Every minute you take away from us interacting personally with you hurts everyone, because it takes away time and 36 quality from research that is depended on by thousands. 37 3. Please avoid using our Contact Us page and instead post to our forums as indicated in the previous item. The Contact 38 Us page is ONLY for use as a last resort and when you use it, please scrupulously following the requirements at the 39 bottom of the Contact Us Page: 40 http://sedm.org/khxc/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=contact 41 4. If you need to interact with other third parties or you would like independent third party confirmation of the truths in 42 our ministry publications from people you trust, we recommend that you: 43 4.1. Visit our Member forums, which are free and open to all. http://sedm.org/forums/ 44 4.2. Visit the Member forums of the Family Guardian sister website, which are free and open to all. Go to 45 http://famguardian.org/forums/. 46 4.3. Start a local freedom group in your area so that you can mentor and help each other. If you cant find such people, 47 then post in our forums under Members Seeking Members. 48 5. You may NOT hire us or ask us to execute the steps to restore your sovereignty in this document. YOU must execute 49 the steps in this document PERSONALLY and YOURSELF. We do this because: 50 5.1. We dont want to reward, enable, or encourage laziness or irresponsibility on your part. Sovereignty BEGINS 51 with personal responsibility and self-governance. 52 5.2. You will never appreciate the value of anything that you didnt have to earn, and especially your freedom. 53
Path to Freedom 113 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 5.3. You will not have a basis to believe that what we are saying is true by studying and verifying it for yourself 1 through your own reading of the law. All tax crimes have willfulness as a prerequisite, which is based on YOUR 2 beliefs and the legally admissible evidence they are based upon, not upon what we tell you. See: 3 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5.4. Our Member Agreement forbids us from interacting with those who are public officers, franchisees, those in 4 government, or taxpayers and before you complete the steps in our Path to Freedom Section 2, the government 5 most of the time has legal evidence in their possession entitling them to at least presume, usually falsely we 6 might add, that you have one or more of these statuses. 7 6. If you arent willing to do enough of your homework to even read this pamphlet and impatiently contact us to ask or 8 beg to help you execute the steps to freedom, mentor you, or advise you in executing the steps to restore sovereignty in 9 Section 2, we are going to: 10 6.1. Tell you that you will never be free because you arent willing to exercise your due diligence, are lazy, and 11 irresponsible. 12 6.2. Tell you that you dont have enough self-confidence to be sovereign. Sovereigns dont ask for approval from 13 ANYONE for ANYTHING. Get out of slave mode or co-dependent mode or BEND OVER and go back to 14 your government cage on the federal plantation. These are your only two choices. 15 6.3. Tell you that you want insurance and someone to blame for your choices and actions, not information or 16 education. We will never put ourselves in a position where you can blame us for any of your choices and actions. 17 6.4. Think you are a government mole trying to discredit us and shut us down by violating our Member Agreement and 18 contacting us as a taxpayer or government instrumentality engaged in federal franchises. 19 7. Pretending to be stupid or incompetent so you have an excuse to be spoon fed will get you nowhere. Everyone who 20 does this will be directed to: 21 7.1. Follow our Path to Freedom, Form #09.015. 22 7.2. Learn the law as the Bible requires. 23 7.3. Go back to their cage on the federal plantation if they dont want to do the previous two steps because they need 24 and deserve a nanny government. Nanny governments are reserved for those who either cant or wont govern 25 their own lives according to Gods laws. 26 If we took any approach other than the above, we would not have the resources to inform and empower the largest 27 possible audience of RESPONSIBLE Americans. Ultimately we would waste most of our lives rewarding and 28 encouraging what essentially amounts to irresponsibility and laziness on your part. 29 8. Remember: 30 8.1. ONLY the educated are free. [Epicetus, Discourses] 31 8.2. The one who needs the legal education is YOU, not us. 32 8.3. If you have to ask or depend on anyone to make you free, then you are in fact a SLAVE. 33 9. The only thing that you can realistically PREVENT from being enslaved is your mind. Examples: 34 9.1. Victor Frankel. Read his book Man's Search for Meaning. 35 9.2. The Matrix movie. 36 10. You cant hire ANYONE to make you free or sovereign. It is a state of mind, not a state of body or something you 37 can simply buy or demand from others. 38 11. If you dont care enough to EARN your freedom like the Founding Fathers, then: 39 11.1. You wont get it 40 11.2. You NEED and DESERVE a nanny government to protect you from yourself, because you cant govern your 41 own life if you are not free 42 12. Dont expect ANYONE and especially us to care MORE than you do about your FREEDOM: 43 12.1. It is not possible to care more about your freedom than you do, because if we do that, we are only caring about 44 our values about freedom and not yours. 45 12.2. If YOU dont care, then neither do we and we wont do your work for you. 46 12.3. Freedom is NOT a spectator sport. 47 12.4. Only the vigilant are truly free. 48 13. If you do not believe in God, WE CANT AND WONT HELP YOU and you will NEVER be free: 49 13.1. The Declaration of Independence says YOUR rights come from the Creator, not from a Man 50 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator [not by the 51 government or us or a judge, but by their CREATOR] with certain unalienable Rights, 52 [Declaration of Independence] 53
Path to Freedom 114 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 13.2. If there is no Creator, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS. On this subject, the author of the above Declaration of 1 Independence said: 2 "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the 3 people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?" 4 [Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVIII, 1782. ME 2:227 ] 5 13.3. The Bible says on this subject: 6 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty [freedom]." 7 [2 Corinthians 3:17, Bible, NKJV] 8 13.4. Therefore, according to the Bible, where there IS no Lord, there IS no liberty. 9 13.5. When the people forget God, then tyrants forge their chains: 10 "It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains ..." 11 [Patrick Henry] 12 Those people who are not governed by GOD will be ruled by tyrants. 13 [William Penn (after which Pennsylvania was named)] 14 14. This attitude is NOT un-Christian, it is Gods approach to freedom in the Bible: 15 Turn at my [Gods] rebuke; 16 Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; 17 I will make my words known to you. 18 Because I have called and you refused, 19 I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 20 Because you disdained all my counsel, 21 And would have none of my rebuke, 22 I also will laugh at your calamity; 23 I will mock when your terror comes, 24 When your terror comes like a storm, 25 And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, 26 When distress and anguish come upon you. 27 Then they will call on me [God], but I will not answer; 28 They will seek me diligently [going to SEDM], but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge 30 And did not choose the fear of the LORD, 31 They would have none of my counsel 32 And despised my every rebuke. 33 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, 34 And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 35 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, 36 And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 37 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, 38 And will be secure, without fear of evil. 39 [Prov. 1:23-33, Bible, NKJV] 40 15. If you dont like this approach: 41 15.1. Youre not a Christian, trustee, or person within the protection contract or protection franchise called the Bible 42 15.2. You need to complain to The Man, not us! 43 16.2 Please exercise due diligence and do your homework BEFORE asking questions or asking for help 44 We meet people half way, we don't play nanny or parent or an uncompensated paralegal slave for them. We also don't 45 reward them for being too lazy or irresponsible to at least TRY to solve their own problems before they burden others for 46 help. 47 You shouldn't go the SEDM Forums or our Contact Us Page as a dumping ground for problems that you haven't even 48 begun to attempt to solve and have not expended any effort or research to solve. Sovereigns respect others and don't burden 49 them unless it is absolutely necessary, and only after they have expended every possible effort to ensure that they don't 50 burden or injure the EQUAL rights of others. That is what it means to be self-governing and self-supporting. All rights 51
Path to Freedom 115 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ come from responsibilities, and the FIRST responsibility one has is never to injure their neighbor, and that responsibility is 1 owed to God as one of the two Great Commandments. 2 The reason things are so screwed up in our country is because laziness and irresponsibility has become the norm, and most 3 Americans therefore must abuse their right to vote and serve on jury duty to empower evil rulers who institutionalize 4 government theft that subsidizes and rewards their idleness and irresponsibility. We don't need more of the same within our 5 ministry. 6 The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. If you don't exercise your mandatory due diligence BEFORE asking questions or 7 BEFORE commenting on our approach, you are guaranteed to piss us off and represent yourself not only as a person who is 8 not sovereign, but who is lazy, irresponsible, and presumptuous and not deserving of help. 9 "He who answers a matter before he hears it, 10 It is folly and shame to him." 11 [Prov. 18:13, Bible, NKJV] 12 There is an inverse relationship between the amount of work you expend to answer or resolve your own question or issue 13 and the amount of offense we have to helping you. The more of your own effort you expend in governing your own life 14 and answering your own questions before contacting us, the more likely we are to not only help you, but respect and admire 15 you. Those who must be spoon fed or force fed every step of the way toward freedom are lukewarm Christians who should 16 go back to their government cage on the federal plantation and leave us alone. Christ vomits them out of His mouth (Rev. 17 3:16) and so do we. The Bible also says such people need AND DESERVE a nanny government. 18 "The hand of the diligent will rule [be sovereign and govern themselves], But the lazy man will be put to forced labor. " 19 [Prov. 12:24, Bible, NKJV] 20 "Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in 21 the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest, how long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A 22 little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep--so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need 23 like an armed man." 24 [Prov. 6:6-11, Bible, NKJV] 25 "Turn at my [Gods] rebuke; 26 Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; 27 I will make my words known to you. 28 Because I have called and you refused, 29 I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 30 Because you disdained all my counsel, 31 And would have none of my rebuke, 32 I [God] also will laugh at your calamity; 33 I [God] will mock when your terror comes, 34 When your terror comes like a storm, 35 And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, 36 When distress and anguish come upon you. 37 Then they will call on me [God, or even God's servants such as us], but I will not answer; 38 They will seek me diligently [going to SEDM], but they will not find me. 39 Because they hated knowledge 40 And did not choose the fear of the LORD, 41 They would have none of my counsel 42 And despised my every rebuke. 43 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, 44 And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 45 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, 46 And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 47 But whoever listens to me [and KEEPS my commandments per John 14] will dwell safely, 48 And will be secure [protected], without fear of evil. 49 [Prov. 1:23-33, Bible, NKJV] 50 Remember: The purpose of this website is for YOU to learn and enforce the law, and NOT for: 51 1. Us to learn it. 52 2. Us to make a profitable business out of offering "insurance" to people who are too lazy or irresponsible to confront 53 their own problems. 54
Path to Freedom 116 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Those who want insurance instead of truth don't belong here. The only way you are going to learn the law, in turn, is by 1 having an incentive and reason to study it in order to solve a problem that matters to you personally. The only thing we do 2 by solving problems for you rather than you solving them yourself is to undermine the very purpose of this website. 3 You can only deserve what you are willing to give and earn. If you SOW indifference, irresponsibility, and lack of 4 commitment on your part, you can and most assuredly will REAP it and deserve it from us. That is the Golden Rule 5 spoken of by Jesus: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Anything worth having is worth earning, and we 6 will make sure you earn it if you expect our help. This is NOT "unchristian" or satanic, but simply God's own stated 7 approach to freedom in the Bible. 8 We sincerely believe that evil, covetous, and tyrannical rulers are God's chosen punishment for those who refuse to take 9 responsibility for governing themselves under His law. Who are we to interfere with that sovereign punishment by God 10 Himself and how can we do so without committing mutiny and blasphemy against His holy name? Read Delegation of 11 Authority Order from God to Christians, Form #13.007, Section 4.2.3 for exhaustive details on this subject. 12 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do 13 not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations [and be OVER them]". 14 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to 15 Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have rejected Me [God], that I should not reign over 16 them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this daywith 17 which they have forsaken Me and served other gods [Kings, in this case]so they are doing to you also [government becoming 18 idolatry]. Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king 19 who will reign over them." 20 So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king. And he said, This will be the behavior of the 21 king who will reign over you: He will take [STEAL] your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, 22 and some will run before his chariots. He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to 23 plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will take 24 [STEAL] your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. And he will take [STEAL] the best of your fields, your vineyards, 25 and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. He will take [STEAL] a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to 26 his officers and servants. And he will take [STEAL] your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your 27 donkeys, and put them to his work [as SLAVES]. He will take [STEAL] a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants 28 [SLAVES!]. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not 29 hear you in that day. 30 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may 31 be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles. 32 [1 Sam. 8:4-20, Bible, NKJV] 33 16.3 Sequence to help you find the answer to your question on your own BEFORE contacting us 34 We dont enjoy repeating ourselves if the answer is already on our website. We remind our readers and Members that only 35 the educated and vigilant are free. If you are lazy or you dont want to take as much of the responsibility for educating and 36 defending yourself as you possibly can, the Bible says you are headed for slavery and cant therefore be sovereign in any 37 sense of the word: 38 Liberty Means Responsibility. That's why most men dread it. 39 [George Bernard Shaw] 40 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy [or irresponsible] man will be put to forced labor [slavery!]. 41 [Prov. 12:24, Bible, NKJV] 42 "Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in 43 the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest, how long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A 44 little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep--so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need 45 like an armed man." 46 [Prov. 6:6-11, Bible, NKJV] 47 we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the 48 cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the headChrist. 49 [Eph. 4:14, Bible, NKJV] 50
Path to Freedom 117 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ BEFORE utilizing either our Member Forums and our Contact Us, please at least do the following to find the answer to 1 your question or problem. 2 1. Download, print, and read the entire Path to Freedom, Form #09.015. This is MANDATORY for all members. 3 2. If your question relates to using materials you obtained through our Ministry Bookstore, please visit the following and 4 look at help available on specific subjects. 5 Support Page http://sedm.org/Support/Support.htm 3. If your question relates to how to find something on the website our how to use the website, then please download and 6 watch the following video OFFLINE. Do not stream it directly from our website because you will over utilize our 7 precious bandwidth. This video is also available on the opening page (http://sedm.org) by clicking on "WEBSITE 8 VIDEO ORIENTATION" in big letters. The video answers just about every question you could have about how to use 9 the website. 10 WEBSITE VIDEO ORIENTATION http://famguardian1.org/Mirror/SEDM/Support/UsingWebsite/UsingSedmWebsite.wmv 4. Search our FAQs Page for the answer to the question, which has probably already been asked and answered previously. 11 http://sedm.org/FAQs/FAQs.htm 12 5. Search our FAQs section of our Member Forums. 13 http://sedm.org/forums/index.php?showforum=44 14 6. Search our Member Forums for the answer to the question, which has probably already been asked and answered 15 previously. You will need to sign up for an account in the upper right corner to post questions. 16 http://sedm.org/forums/ 17 7. Go to our Search Page and click on Subject Index for information about the topic you are interested in. 18 7.1. Search Page: http://sedm.org/Search/Search.htm 19 7.2. Subject Index: http://sedm.org/Search/SubjectIndex.htm 20 8. If you are faced with a specific situation that you have questions about, go to our Search Page and click on Situational 21 Index. This page arranges information on this page by situation. 22 8.1. Search Page: http://sedm.org/Search/Search.htm 23 8.2. Situational Index: http://sedm.org/LibertyU/SituationalRefs.htm 24 9. If you have questions about a particular subject area, you should go to Section 1.5 of the Forms/Pubs page, download 25 the relevant Memorandum of Law, and read it as a starting point for investigating the subject matter. 26 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 27 10. If you have questions about how to respond to a tax collection notice, go to one of the following pages: 28 10.1. Federal Response Letters 29 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/Federal/FedLetterAndNoticeIndex.htm 30 10.2. State Response Letters 31 http://sedm.org/SampleLetters/States/StateRespLtrIndex.htm 32 11. If none of the above resources answer your question, then and only then should you contact us with your question. We 33 prefer that you post your question to our Member Forums and NOT our Contact Us Page. 34 11.1. You must consent unconditionally to our Member Agreement before you can join the Member Forums to post 35 your question. See: 36 Member Agreement, Form #01.001 http://sedm.org/Membership/MemberAgreement.htm 11.2. The reason we insist that you post your question to the Member Forums instead of to our Contact Us Page is 37 because we want everyone to benefit from the answer, and not just you. Otherwise, we will have to keep re- 38 answering the same question over and over again, thus wasting our valuable time. If the answer appears in the 39 Member Forums or the FAQs, everyone can read it and therefore will not need to ask the question again. 40 11.3. By posting to the Member Forums rather than the Contact Us Page, you are more likely to get a diversity of 41 answers instead of our own view of things. This facilitates more thorough peer review instead of only our view 42 of things. 43 http://sedm.org/forums/ 44 11.4. The Contact Us Page is reserved primarily for contact relating to personal issues that would be inappropriate to 45 talk about in a public venue, such as Member Subscriptions. See: 46 Contact Us Page http://sedm.org/khxc/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=contact 12. After you locate the information that addresses your question, download and read the materials and do your best to 47 understand them. 48
Path to Freedom 118 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ ONLY AFTER you have executed all the above steps should you consider posting to our Member Forums for help, and 1 when you post, address the following issues in your question: 2 1. Indicate in your question what you have read so far on the subject matter. 3 2. Indicate how to improve our EXISTING materials on the subject to make them better at addressing your specific 4 concern. 5 3. Come up with the best proposed solution possible to your problem based on reading the materials available here. 6 4. Post the solution you propose WITH your question and ask for feedback on whether your proposed solution is the best 7 solution. 8 5. Ask for input on things you missed. 9 6. List all of the books you have read so far and all the people or organizations you have contacted to try to resolve this 10 problem, and their response. This helps understand the context for the question. 11 16.4 Contacting Us for Help 12 Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. 13 [George Bernard Shaw] 14 "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." 15 [Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey, 1816] 16 The following guidelines describe how to frame your questions or request for assistance when you contact us: 17 1. Dont contact us if all you want to do is whine and complain either about us, our materials, or your situation. People in 18 the freedom community tend to be opinionated and hypercritical almost to the point of being intolerable to be around 19 and we wont tolerate you if you act that way around us. If there is something you dont like, dont contact us to tell us 20 you dont like it, but rather contact us ONLY to tell us HOW to fix it to remove your issue. We need HELP, not more 21 critics. We are not your nanny or free paralegal, but your equal partner, which means you have to bring something to 22 the table if you want to engage us. 23 2. Please do not contact us for help unless you are a Member. Membership is free and all it requires is that you sign the 24 last page of our Member Agreement and fax the first and last page of our Member Agreement to us before contacting 25 us. See: 26 http://sedm.org/Membership/MemberAgreement.htm 27 3. If you intend to ask a question of us, please ensure that you phrase your question according to the standard protocol 28 identified in the next section. 29 4. Please FIRST consult our forums to get your questions answered BEFORE attempting to contact us. Participants in 30 our forums can answer most of your questions so that you wont need to contact us. Direct contact with us should be 31 your last resort. It is free to participate in our forums and that of the Family Guardian sister site. You can sign up in 32 the upper right corner of the following pages: 33 4.1. SEDM Forums: http://sedm.org/forums/ 34 4.2. Family Guardian Forums: http://famguardian.org 35 5. We are not a free legal reference service to help you avoid studying or learning the law. We get impatient with people 36 who want to pawn off all their legal work onto others without compensation and refuse to take responsibility for 37 fighting their own battles and governing their own lives. Hence please: 38 5.1. Ensure that you learn and study our free legal research and writing course so you will thoroughly understand how 39 to find legal authorities yourself: 40 Legal Research and Writing Techniques Course, Form #12.013 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 5.2. Do not clutter our forums with questions about authorities on a specific legal subject that you need. Instead, find 41 these authorities yourself using the extensive information we provide. You should watch our videos on how to 42 use our website in Support Page, Section 3, to learn how to become proficient finding legal information on our 43 website: 44 http://sedm.org/Support/Support.htm 45 5.3. Ensure that if you visit our forums to post your legal questions only as a LAST RESORT, AFTER you have 46 exercised your own due diligence and made every reasonable effort to answer you own legal question before 47 you call for help from others. And when you visit the forums, post a description of all of the legally admissible 48 law and evidence you have located so far that answers your question, and what you think the answer is. 49
Path to Freedom 119 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 5.4. Ensure that you contribute as many answers and solutions to us as you receive, unless of course you contribute 1 financially to us to make helping you possible. Otherwise, your emotional bank account will be overdrawn and 2 people will avoid you because you are a parasite that sucks on people. 3 6. If you make it a policy to regularly contribute your research in the forums on NEW subjects not already covered on the 4 website, and help other members in our forums, you are more likely to get your own questions answered and receive 5 the help you need not only from us, but from others as well. You can only deserve what you are willing to give. This 6 is the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If the only thing you ever do is post 7 questions and ask for help and never help anyone or post your research in our forums that helps us or other people, then 8 forum participants will avoid you and avoid helping you because they will perceive you as lazy and selfish. You will 9 RECEIVE no help because you GIVE no help and therefore you will sow exactly what you reap: NOTHING. We and 10 those in our member forums get very impatient with people who: 11 6.1. Are emotional, angry, blaming, or irrational. Our forums and our ministry are for people who keep their cool, 12 stay focused, and dont allow themselves to be controlled by their emotions. 13 6.2. Have purely commercial motives. These people are selfish and headed for HUGE trouble. 14 6.3. Show up at the eleventh hour when they have a personal emergency and then disappear forever and quit learning 15 after their personal emergency is handled. Even if these type of people are genuinely helped, they never return 16 the favor by hanging around after the emergency is handled to return the favor by helping others in our forums as 17 much as they were helped. These people are selfish procrastinators and it is sinful to reward their sin with help. 18 6.4. Are presumptuous and rely on people instead of their own reading of the law as the basis for their beliefs. The 19 U.S. Supreme Court has held that we are a society of law and not men, and hence, what men think or believe on 20 any subject is IRRELEVANT. We are interested ONLY in legally admissible evidence in forming beliefs about 21 anything. 22 6.5. Never intend to take any risks and want someone to hold their hand every step of the way. We tell these people to 23 go back to their cage on the federal plantation and lick the socialist hands that feed them because they need and 24 deserve a nanny government. 25 6.6. Have a merely academic interest in the subjects we teach but never intent to actually USE or APPLY the 26 information to their own life or situation. Some pastors call such people neck up Christians, who want grace 27 and entertainment at church but ultimately have no interest in being OBEDIENT to what Gods law or mans law 28 actually says or allows. We want DOERS, not TALKERS. Talk is cheap. These people dissipate valuable 29 energy of our ministry away from people who REALLY want to make a difference and DO something about it all 30 the evils we document: 31 "Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in 32 heaven." 33 [Jesus in Matt. 7:21, Bible, NKJV] 34 "But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and not do the things which I say?" 35 [Luke 6:46, Bible, NKJV] 36 "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it. 37 [Luke 8:21, Bible, NKJV] 38 "He who has [understands and learns] My commandments [laws in the Bible (OFFSITE LINK)] and keeps them, it is 39 he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." 40 [John 14:21, Bible, NKJV] 41 "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love [obedience to 42 God's Laws] abides in [and is a FIDUCIARY of] God, and God in him." 43 [1 John 4:16, Bible, NKJV] 44 "Now by this we know that we know Him [God], if we keep His commandments. He who says, "I know Him," and does not 45 keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is 46 perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him [His fiduciaries].
He who says he abides in Him [as a fiduciary] 47 ought himself also to walk just as He [Jesus] walked." 48 [1 John 2:3-6, Bible, NKJV] 49 7. You are reminded that our Member Forums and interactions with us are intended as a boot camp and a mock court for 50 people who want to develop the skill to litigate and argue their positions with evidence. You should have the goal of 51 eventually being able to think and act independently for yourself and wean yourself off of milk and the bottle and stand 52 on your own two feet, both legally and emotionally. Those acting in a sovereign capacity dont ask for permission or 53 approval from anyone and know what their rights are. Our Member Forums are: 54
Path to Freedom 120 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 7.1. Intended as a way to prepare you for a direct, face to face confrontation with black robed Satan worshippers 1 running the courts and within the legal profession who have no sense of morals, who operate on policies and 2 whims of judges and in many cases dont give a damn about what the law actually says. All litigation is an 3 adversarial axe fight, not an interchange between friendly neighbors. 4 7.2. Not intended as a place to vent emotions or engage in political discussions. The forums of the Family Guardian 5 sister website are better for that. 6 7.3. Not intended for people with a thin skin or seek approval or permission before they can think or act. 7 7.4. Intended to prepare you for safe sex with the ultimate RAPISTS running a corrupted criminal mafia pretending 8 to be a government, and which is actually a de facto government. See: 9 De Facto Government Scam, Form #05.043 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm At times, you may perceive the way we treat people as mean or even un-Christian (whatever THAT means), but rest 10 assured that what we say will be said and intended with love and your best interests in mind to wake you up to the 11 vicious reality you are dealing with so as to keep you out of harms way. Parents and employers do the same thing to 12 children and workers, respectively, while they are under their supervision and responsibility: Discipline them to keep 13 them and others from getting hurt, and they do so out of love and not malice. Psychologist Dr. J ames Dobson calls this 14 kind of treatment tough love, and it is needed to overcompensate for the anarchy and passivity being taught 15 throughout the rest of the culture: 16 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, 17 Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 18 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, 19 And scourges every son whom He receives. 20 [Hebrews 12:5-6, Bible, NKJV] 21 8. If you cant get your questions answered in the our Member Forums or that of the Family Guardian sister website, only 22 then may consider using our Contact Us Page to ask your question. Please DO NOT contact us via phone without first 23 trying forums and THEN our Contact Us Page. We only entertain phone contact as a last resort because it is so 24 resource and time intensive. The Contact Us Page is at: 25 http://sedm.org/khxc/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=contact 26 9. If you violate our policy by bypassing the Contact Us Page and decide to call us via phone or we call you, be advised 27 that: 28 9.1. You should have your signed Member Agreement ready to send via email (PDF attachment) before you call 29 preferably in Adobe Acrobat format so you can email it to us as an attachment. We may ask you for it before we 30 will entertain your questions. 31 9.2. We do not return calls to 800, 866, 877, or 900 prefix because they disclose our phone number. 32 9.3. The number you leave should have anonymous caller ID blocking TURNED OFF. We will not disable 33 anonymous calling and reveal our number when returning calls. 34 9.4. By speaking with us, you implicitly consent to telephonic recording of the conversation for quality assurance and 35 other purposes. 36 9.5. We do not consent to you recording the call, especially if you work for the government. Doing so makes you a 37 Member in Bad Standing 38 9.6. You may not put us on the speaker phone. We do not consent to a conference call and if we find out that more 39 than just you personally are on the other end, we will promptly hang up and never talk with you again. 40 9.7. We do not leave phone messages because we don't consent to recording of our voice. If you don't answer the 41 phone when we call, we will hang up, try again one more time, and then give up trying to contact you. 42 9.8. If you are calling us about an order, please have your order number ready. We won't provide help with anything 43 you can't prove that you ordered through our ministry bookstore, and especially in the case of those who are not 44 Members. 45 10. Your request for assistance should indicate the following minimum information or it may be ignored: 46 10.1. Whether you are a Member. 47 10.2. The specific steps that you have accomplished within section 2 of our Path to Freedom, Form #09.015. 48 10.3. If you seek a legal authority, whether you looked in the Legal Research Sources link on the top of the opening 49 page (http://sedm.org) of our website to locate the authority yourself before asking us to do it for you. All 50 Members are presumed to be able to do legal research, because this is foundational to being sovereign. 51 10.4. Whether you looked for the answer to your question in the following BEFORE contacting us and if not, why not. 52 10.4.1. FAQs page 53 10.4.2. Member Forums 54
Path to Freedom 121 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 10.4.3. Family Guardian Forums (OFFSITE LINK) 1 10.5. Exactly what sort of help you expect or require from us. 2 10.6. What level of donation, if any, you are prepared to provide for the privilege of demanding our services and 3 assistance. Please be specific and list the amount, rather than just saying "a modest donation". Or better yet, make 4 the donation by clicking here before contacting us. We do provide pro bono assistance on occasion, but we are 5 not equipped to do so for EVERYONE in this fellowship. The workman is worthy of his hire. Prov. 26:10, Matt. 6 10:10. Anything that is always free will always be over-utilized and abused. See FAQ 2.01 and 2.02 for 7 information on how to donate if you don't have a debit or credit card. 8 11. If you are contacting us for technical support of an item available through our Ministry Bookstore, please provide your 9 order number so that we may verify that you obtained the item properly. We don't support those who plagiarize or steal 10 our materials. You should keep your order confirmation email information available at all times and back it up so that 11 you will always have proof you obtained the item from our bookstore. 12 12. Please do not contact us to ask for promises or assurances or statistics on the effectiveness of our materials. All such 13 questions are answered by our FAQs, Section 0. Our Member Agreement, Form #01.001, Section 4 forbids us from 14 sharing opinions about the effectiveness of our materials or promoting or selling you anything and we don't have 15 statistics or assurances to offer. The goals of this website are educational, spiritual, and legal. We do not promise and 16 never have promised or guaranteed any result and especially commercial result through the use of our materials or 17 services. Our materials and services are not intended, recommended, or authorized for use as a "tax shelter", but rather 18 as a legal education and law enforcement tool. 19 13. We do not respond to requests to simply call people and talk, nor can you claim to be entitled to help simply because 20 something you found on this website didn't accomplish the result you sought. Our Member Agreement emphasizes and 21 we again emphasize here that our materials come with no guarantees and anyone who guarantees you any result, 22 including a lawful result, is a fool in a society where courts refuse to read, enforce, and obey the law as written in open 23 court. We also can't and won't be an insurance company, whether compensated or not, that indemnifies anyone from 24 exclusive responsibility for ensuring that their public servants obey the law. To do that would be to reward 25 irresponsibility and bad citizenship, which are the antithesis of what we stand for. With all due respect, we believe it's 26 hypocritical to claim to be sovereign on the one hand, and then to expect a nanny or even a compensated expert to 27 make one's decisions or to assume the risks and consequences for the decisions of others, namely yours. 28 14. We won't tolerate or cooperate with efforts by anyone to claim they are "entitled" to free help simply because 29 something they found on this website didn't accomplish the result they sought or expected. Our Member Agreement, 30 Form #01.001 emphasizes and we again emphasize here that our materials come with no guarantees and anyone who 31 guarantees you any result, including a lawful result, is a fool in a society where courts refuse to read, enforce, and obey 32 the law as written. We also can't and won't be an insurance company, whether compensated or not, that indemnifies 33 anyone from exclusive responsibility for ensuring that their public servants obey the law. To do that would be to 34 reward irresponsibility and bad citizenship, which are the antithesis of what we stand for. With all due respect, we 35 believe it's hypocritical to claim to be sovereign on the one hand, and then to expect a nanny or even a compensated 36 expert to make one's decisions or to assume the risks and consequences for the decisions of others, namely yours. 37 15. If you are contacting us about a state or federal tax response letter, please also have the letter or notice number ready to 38 give to us so we know what you are asking questions about and can promptly help you. 39 If you call us and leave a phone message, be advised that we do not return calls if: 40 1. You call to request information or a service that our About Us Page, Section 8, indicates that we aren't allowed to 41 provide. This is also a violation of our Member Agreement and we can't help you violate the Member Agreement. 42 2. You call to obtain legal advice. We do not give legal advice to anyone. 43 3. You are calling for anyone associated with the Family Guardian Website. They are a separate ministry and we are not 44 responsible for their offerings or answering their phone calls. Please instead use their Contact Us Page. 45 4. You call to ask if you can obtain our materials via mail or postal money order or you ask for our mailing address. We 46 DO NOT provide this service and we dont give our mailing address. See our FAQs, Questions 2.01 and 2.02 for 47 reasons. 48 5. The number you leave has anonymous call blocking turned on which would compel us to reveal our phone number in 49 order to get through to you. 50 6. The area code for the number you leave is 800, 866, 877, 888, or 900. 51 7. You do not specifically identify your full name, the purpose for your call, and whether you are a Member who consents 52 unconditionally to the Member Agreement. 53 8. When we call back, we get an answering machine. We will only talk to live people because we do not consent to voice 54 messages or any tape recording of our communication. 55
Path to Freedom 122 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Also be advised that if we call and you put us on a speaker phone or have multiple people on the line, we will hang up. We 1 do not consent to use of speakerphones or conference calls. 2 By contacting us at the phone number above or leaving a message to ask us to call you, you are implicitly consenting to 3 electronic telephone recording of all phone conversations if and only if you work for the government or are or will be a 4 witness or informant for the government in any legal proceeding involving us. You are also stipulating to admit any such 5 recordings into evidence in any such legal proceeding. Note that we do NOT consent to such recording on your part, except 6 by written, signed agreement provided by an officer or volunteer working for the ministry. 7 16.5 Guide to asking questions of us or in our member forums 8 "Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it." 9 [George Bernard Shaw] 10 "Freedom, liberty, and sovereignty are NOT spectator sports." 11 [SEDM] 12 "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance on EVERYONE'S part, not just OUR part." 13 [SEDM] 14 "You can only DESERVE or have a RIGHT to that which you are willing to GIVE and to EARN. That's a corollary to The Golden 15 Rule in Matt. 7:12: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is also a restatement of the requirement for equal 16 protection and equal treatment that is the foundation of American jurisprudence." 17 [SEDM] 18 "A person dependent on somebody else for everything from potatoes to opinions may declare that he is a free [SOVEREIGN] man, 19 and his government may issue a certificate granting him his freedom, but he will not be free. ... How can he be free if he can do 20 nothing for himself? ... Men are free precisely to the extent that they are equal to their own needs. The most able are the most free." 21 [Wendell Berry, "Discipline and Hope" in A Continuous Harmony (1972), p. 124] 22 Our ministry observes very stringent constraints relating to all its communications with its officers and Members and other 23 third parties. If you either attempt to contact us to ask a question using our Contact Us Page or intend to post a question 24 you may have to our Member Forums, you are required to strictly observe these guidelines or your communication will 25 either be ignored, flagged as a violation, or deleted. The purpose for these guidelines is to avoid and prevent the following: 26 1. Violating any part of our Member Agreement, Form #01.001. 27 2. The rendering of legal advice. Our Member Agreement strictly forbids us to give legal advice. 28 3. Creating the false appearance that we intend to violate any law and thereby make us the unjust and undeserving subject 29 of a criminal investigation or enforcement activity. 30 4. Misunderstandings caused by abuse of words of art. 31 5. Encouraging false presumptions by law enforcement personnel about the nature of our ministry, our members, or our 32 activities. 33 6. Undermining your sovereignty. The purpose of this website is to make you as empowered, self-sufficient, educated, 34 independent, and self governing in as many respects as possible. Those who intend to be sovereign and let someone 35 else run, or even suggest how to run, your life, nor can you or should you trust or rely on any person, ministry, or 36 statement of any third party. We are a society of law, not men, so you shouldnt rely on men or any creation of men. 37 The only thing you can or should rely on is legally admissible evidence published by the government and POSITIVE 38 law which you are subject to in making a decision about what to do. This is covered both in our member agreement 39 and also in the following document: 40 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 7. Giving anyone the opportunity or excuse to blame us for their choices or actions or the consequences of their choices 41 and actions. We are not an insurance company and we will not accept responsibility for anyone else, for ANY amount 42 of money. 43 8. Rewarding or encouraging laziness and irresponsibility, which are the opposite of being sovereign. 44 9. Making assurances or guarantees of any kind about the effectiveness or success of any of the information or services 45 we offer. 46 10. Holding us to a higher standard than the government itself. Their rules prohibit anyone relying on anything they say, 47 so we must do the same thing in order to be on an equal playing field. See our Disclaimer and the following for 48 details: 49
Path to Freedom 123 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Therefore, in all communications with us, any member of the ministry, or any third party about our ministry or the services 1 or information that it offers, the following rules for communication must be observed in asking questions: 2 1. If your question requires legal research, you should do your best to find the answer yourself FIRST before asking the 3 question, and 4 1.1. Post with your question your proposed answer and all the evidence supporting it. 5 1.2. Thoroughly explain and justify your proposed answer to your own question and invite others to critique and 6 improve it. 7 The reason for the above is to prevent people who are too lazy to do their own research from abusing and STEALING 8 the time and resources of others. Sovereignty BEGINS with taking complete, personal, and exclusive responsibility for 9 yourself to the fullest extent that you are able, and to help others only after they have demonstrated an EQUAL 10 commitment to the subject matter but are at an earlier stage of development in their committed self-progress. 11 2. You should state that you consent unconditionally to all present and future versions of our Member Agreement, Form 12 #01.001 and are a Member in Good Standing. 13 3. You must not ask a question that has already been asked and answered. Our website contains answers to hundreds of 14 questions that have been previously asked. Please carefully read and/or search these answers before contacting us. 15 You can read the answers at: 16 3.1. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): 17 http://sedm.org/FAQs/FAQs.htm 18 3.2. SEDM Forums, Forum #8: Questions and Answers from Members to Ministry Staff. You must become a 19 member of this separate fellowship before you can post to this forum: 20 http://sedm.org/forums/index.php?showforum=44 21 4. You must emphasize at the end of your question that you are not asking for legal advice. 22 5. You must ask for law and information that is pertinent to the HYPOTHETICAL and not REAL situation you describe 23 and not to YOUR situation. 24 6. You should seek more than one option in pursuing the course that you want to undertake, with the goal of deciding for 25 yourself based on the best information available, which is the best option. You can share your choice and the reasons 26 for your choice on our forums if you like. 27 7. If you refer to anyone other than us in your question, you have to refer to them as "a human being" or "a hypothetical 28 human being" who is a Member and not a statutory person, U.S. citizen, U.S. person, inhabitant, taxpayer, 29 etc. 30 8. You should avoid words of art or at least qualify their meaning when you use them. See the following for examples 31 of words of art: 32 8.1. Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004: Cites by Topic 33 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/FormsInstr-Cites.htm (OFFSITE LINK) 34 8.2. Great IRS Hoax, Form #11.302, Section 3.9.1: 35 http://famguardian.org/Publications/GreatIRSHoax/GreatIRSHoax.htm 36 9. You should avoid privileged words. See Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Online, Form #10.004, Instructions, 37 Step 2.6: 38 http://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Instructions/2.6WatchLanguageWithGovt.htm (OFFSITE LINK) 39 10. You should avoid all the following language in your question, all of which create the impression that you are seeking 40 legal advice: 41 10.1. You should not ask us to approve, sanction, or condone your choice. You can inform us of your choice and the 42 consequences of your choice, but you should not expect us to approve of or condone it. 43 10.2. You aren't allowed to personalize questions, refer to "I", or "me" or "my" in your question. Instead, use the 44 phrase a hypothetical sovereign in place of these words. The only pronoun you can use is "you" and be 45 referring to us. 46 10.3. You cannot use the words "should" or "must" in a question. That would constitute advice. Instead, you have to 47 use the word "may" or "might". 48 10.4. You should not ask us for our opinion on any subject. We dont share opinions. The only thing we will talk 49 about or want to talk about, both in person and in the forums, is WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS about 50 the subject you are discussing, whether the interested party is the proper subject of that law, and what kind of law 51 it is: Private/special law or public law. 52
Path to Freedom 124 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 11. You should not base your criteria for acceptance of any proposition based on OPINIONS of third parties. The only 1 thing you should post in the forums or provide as a basis for belief is evidence that satisfies the court rules of evidence 2 for the forum in question. Dont cite what your family member or friend says or even what your attorney says. WE 3 DONT CARE about OPINIONS of third parties, including anyone in the government or the IRS or even the legal 4 profession about a given subject. This is what the courts call political speech and it is NOT evidence. The reason 5 WE DONT CARE about opinions of third parties is because they are not admissible as evidence in any legal 6 proceeding, and we ONLY make decisions based on what the courts says constitutes legally admissible evidence on the 7 subject matter. Rather, please keep your discussion focused ONLY on WHAT THE LAW says or what a court says in 8 the jurisdiction one is referring to. The reasons are: 9 11.1. True constitutional courts cannot entertain political questions. An example of a political question is one 10 involving a religious belief or an opinion, even from an expert. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 610, religious 11 beliefs or opinions are not admissible as evidence. See: 12 Political Jurisdiction, Form #05.004 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 11.2. The U.S. Supreme Court has declared that we are a society of law, not men (Marbury v. Madison). Hence, the 13 OPINIONS of men are irrelevant and ONLY what the law actually says is relevant when interpreted using the 14 STRICT rules of statutory construction and interpretation. Even the law itself can be irrelevant if it is a private 15 law franchise and it is being cited against someone who is NOT the subject of the franchise. See: 16 Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability, Form #05.007 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 12. You should not ask any questions of the following nature: 17 12.1. Whats the best way to________. best is subjective and depends on what your goals are. 18 12.2. What works [or works best] to do___________. works is a subjective. 19 12.3. What is the most successful way to__________. Instead, ask for options to accomplish a task and you decide 20 what is best. The word successful is subjective. 21 13. The best way to rephrase questions is to use the following form: 22 What are some options that you would investigate if you were in the hypothetical situation described, which is not necessarily my 23 situation? 24 We emphasize some of the above in our Member Agreement, Form #01.001. Let us give you a few examples to illustrate: 25 The forbidden "advice" words are in red and the statement on the right removes them. 26 Table 6: Approved Methods for Asking Questions 27 # Bad way to ask the question Right way to ask the question. Reason 1 What should I do? 1. What would you do if you were in the hypothetical situation I just described? 2. What law and other information might be pertinent to a hypothetical person in the situation I just described? You can't personalize your questions because then the answers become legal advice. You can't use "should" or "must", nor can you use pronouns like "I", "Me", "My", etc. 2 I am going to. . . This hypothetical person might do. . . You can't personalize your questions because then the answers become legal advice. 3 The IRS told my employer. . . What if the IRS told a private employer. . . Only "public officers" have "employers". You can't be a Member and also be a "public officer". SeeFederal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #09.001 4 Is there anything else I should do? Is there anything that a person in the situation I described can study on this website that might help them? You need information to study, not advice. We aren't an insurance company and we can't act as your parent or legal representative. The most we can do is point you to law and other information that might be helpful and relevant, but we can't advise or insure or indemnify you against your own mistakes.
Path to Freedom 125 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Bad way to ask the question Right way to ask the question. Reason 5 Why should I trust or believe what you say or that it is factual or truthful? What law is consistent with what you just said? Where and how can I find that law so I can read it myself? The only reasonable basis for believing ANYTHING on this website is your own reading of the law, and not anything we or anyone else says, including government employees or publications. 6 1. How many people have been successful using this technique?
2. Will that "work"? Is what you just described completely consistent with what the law says? Where does the law say that? Why doesn't the IRS follow the law on this subject? "Success" and "work" are very subjective words and everyone has a different definition. We aren't allowed to share personal information about other members and we don't compile statistics on the success of the techniques and laws described on this website because each person has a different definition of success. We aren't an insurance company. All we can do is show you the law that is pertinent to help you live within its limitations, or to explain why that law is pertinent to a certain circumstance. One last very important point. Even if you follow the protocol for asking questions above, and successfully get your 1 questions answered, be advised that our Member Agreement, Form #01.001 says that you agree to take complete, exclusive, 2 and personal responsibility for all of your choices and that you aren't allowed to believe anything that anyone, including 3 either us or those in government, says. Instead, it says that you can ONLY rely upon your own reading of the law itself as a 4 reasonable basis for your belief. This is also covered in our memorandum of law Reasonable Belief About Income Tax 5 Liability, Form #05.007, which you should read. If you want to be a sovereign, then you must take exclusive and personal 6 responsibility for all your choices and actions. Sovereignty begins with personal responsibility. Therefore, if you are 7 harmed because you didn't do all your homework or didn't read all the relevant laws or more usually, because the 8 government didn't follow the law, then you are not allowed to blame us or transfer responsibility to us for that 9 consequence. It is human nature to try to blame or transfer responsibility to anyone but you for your own choices, but our 10 Member Agreement, Form #01.001 says you aren't allowed to victimize us in that way. This tendency is thoroughly 11 described in the article below: 12 The Unlimited Liability Universe (OFFSITE LINK) http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Spirituality/Articles/UnlimitedLiabilityUniverse.htm If you fail to abide by the rules or any part of the rules for asking questions documented herein, then: 13 1. Your offending post to the Member Forums will either be flagged as a violation, or deleted. 14 2. Your offending question will go ignored or rejected if it was submitted through our Contact Us Page. 15 3. The rules for interpreting the meaning of your words and statements shall be those that appear in the following: 16 3.1. Tax Form Attachment, Form #04.201, Section 4 17 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 18 3.2. Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship Records and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001, 19 Section 8.6.1 and following 20 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 21 4. You will be regarded as a careless, reckless, and presumptuous person who ultimately will be victimized by their sin 22 and who therefore will bring reproach upon us by carelessly or presumptuously using our materials in violation of the 23 Member Agreement protecting them. Hence, we will distance ourselves from you because of the harm or blame you 24 will inevitably bring to us for your own self-inflicted failures and omissions. 25 16.6 Things we CAN and CANT help you with 26 Below is a list of situations that we CANT help you with. Please dont contact us if you are in this situation. 27 # Situation Why We CANT help You Circumstances when we CAN help you 1 TAX WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING (requires Compliance Questionnaire, Section 16.7)
Path to Freedom 126 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Situation Why We CANT help You Circumstances when we CAN help you 1.1 My private financial institution or private employer is forcing me to get a Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number as a human being. I need your help prosecuting them because I dont qualify. If you didnt use our Form #06.002 to quit social security or our Form #04.401 to notify the company that their request is illegal, we cant help you. If you used our Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002 to quit social security and our Why It is Illegal for Me to Request or Use a Taxpayer Identification Number, Form #04.205 to notify the company that their request is illegal, and you have third party Certified Mail proof and a Certificate of Service that they were sent, we would be happy to help you. 1.2 My private employer wont accept my withholding document and I want help suing them in court because they are now STEALING from my pay. Not applicable If you have Certified Mail PROOF and a Certificate of Service that you submitted or New Hire Paperwork Attachment, Form #04.203 or AMENDED IRS Form W-8BEN and they REFUSED to honor it, then they are violating the law and we would be happy to help you litigate against the private employer. You must FIRST, however, complete the first sixteen steps of section 2 or else your walk wont match your talk. 1.3 You filed a W-4 or W-4 Exempt and they are levying your wages Youre a taxpayer and we cant help taxpayers. If you have Certified Mail PROOF and a Certificate of Service that you submitted or New Hire Paperwork Attachment, Form #04.203 or AMENDED IRS Form W-8BEN and they REFUSED to honor it, then they are levying illegally and we can help you because you dont earn wages and levy can only be on wages and not ALL EARNINGS. 1.4 Employer is levying your Social Security benefits Youre a taxpayer. Youre also in violation of our Member Agreement, which requires you to QUIT social security using Form #06.002. 26 U.S.C. 861(a)(8) and 26 U.S.C. 871(a)(3) say Social Security benefits are gross income, even for nonresident aliens not engaged in the trade or business franchise. It's THEIR money and they can keep as much of it as they want. None 2 INTERACTIONS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE TAX AGENCIES (requires Compliance Questionnaire, Section 16.7) 2.1 I want a statutory refund pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7422 and they wont give it to me. Youre a taxpayer. Only taxpayers can cite or use the protections of the I.R.C. in their defense. None 2.2 I want a non-statutory refund under equity as a nonresident alien not engaged in a trade or business for earnings ILLEGALLY withheld Not applicable All 2.3 I want to enjoin ILLEGAL collection action as a nontaxpayer If you havent followed our checklist in Section 2, youre a taxpayer. If you have followed our checklist in Section 2. 2.4 I need to respond to an IRS notice as a taxpayer Youre a taxpayer and we cant help taxpayers. None
Path to Freedom 127 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ # Situation Why We CANT help You Circumstances when we CAN help you 2.5 I got one of your response letters and later found out they are for nontaxpayers and I am a taxpayer. I need help modifying it to fit my circumstances. We cant help taxpayers. All response letters are non-refundable. Caveat emptor. Read our Response Letter FAQs BEFORE you get them. Your fault. None 2.6 I think the Internal Revenue Code is unconstitutional and I want your help to litigate that in court and/or notify the IRS and the government. Youre absolutely mistaken and you are a fool. Its perfectly constitutional. What is unconstitutional and unlawful is the way it is unlawfully enforced and misrepresented to the American public. You are headed for HUGE trouble and we want no part of it. None 3 RIGHT TO TRAVEL 3.1 You are being prosecuted for driving without a license Not applicable All cases. 3.2 You want to fight a traffic ticket. Not applicable All cases 4 MARRIAGE 4.1 We need help drafting a marriage contract that avoids a marriage license. Not applicable All cases. 4.2 We want to get married without a marriage license. See our Sovereign Christian Marriage, Form #06.009 5 LITIGATION 5.1 We need paralegal litigation support. Not applicable All cases. If you are an atheist, dont bother contacting us for ANYTHING. Theres a warm place reserved for you where the sun 1 doesnt shine. 2 16.7 Bringing errors in our publications to our attention 3 We welcome our readers and members to bring errors to our attention that they find in any of our publications. That is one 4 of the main reasons we make the documents available: peer review and error checking. Please, however, follow the 5 following guidance in doing so: 6 1. Please use the LATEST version of the document you want to correct errors from. Many readers use an older version, 7 and in many cases, the errors they are pointing out have already been fixed. This wastes our effort. If you want a list 8 of the revision history of all documents on our website to ensure that you have the latest version, please see: 9 SEDM Resource Revision History, Form #01.009 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. DO NOT report errors within a single document one at a time. We dont want to hear oopsI found another error. 10 Instead, read the WHOLE document at least once, compile a list of ALL of the errors, and submit the ENTIRE list all 11 at one time to us. This prevents us from having to go back and change our documents hundreds of times, which can be 12 very labor intensive. 13 3. The itemized list of ALL errors in a specific document should list the following minimum information for each error: 14 3.1. Version number or revision date of the document from the lower left corner of each page. 15 3.2. The page number. 16 3.3. The line number from the left margin of each page. 17 4. Submit your list of errors for the ENTIRE document to either of the two locations, where the forums are most 18 preferred: 19 4.1. The SEDM Forums, under forum #9.4: Errata. You will need a free account on the forums to post to the forums, 20 so please apply by clicking Register in the upper right corner: 21
Path to Freedom 128 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ http://sedm.org/forums/ 1 4.2. The Contact Us Page on the opening page of our website under Member Resources 2 http://sedm.org/khxc/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=contact 3 4
Path to Freedom 129 of 129 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 1 17. Compliance Questionnaire 2 The form beginning on the next page must be completed and either faxed or emailed to us if you are a Member who wishes 3 to obtain educational or assistance of counsel services from us as described in the previous section in connection with 4 ONLY tax matters. Any matter other than taxation does not require the submission of this form. 5 If the educational services you seek relate to taxation, our interactions must at all times limit themselves to only those years 6 in which you were in full and conscientious compliance with the terms of our Member Agreement. We cannot talk to you 7 about years in which you violated the Member Agreement and therefore were a Member in Bad Standing. We do this to 8 ensure that: 9 1. We dont help you violate the Member Agreement. 10 2. We dont interact with taxpayers. 11 3. We dont needlessly interfere with the enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code against its only lawful subject, which 12 is taxpayers. Anyone who either doesnt consent to or doesnt comply with or willfully violates our Member 13 Agreement is presumed to be a taxpayer who we cannot counsel or advise in the context of only tax matters. 14
Compliance Questionnaire 1 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE Please truthfully answer the questions below and either fax or email your answers to us prior to obtaining our services. Our fax number is 800-691-3518. Submit an inquiry to our Contact Us Page and ask us for our email address, and we will give it to you if you need it. We do not accept correspondence via postal mail. PERSONAL INFORMATION # Question Value 1 Complete Birthname (print legibly) 2 Current name (if changed name from birth name)
3 Complete Birthname (printed legibly) 4 Phone 5 Email address QUESTIONS # Question Answer(s) 1 MEMBER AGREEMENT 1.1 Do you consent unconditionally with the SEDM Member Agreement found at: http://sedm.org/Membership/MemberAgreement.pdf Yes No 1.2 When did you first send us your signed Member Agreement Date:____________ 1.3 How long have you been reading and studying the information available on SEDM? Years:___________ 1.4 Have you sent in either or both of the following two documents to the Social Security Administration as required by our Member Agreement? 1. Resignation of Compelled Social Security Trustee, Form #06.002 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm 2. SSA Form 521 Yes No 1.5 Have you sent in the following document to the Dept. of State and the Attorney General as required by our Member Agreement? Legal Notice of Change in Domicile/Citizenship and Divorce from the United States, Form #10.001 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Yes No 2 COMPLIANCE WITH PATH TO FREEDOM DOCUMENT 2.1 Are you following the procedures indicated in the Path to Freedom? Yes No 2.2 What is the last step within section 2 of the Path to Freedom document (form #09.015), which is the Basic Checklist, have you accomplished so far? (indicate step number) Step Number:________ 3 YOUR STATUS 3.1 Are you a taxpayer as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(14) or 26 U.S.C. 1313? Yes No 3.2 Are you a statutory U.S. citizen as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1401 or 26 CFR 1.1-1(c )? Yes No 3.3 Are you a statutory resident (alien) as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(A) Yes No 3.4 Are you a non-citizen national as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(21) and 8 U.S.C. 1452? Yes No 3.5 Are you a nonresident alien as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(b)(1)(B)? Yes No 3.6 Are you an individual as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(2) or 26 CFR 1.1441-1(c )(3)? Yes No 3.7 Do you have a domicile on federal territory Yes No 3.8 Are you a public officer within the U.S. Government? Yes No 3.9 Are you an employee as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105 or 26 U.S.C. 3401(c )? Yes No 3.10 Are you engaged in a trade or business, which is defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26) as the functions of a public office? Yes No 4 WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING
Compliance Questionnaire 2 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ 4.1 Which tax withholding form, if any, was filed by you for the tax years that you require our help with? Form W-4 Form W-8BEN Form W-8EXP Affidavit or custom form Other (please specify):__________ 4.2 Did you put a Taxpayer Identification Number or Social Security Number on the withholding or reporting documents you currently have in place, if any? Yes No 4.2 If the answer to the previous question is YES, why? See: About SSNs and TINs on Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm
4.4 Are you using the following document on our website to regulate your tax withholding and reporting? Federal and State Tax Withholding Options for Private Employers, Form #04.101 http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm Yes No 4.5 If the answer to the above question is NO, why not?
4.6 Have you attempted to educate your PRIVATE employer about the laws on withholding so that they dont withhold or report illegally? Yes No 4.7 Are you consistently and at least annually rebutting all information returns filed with your name on it as required by this document? (Information returns include IRS forms W-2, 1042-s, 1098, 1099, etc.) Yes No 4.8 If the answer to the previous question is NO, why not?
4.9 Did your private employer or business associate either threaten to fire or not hire you if you refused to file withholding documents that you know are not consistent with your wishes, false, or fraudulent? Yes No 4.10 If your answer to the previous question was YES, did you file a criminal complaint against the offending party or are you considering legal action against them? Yes No 5 SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE REQUIRED 5.1 What tax years do you require assistance with?
5.2 Did you rebut the information returns for the years that you require help with? Yes No 5.3 Among the above tax years, are you in full compliance with the SEDM Member Agreement? Yes No 5.4 Are you obtaining help from anyone else on the matters you require assistance with? Yes No 5.5 Have you litigated in court over any issue relating to taxes or sovereignty? Yes No 6 TERMS
Compliance Questionnaire 3 Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry, http://sedm.org Form 09.015, Rev. 4-19-2010 EXHIBIT:________ I agree: 1. Not use any of the educational information or services I obtain from the ministry for any unlawful purpose or as a tax shelter within the meaning of any tax law. 2. To take full, exclusive, and personal responsibility for all my choices and decisions and not to blame anyone, including SEDM or anyone associated with SEDM, for the consequences. 3. That I am not contacting SEDM to obtain legal or tax advice, but simply educational services. 4. That all communications with, to, or about SEDM or anyone associated with SEDM are subject to the terms of the SEDM Member Agreement. 5. That I do not work for any state or federal government, any law enforcement entity, and I agree not to act as a witness or informant for any such entity in the context of my interactions with SEDM. If I violate this requirement, I agree to act as the substitute defendant in any action directed against the ministry that involves any testimony about my interactions with any member or officer of SEDM. 6. That my main if not only motivation for using the materials on SEDM are to honor my God and obey His laws and that my motivations are in no way commercial. 7 AFFIRMATION I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of my state in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746(1) that the facts provided in this document are true, correct, and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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