Category: Community
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United Sovereigns of America
The United Sovereigns of America believe they can opt out of the legal system through paperwork and the right legal language. Ohio law enforcement says the movement is growing rapidly statewide.
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Ohio Freemen
“Common-law courts” have sprung up in at least 30 states, including Ohio, where a group called the Ohio Freemen has put the state’s chief justice on trial for treason. Law enforcement watches and waits.
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Montana Freemen
The Montana Freemen have declared their farm a sovereign township, issued millions in bogus financial documents, and placed bounties on local officials. Federal authorities watch from a distance, wary of another Waco.
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Hot Soup, Cheap Rye, and Homegrown Politics
At a Carbon County Republican Women’s meeting in November 1994, over cheap local wine, women who raise food and mine coal try to explain what the Republican revolution means to them — and where it might lead.
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Montana Farm Bureau Speech
A speech to the Montana Farm Bureau on the anger driving rural Montanans toward the antigovernment fringe — and the question of whether democratic institutions can respond before people conclude they can’t.