The Texas rancher was living his worst nightmare. He was embroiled in an income tax case with the federal government that was intent on foreclosing on his ranch, taking everything and leaving nothing due to unpaid liens.
The rancher’s effort to fight back turned the incident into a landmark case. On September 14, 2015, he filed a petition in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division Case No. 9:14-CV-138 that challenged the Constitutional authority of the feds to usurp the authority of the courts in Tyler County, Texas.
The United States had 14 days to respond, but remained silent, apparently the first and only time that the government failed to respond to a jurisdiction challenge.
The rancher was not dissuaded. On September 30, 2015, he filed a Demand for Dismissal. Again, there was no response. How can the worst nightmare become even worse? The rancher will likely answer that when the Federal Court in conjunction with the IRS is trying to illegally seize your property while ignoring your legal rights, this is about as bad as your nightmare can be.
All within the rights of the rancher, his petition claimed that the Federal Court lacked the territorial and personal jurisdiction in Tyler Country, Texas, and demanded a dismissal of the case. The text of the petition indicated that the law was on his side.
Read the next page to find out what happened to the Texas rancher and to the Constitutional rights of all Americans.
Grant Austin Dickey ever see this
There are so many things wrong with this article that I don’t know where to begin. While I am sympathetic to citizens fighting for their rights against authoritarian government and the unconscionable collection agent that is the IRS, the law is still the law, and the reality is that most citizens have no idea what jurisdiction they are even in when they fight the IRS.
But let’s start with the errors of the article. First, there’s no such thing as “Constitutional treason.” There is only treason, as defined by Article III, Sec. 3. Nothing in this case remotely resembles that limited description.
The article claims certain legal “rights” of the unidentified (there’s a red flag in and of itself) rancher, yet it does not specify actual jurisdiction or the nature of the “lien” (presumably a so-called “tax lien” pursuant Title 26, Sec 6331). When one appeals to the so-called “tax court,” that represents a voluntary petition, accepting jurisdiction of the court, just as a person voluntarily files for bankruptcy, thereby subjecting himself to the protection of the bankruptcy court. Once such a petition has been made by the party, he may not then subsequently deny the jurisdiction of that court.
If you speak in sign language what is that?
WE NEED TO HAVE POLITICIANS GET LICENSED JUST LIKE LAWYERS. THIS WAY THEY CAN BE REMOVED FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS.
We need protection from our federal government!!! This kind of illegal action cannot be allowed!!!! I don’t know if a Convention of States can help in this situation, but something needs to be done to reign in the government.
Government been doing constitutional treason forever gun laws driver license laws taxes and any type of social policy
Do you think you can make this any more confusing to understand?
Lots of overstepping and one little despot here or there affecting lives by doing their own interpretation…wrong
They do not need to abide by the constitution. We have been under martial law since March 6th, 1933. It was never rescinded.
The government just laughs when someone sues them since they have unlimited funds (your own tax dollars) and you don’t and you will go broke in the process