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.
Michael Walsh, educate yourself, federal government cannot own land! They manage the land for the taxpayers, nothing more!
This article gives no names and no citations so it’s truth can be checked. I would be most interested in reading the actual documents, but am prevented, probably intentionally, from discovering the true facts. Those who have responded, no doubt are good people, and great Americans, but I was taught to first know what I am talking about before proceeding, and I know they were also taught the same. No matter how disgusted we may be, I think we should first explore, which this article prevents, rather than encouraging, and therefore, to me is worthy of condemnation. Others will have to decide for themselves how they proceed.
Amen
Dottie Stough….and Obama is not a citizen and has committed treason. Know Hilliary is a criminal. Both should be in jail. Educate yoursekf, ignorance showing
Stories like this make you just want to throw up your arms in surrender. I mean what’s the point in slaving your life away so you can buy some land and build your dream home on it if at any moment the government can come in and take it?
Now I see how wise and correct our Founding Fathers were when they crafted the phrase “…..life, liberty, and property” but property was dropped and pursuit of happiness was put in its place. It seems our Founding Fathers foresaw the avarice of the Federal government and wished to make the idea of property sacrosanct.
Ron Campbell so, if a state makes a law that violates the US constitution, the Supreme Court should t be involved?
I thought that was a part of their job.
Eddie Venatta it’s one of those things the constitution does not cover and to say it is insanity. Rights are not given by anyone
I always think it’s funny when people talk about King George being a tyrant. By the time we had the Revolutionary War the King had very little power. Our issue was Parliament
The federal government has two places to get power. Land. And Labor. IRS, labor laws etc. Enslave your labor and land laws like EPA, Endangered species, etc enslave the land. All these agencies including the IRS regularly break laws and federal courts with mad Dog prosecutors push the federal goals..
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