Category: Constitutional Violations

  • “Safety Plan” or Trap? How CPS Uses Fake Agreements to Strip Parental Rights

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson “They call it a safety plan. But it’s a weapon — and they don’t want you to know you can say no.” Child Protective Services (CPS) has mastered the art of coercion. They don’t need a warrant. They don’t need evidence. And most of the time, they don’t even go to…

  • How CPS Became a Multi-Billion Dollar Child Removal Business

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson “The greatest threat to your family may not be a criminal. It may be the agency that claims to protect your child.” That’s not a conspiracy theory — that’s a statement backed by data, statutes, and cold financial incentives. Child Protective Services (CPS) was sold to the public as a safety…

  • Fraud By Omission: How Courts Violate the Constitution by Withholding Truth About Consent

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson They Never Told You the Truth—Because the Whole System Rests on Your Ignorance If you’ve ever stepped foot into a courtroom, chances are no one explained that your participation—your silence, your compliance, even your respectful tone—was being interpreted as consent to the court’s jurisdiction. This is not a mistake. It’s not…

  • Why Court Orders Are Often Color of Law

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson How Most Court Rulings Violate Due Process, Jurisdiction, and the Constitution 1. What Is “Color of Law” and Why Does It Matter? “Color of law” refers to actions taken by government agents under the appearance of legal authority that have no lawful basis. Many court orders, especially from administrative and lower…

  • Property Tax and the Deed of Trust Scam

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson How the Government Uses Deceptive Contracts to Claim Ownership of Your Land 1. You Think You Own Your Land? Think Again. If you’re still paying property taxes on your land, you don’t own it—you’re renting it from the State. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s how the system was engineered. Through hidden…

  • Driver’s Licenses and the Commercial Trap of the Road

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson How the State Converts Your Right to Travel Into a Regulated Corporate Privilege 1. The Right to Travel Is Fundamental—But They Won’t Tell You That You have a constitutional right to travel. It’s one of the most basic liberties protected by the U.S. Supreme Court and rooted in common law for…

  • Why the IRS Can’t Touch You Without a Contract

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson Exposing the Jurisdictional Fraud Behind Income Tax Enforcement 1. The Grand Illusion: Taxation by Consent Most Americans believe they are required to file taxes, pay income tax, and report earnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The truth? The IRS has no lawful authority over individuals unless they have consented by…

  • U.S. Citizenship vs. State Citizenship – The Legal Trap of the 14th Amendment

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson How a Redefined Legal Status Stripped Americans of Their Sovereignty 1. The Citizenship Most Americans Never Consented To When the 14th Amendment was declared ratified in 1868, it introduced a new form of citizenship—“citizen of the United States”—that did not exist in the original Constitution. This change was far more than…

  • The Organic Act of 1871 and the Corporate Government Takeover

    How Congress Quietly Converted a Constitutional Republic Into a Private Municipal Corporation 1. The Silent Coup of 1871 If the 14th Amendment was the bait, the Organic Act of 1871 was the hook. Passed quietly and without national debate, this act transformed the governing structure of Washington, D.C. into a private municipal corporation under the…

  • Turning the 14th Amendment Fraud Into Your Legal Weapon – Part 2

    How to Reclaim Your Status, Challenge Jurisdiction, and Shatter Legal Presumptions 1. Reclaiming What Was Stolen: Status Is Everything The 14th Amendment created a second class of citizenship: “citizens of the United States.” This was not a clarification; it was a reclassification that placed Americans under federal jurisdiction as subjects of a municipal corporation. This…

  • The 14th Amendment Fraud: America’s Greatest Deception – Part 1

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson How a Wartime Scam Rewrote Freedom, Citizenship, and the Constitution 1. The Lie That Changed America Forever The 14th Amendment is hailed in modern law as a pillar of equality and civil rights. Yet few Americans know that it may be the most profound legal fraud in U.S. history. Behind its…

  • First Amendment Violations and How to Fight Back

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson The First Amendment isn’t a polite suggestion — it’s a binding command to government: Do. Not. Touch. our rights to speak, assemble, petition, or practice our beliefs. And yet, across the country, officials trample these rights daily. People get arrested for filming cops. Whistleblowers are silenced. Peaceful protests are broken up.…

  • What Is an Article I Court? And Why You’re Being Tried in One Without Knowing

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson You probably assumed that any judge in a black robe, sitting behind a bench, is a constitutional authority. You thought the courtroom itself was a place where your rights were supreme. But in over 80% of cases, you’re not in a constitutional court at all. You’re in what’s called an Article…

  • Why No Statute Applies Without Consent

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson The government wants you to believe that statutes are law — that they apply to everyone automatically, and that violating them makes you a criminal. But what they’ll never admit in open court is the one truth that dismantles their entire code-based system: No statute applies without your consent. This is…

  • The Right to Disassociate: Why Government Cannot Force You Into Its Corporate Contract

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson The Constitution protects the right to free speech, the right to religion, the right to due process. But there’s one right so powerful and so ignored that it unravels the entire corporate governance structure when properly invoked: The right to disassociate. If you have the right to freely associate with whatever…

  • Excessive Force and Fourth Amendment Violations

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson When law enforcement uses physical violence without legal justification, it isn’t just abuse—it’s a Fourth Amendment violation. Excessive force is one of the clearest and most damaging forms of misconduct under color of law, and courts have consistently ruled that officers who cross the constitutional line can and must be held…

  • The Magistrate Act: How You Were Tricked Into Corporate Court

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson Most Americans walk into court thinking they’re stepping into a legitimate judicial forum. A place where the Constitution rules, justice is blind, and their rights will be honored. But what if I told you that nearly every court proceeding you’ve ever seen or experienced wasn’t a judicial court at all, but…