Tag: Legal Presumption

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • HOW TO USE THE MAGISTRATE ACT TO REVERSE JURISDICTION

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson They never told you that magistrates only have power with your consent. They didn’t tell you that the entire magistrate court process is administrative, not constitutional. And they definitely didn’t tell you that the original Magistrate Act of 1974 required the court to inform you of your right to withhold that…

  • HOW TO USE THE CLEARFIELD DOCTRINE TO EXPOSE GOVERNMENT FRAUD

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson There’s a doctrine most attorneys don’t talk about—and most judges hope you never find out. It’s called the Clearfield Doctrine, and it blows a hole through nearly every act taken by the government in a commercial capacity. The truth is, when government agencies act as corporations, they lose their immunity and…

  • You Never Consented: Why Silence Is Not a Contract in Court

    By: Joel Stephen Mattson Most people believe that by simply showing up to court, they’re complying with a lawful process. But what they don’t realize is that just stepping into the courtroom—especially an Article I court—is being interpreted as consent to that court’s jurisdiction. Not because you agreed in writing, not because you signed a…