In reviewing sovereign citizen court records this week, I learned of the case of a man who is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. In this particular court hearing, the defendant told the court that he is a natural born American Moorish sovereign national and attempted to invoke his right to “consul” jurisdiction. He notified the court that he no longer wishes to use his attorney.
As naturally follows, he also argued that the court lacks jurisdiction over him. He presented documents to the court which were signed by another individual who calls herself the “wasir” and “consul” for the defendant.
The court noted that “the Moorish nation has not been recognized as a sovereign state by the United States… Moors are not sovereign citizens and have no immunity from United States law… Many [Moors] argue, without any basis in fact, that as a result of eighteenth-century treaties the United States has no jurisdiction over its Moorish inhabitants . . . [Defendant] may be a Moor but—we emphasize, in the hope of staving off future such frivolous litigation—he is not a sovereign citizen. He is a U.S. citizen and therefore unlike foreign diplomats has no immunity from U.S. law.”
The court cautioned the defendant about proceeding pro se and has scheduled another hearing for mid-December.
I will post more information when it becomes available.