On March 2nd, Mandie Rose, Republic citizen and close friend of ours, with the help of John Ainsworth, challenged the jurisdiction of the court in a seatbelt violation case. We sent out a notice in the Carolina Liberty newsletter encouraging others to attend stating that “if the courts can prove lawful jurisdiction, only then will Mandie recognize their authority in the case.”

Here’s what happened…

State of North Carolina v. Amanda Lea Rose

YESTERDAY, March 2nd at 9AM, John Ainsworth, Mandie (Amanda Lea Rose, Respondent), and my wife Sara and I were in District courtroom 1A at the Forsyth County Hall of Justice. Mandie was there by special appearance as a citizen of NCAR (North-Carolina American Republic) to challenge the jurisdiction of the court. The charge was a seat belt violation.

Mandie was number 103 out of 135 on the docket, so we knew we would probably be there for a while. Furthermore, with all of the paperwork Mandie had filed beforehand and seeing as how she was arguing jurisdiction and not simply pleading guilty or not guilty like many folks in the room, we figured there was a good chance they would make us wait until everyone else was gone.

Many people had lawyers. Those who wished to go ahead and enter a guilty plea were asked to form a line for immediate payment to the cashiers. This emptied the court room significantly. Those who remained were called up one by one. The fleecing continued. Lawyers or not, most folks in the room paid some sort of fine or fee.

We continued waiting, watching the crowd dwindle down to about one or two people. Around 11:35 AM, Mandie’s name was called. She started to make her way up to the front, but before she could even cross the bar the DA uttered “motion for voluntary dismissal.” He tells Mandie she can go, and then looks at the three of us sitting there and asks us if we’re with her. We nod and all leave the courtroom together with big goofy smiles on our faces.

On the way out, I look at John and say something like “So that’s it?” It’s one thing to hear John talk about his experiences in court, but it’s another thing to actually see something like this happen. Mandie didn’t pay a single dime to the court yesterday.

Excerpt from Mandie’s Facebook:

“It was really like a cattle call – everyone pleading guilty, or paying a lawyer to do the same. I was the only [one] who didn’t plead guilty – I plead Pre-Arraignment Challenge of Jurisdiction, and unload the paperwork on the DA. He asked if I wanted the judge to hear it, or set a court date. I asked for the judge to hear it. He waited until I was the very last person, and dismissed without calling me up. The state just can’t prove they are lawful, and until they do, they won’t convict a citizen of the de-jure state.”

Mandie can be reached on her Facebook page.

Those interested in becoming citizens or running for office in the North-Carolina American Republic are encouraged to attend the next meeting of the NCAR on March 13, 2010, 1 PM at:

Golden Corral
120 Gallery Center Drive
Mooresville, NC 28117-6307

Just a reminder here that this Friday evening begins the two day session of “Restore Our REPUBLICS!” by John Ainsworth. Friday is an integral part of this weekend’s seminar, and you don’t want to miss it! On Friday, John will be laying the foundation, and this information will not be repeated on Saturday. Therefore if you miss it, you miss half the seminar. We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Maggie Valley on Friday, February 26, 2010!

Ready for THE REMEDY? “Restore Our REPUBLICS!” A Seminar with John Ainsworth Maggie Valley, NC Feb 26th 7-9PM: 2-hour primer Feb 27th 10AM-5PM: seminar For more information, directions and dinner reservation info, visit: NorthCarolinaRepublic.info PRINT THE FLYER READ MORE ABOUT JOHN

Ready for THE REMEDY? “Restore Our REPUBLICS!” A Seminar with John Ainsworth Maggie Valley, NC Feb 26th 7-9PM: 2-hour primer Feb 27th 10AM-5PM: seminar For more information, directions and dinner reservation info, visit: NorthCarolinaRepublic.info PRINT THE FLYER

Abortion, gay rights, religious freedom, taxes, debt, excessive spending, healthcare reform, republicans vs. democrats, unconstitutional actions. The list grows longer and longer. While we’re busy cutting off one branch, two more spring up in another location. But what if all of these branches could be traced to a single root cause? Wouldn’t it be better for us to hack at the root and have all of the branches die off for lack of support?

The Root:
A Government of Military Persuasion.

It is a little known fact that the government of North Carolina which most of us know about was put into place by military order. Military order number 120 to be exact. Through the Reconstruction Acts and the forced amending of the Constitution, a military coup took place during the time period of 1867-1868 to put into place the government of North Carolina which is operating today.

Prior to Reconstruction, states were OVER the federal government. This is how it was designed by the founders and apparently it worked quite well. However, during Reconstruction congress anulled the state of North Carolina and put into place a new body politic, a new form of voting and a new Constitution, all foreign to our organic law. Contrary to the wishes of the founders and what is allowed by the Constitution, this was not a government of consent by the people, but a government of fraud, coercion and force.
This same government is in power today. Because of what happened during Reconstruction, states are now under total control by the Federal government. No longer do we have North Carolina citizens, but now we are all U.S. Citizens subject to the wishes of the Federal government. In fact, the majority of us agree and confirm to being U.S. Citizens when we sign our voter’s registration! Prior to Reconstruction the Federal government had NO CONTROL OR AUTHORITY over the lives and property of the people of the several states. In fact, there were only a handful of activities which the federal government was granted authority in this area. However, today we see a total invasion of the Federal government in nearly every aspect of our lives.

The Remedy:
Recognize LAWFUL State Government.

“In order to claim your rights as a state citizen, you must BE one.”

John Ainsworth has been studying for over 19 years and has been involved in over eight court cases fighting for the rights of the state citizen. In 1997, Ainsworth and several others legally re-established the de jure (lawful) state of North Carolina. This re-established state was entitled the North Carolina American Republic, or NCAR. The de jure state government has been in operation since that time and currently convenes on a monthly basis.
Ainsworth, currently the governor of the re-established republic, is looking now for candidates to run for office in the re-established de jure state of North Carolina. “We need every county represented. More people are also needed to be state citizens. The concept is to once again become the body politic which was lawfully put into place prior to reconstruction. If we can do this and the current government wants to crush us, it would be an act of treason.”

To many of us this method would sound a bit extreme, however the legal argument is sound and so far the state has refused to touch it. This is good in the sense that the rights of state citizens can still be fought for; but bad in the sense that the current state government of North Carolina refuses to prove its lawfulness. Ainsworth is hopeful that with increased numbers, the cause will be successful. “To put it simply, it’s just a matter of people obeying the law — the true law, not the government put into place by military force.”
John Ainsworth’s Raleigh Town Hall presentation is currently available online in a series of nine YouTube videos. Watch the videos here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Town Hall Meeting: “A Call to Action”
Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University • Winston Salem, NC
February 3, 2010 • 7-9PM
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“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

-Henry David Thoreau

And therein lies the crux of the disease that plagues this “Liberty Movement”. Thousands stand on the sidelines extolling the virtues of this or that political candidate, carrying around a well-worn soap box that they stand on to proudly denigrate the opposing party. Meanwhile, hundreds of others quibble over taxes, health care, cap and trade, and a smattering of other issues espoused by our federal government.

Have you grown weary in ‘fighting the good fight’? Do you feel futile in your efforts, and powerless over the ever-expanding cracks in the dam? Are you tired of hacking at branches?

On January 12th, 2010, John Ainsworth will continue a six part series on restoring our Constitutional Government. Covering such topics as, “Why the Constitution No Longer Protects Us” which delves into why our Constitution no longer protects our God-given rights, and what we can do to restore the purpose and intention of our country’s most essential document. This will be followed by “Foundation, Revolution and Counter Revolution” in which John will discuss the basic principles our nation was founded upon, the revolution that overthrew them, and the counter revolution we must have in order to restore them! This exciting series will shed light on what MUST be done to strike at the root, and will further equip you with the proper tools and knowledge to do so.

The series will kick off in Charlotte, NC (the exact location is to be announced), to be held bi-weekly on Tuesday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Full details on the topics, dates, and locations can be found on the CarolinaLiberty.com calendar. There will be an identical series that will be starting in the Triad (Winston-Salem/Greensboro) area – so stay tuned!!

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

- Patrick Henry

What if you headed to the grocery store one day to find there was no food? What if you headed to the ATM to find out that all banks had closed and you couldn’t get any money? These scenarios may sound outlandish; however, to those who realize among other things that debt is NOT an asset, that valueless paper money is an abomination (Proverbs 20:10) and that the current political process is corrupt down to its roots, we see that things cannot continue like they have for too much longer. The question is not if, but when.

Part of being prepared is to know what is going on around you and to be informed. There are multiple sources currently speaking of mandatory flu vaccinations, bank holidays, FEMA training and other such events which, if enforced, could lead to panic and disorder. As with any news, you should use your own judgement. However, we recommend doing your own research into these topics, judge for yourself and prepare accordingly.

On July 11th, we held our Committees of Safety seminar. There we learned the basics of being ready for any event. We learned about food storage, livestock, emergency energy, natural and herbal remedies, security of the political process and firearms. We have posted audio from that seminar and we urge you to take a listen, follow through with your own preparations, and discuss these plans with your closest friends and family so that you can develop a plan in case of an emergency. Remember! Preparedness is a lifestyle. So get prepared!

For those who choose to “err on the side of caution”, we’ve prepared an emergency checklist to get you started. Feel free to print this list and pass it along to your friends and loved ones.

Download the emergency checklist here.

Update 8/17/09: Our emergency checklist PDF now includes a BONUS list from Republic magazine! Click the download link above to re-download the PDF. Their list is called “100 Items to Disappear First in a Calamity.” A special thank you to the kind folks at Republic Magazine for allowing us to include their expansive list. Please support them by visiting RepublicMagazine.com. Their magazines are great to pass around to friends and family.

24 people came and chimed in at this Thursday’s meeting. Though the resounding, unanimous theme seemed to be doom-and-gloom for the coming days, there was also the undeniable air of planning, preparation and prayer — and most importantly, a sense of community.

The RFID

You know the “mark of the beast” spoken about in Revelation? Well, some believe it is here. The RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency Identification, is a small tag which can now be hidden in your clothing, food packaging, electronics or anything you purchase. It can even be embedded in your skin. This tag uses the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit signals. In other words, it provides a way for something to be tracked without line-of-sight.

Though the RFID and its technology has recently been played down, we can only see its uses increasing with time.  In the case of Pennsylvania’s Slippery Rock University, students will “soon be able to use their cell phones to make payments at locations on campus as well as with participating merchants in the surrounding community.” According to this article and others like it, the RFID in students’ phones will be linked to their school bank account via the internet.

Bank Shutdowns in September

Check out this letter by Jim Willie, a financial sense market commentator. Thought we are not certain as to the reliability of this author, the bank shutdown which he is predicting for September of this year would cause catastrophic events including bank heists, US dollar devaluation and social chaos. If what he is saying here is true, then we would all be wise to prepare for such an event. According to this article, you may want to closely examine the security of things like your 401k, your bank accounts and pretty much anything that you can’t hold in your hand.

In an emergency situation where bank accounts are inaccessible and/or the US dollar experiences a severe devaluation, the “numbers” represented in these accounts may not be of much help. When a collapse like this happens the first system that will emerge is that of trade and barter. People simply trade goods and services. So be sure you have these to offer — food, water, supplies. Oh, and TOILET PAPER — or perhaps the pages of a phone book. Basically, everything you need to live. Visit our Committees of Safety page for more ideas. After some time, when things begin returning to some form of “normalcy,” often an economy will resort to a more “Biblical” form of currency, like gold and silver. In such a case, it may not only pay off to be prepared with food, shelter, goods and services, but precious metals like gold and silver may be worth its weight in…well…gold. So stock up folks!

Action Alerts: Outreach and Prayer Vigil

The above examples are just a few of the topics we discussed this Thursday. It is obvious that our freedom is quickly fading. So what is the solution? Well, obviously knowledge is the first step. Though much of tonight’s information told of a bleak future, it also brought about a sense of community and a desire to help others to get prepared. Everyone had ideas. One such idea was the proposal for an in-depth newsletter to be printed, 50,000 copies or so, and delivered to residents of the Triad area (Winston Salem, Greensboro, Walnut Cove, King, etc). The cost has been researched to be around $8,300 and would require someone who is knowledgeable about page layout and design. If you feel the call to help with this project, please contact us.

Without God, we can do nothing. Since Carolina Liberty’s inception, it has been our utmost desire to put God at the heart of it all. And so tonight it was once again proposed that we have a 24-hour prayer vigil, much like we had in March. As we plan this event, we ask that you consider participating in it. The time is now for us to pray for our country, our freedoms, our friends and our families.

“If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

Many people are of the persuasion (belief in propaganda) that law enforcement agents can arrest you for any infraction which violates any one of the plethora of statutes lining the walls of your local law library in a mind numbing array of volumes.

What most folks don’t know is that once upon a time they actually had rights; rights that superceded these voluminous extrapolations. Rights such as certain limitations upon the capacity to arrest an American citizen with or without an arrest warrant.

Let me touch on just a couple and see if these don’t surprise you just a little.

To begin this little expose, it is a maxim of law that if it was once a right, it is still a right and there can be no legislation which would abrogate it. With this in mind let us look at the question of arrest without a warrant from the court’s point of view. The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia declared: “The common law relating to arrest is the law on that subject in Virginia. At common law a peace officer may arrest without a warrant for a breach of the peace committed in his presence, but for no other misdemeanor.” Galligher v. Commonwealth, 161 Va. 1014, 170 S.E. 734, 736 (1933), authorities cited.

Where a person was arrested without warrant and charged with “public drunkenness,” which resulted in charges of “resisting arrest,” it was held by the Supreme Court of North Carolina that the arrest was illegal as the state failed to make a prima facie case by showing that the defendant’s conduct at the time of arrest amounted to either an actual or threatened breach of peace. The court said “it is manifest that mere drunkenness unaccompanied by language or conduct which creates public disorder amounting to a breach of the peace, will not justify arrest without a warrant,” and that “not every misdemeanor is a breach of the peace.” In a very well-reasoned decision on the subject of arrests, the Court held: “It has always been the general rule of the common law that ordinarily an arrest should not be made without warrant and that, subject to well-defined exceptions, an arrest without warrant is deemed unlawful. 4 Bl. Comm. 289 et seq.; 6 C.J.S., Arrest, § 5, p. 579. This foundation principle of the common law, designed and intended to protect the people against the abuses of arbitrary arrests, is of ancient origin. It derives from assurances of Magna Carta and harmonizes with the spirit of our constitutional precepts that the people should be secure in their persons. Nevertheless, to this general rule that no man should be taken into custody of the law without the sanction of a warrant or other judicial authority, the processes of the early English common law, in deference to the requirements of public security, worked out a number of exceptions. These exceptions related in the main to cases involving felonies and suspected felonies and to breaches of the peace (authorities cited). State v. Mobley, 240 N.C. 476, 83 S.E.2d 100, 102 (1954).

Now that I have your curiosity and maybe even some deeper interest, check this out from the Supreme Court of North Carolina. It held that “the overwhelming weight of authority” for misdemeanor charges, is that the officer “must have the warrant in his possession.” The Court said: “In 6 C.J.S., Arrest, § 4, p. 576 et seq., we find the general rule stated as follows: “The warrant must at the time of arrest be in the possession of and with the person purporting to act thereunder or of one with whom he is acting in conjunction. * * * Accordingly, where the warrant is at the officer’s house some distance from the scene of the arrest, or in the hands of another who is not at the scene of arrest, or in the central office of a city detective bureau, the arrest is unlawful.” Alexander v. Lindsey, 230 N.C. 663, 55 S.E.2d 470, 474 (1949).

One last thing: “When an officer arrests a person without a warrant, the burden rests upon the officer to plead and prove justification. Otherwise the arrest is prima facie unlawful.” Evans v. Jorgenson, 182 Minn. 282, 234 N.W. 292, 293 (1931), and; “The plaintiff need not prove that the imprisonment was unlawful or malicious, but establishes a prima facie case if he proves that he was imprisoned by the defendant; the onus then lies on the defendant of proving a justification. Earl of Halsbury, The Laws of England, vol. 38, 3rd Ed., Pt. 4, § 1266, p. 765, London, 1962.

It gets even more interesting as you follow this line of reasoning by the courts themselves.

Want to hear MORE? Check out our meetings on Thursday’s.

Bill.

Listen Now!

On July 2nd, 2009 we were pleased and honored to have Mr. Harvey Pulliam as our guest speaker. Harvey is a true patriot and is definitely keeping the heat on our government representatives – both at the local and the national level. He deals primarily with the NC constitution, and encourages a means by which we can hold our ELECTED officials accountable. Specifically, using the constitution as the legal basis to impose term limits. Our NC Constitution has provided a way that we can decide who represents us – and for how long. They are our representatives. Our servants. They NEED our funds. They NEED our vote. Harvey, on other website, NCConstitution.com, purports:

Exercise one of your rights: request that your elected officials adopt 2-year renewable terms of office that are not staggered. They can, if they choose, obey the frequent elections clause of the N.C. Constitution, which they took a oath to uphold. If they give you the tired old, “we need experience on the board,” tell them that 2-year terms are served by the U.S. House Of Representatives – all 435 of them – and they are elected at one time. Is your town more complicated than the U.S. House? If so, you have indeed lost control of your elected officials. Take back control with 2-year terms, renewable at your option, at the ballot box.

I call this petition
“Big Government’s Nightmare.”

Also authorized by N.C. G. S. 160A-104, this N.C. General Statute give the qualified voter of any municipality the ability to call for a referendum to determine whether to amend the municipality’s charter, so that the mode of election of the city council shall be that all candidates shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the city. See N.C. General Statute 161A-101(6).

This, if enacted by the voters, will end the ward system, will make all city council members represent all the people all the time, and make them subject to approval at election time by all the qualified voters.

The above statues cannot be used for county commissioners, as they are an agency of the state. They have to vote to change to an at-large system. So contact your county commissioners and express your wish to end ward or district systems if you have them.

Our Founding Fathers were divinely inspired, and no ordinary men could have breathed breath into that document.

“We are endowed by OUR CREATOR with certain unalienable rights.”

Mere humans cannot grant rights. They can merely allow privileges, which are always trumped by rights. In our meeting, Harvey made the point that we have fallen prey to Stockholm Syndrome – having been deceived into believing that our captors are our friends, and are looking out for our best interest.

Mr. Pulliam retold a story of recently bringing his digital camera to the Kernersville Board of Aldermen meeting to take a picture of the board bringing the budget to a vote, and the mayor demanded that he put away his camera. But oh-ho-ho no. Mr. Pulliam didn’t check his rights at the door!!! He demanded to get a picture of this board voting on this horrendous budget and wanted to post on his website. They were so mad that they took a 10 minute break, but the city attorney stood up for him, and forced the photo-op. All of the Aldermen sat there and held their hand up and looked sheepish while he took their picture. Harvey is provocative, but he emphasized that our forefathers paid a bigger price than that!

Special thanks to Harvey Pulliam, for your boldness and willingness to take the unpopular road. You’re welcome back to our Thursday night meetings anytime!

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”

- U.S. Supreme Court in American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382, 442

On Saturday July 4th, 2009, about 100 humans (and 1 dog) were in attendance at the American Legion in King, NC for the tea party sponsored by Stokes FreedomWorks. Of course our Carolina Liberty group infiltrated the crowd armed with quippy fliers and a powerful audio recorder that picked up all of the activity amazingly well. By the way, that audio file is included with this post, and I’ve detailed the audio markers next to the corresponding speakers. Thanks to the brilliant and talented and genius and cute as a button (not that I’m partial or anything) Cliff Muncy for making that happen!

Several speakers took the stage including: