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PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES

CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION OF SOVEREIGN CITIZENS

Congress enacted Joint Resolution, 54 Stat. 178 (May 3, 1940), which states:

"Whereas some two million young men and women in the United States each year reach the age of twenty-one years; and Whereas it is desirable that the sovereign citizens of our Nation be prepared for the responsibilities and impressed with the significance of their status in our self-governing Republic: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third Sunday in May each year be, and hereby is, set aside as Citizenship Day and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation setting aside that day as a public occasion for the recognition of all who, by coming of age or naturalization, have attained the status of citizenship..."

WHAT CONGRESS ESTABLISHED

Congress identified individuals who reach the age of majority (twenty-one years) as sovereign citizens.

Congress stated that sovereign citizens exist in a self-governing Republic.

Congress mandated that civil and educational authorities make plans for full instruction of future citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as sovereign citizens.

Congress directed the judiciary to address newly naturalized citizens upon the form and genius of the Government and the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS CONFIRMING SOVEREIGN CITIZENSHIP

President Harry S. Truman issued Proclamation 2680 (March 12, 1946) pursuant to 54 Stat. 178, stating:

"Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the aforesaid public resolution do hereby designate Sunday, May 19, 1946, as 'I Am An American Day,' and do set that day aside as a public occasion for the honoring of American citizenship by giving special recognition to all our citizens who have recently become full members of the body politic."

Every President since 1940 has honored this recognition of sovereign citizenship status.

SOVEREIGN CITIZENSHIP STATUS CANNOT BE ABRIDGED BY CONGRESS

Congress acknowledged that individuals upon reaching majority become sovereign citizens in a self-governing Republic.

Congress has no authority to revoke, suspend, or abridge the status of sovereign citizenship once attained.

The emergency governance framework imposed since March 9, 1933, operates in direct violation of sovereign citizenship status.

The Senate Special Committee documented that emergency statutes conferred authority "to rule the country without reference to normal constitutional processes."

Governance without reference to normal constitutional processes is incompatible with a self-governing Republic of sovereign citizens.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT — NEVER REPEALED

The Trading with the Enemy Act amendment of March 9, 1933 (48 Stat. 1) extended executive authority from "time of war" to "any other period of national emergency declared by the President."

This statute was NEVER repealed.

The National Emergencies Act, Title IV, §401(a), 90 Stat. 1254 (1976) states:

"The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the following provisions of law, the powers and authorities conferred thereby and actions taken thereunder: (1) Sections 5(b)... of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended..."

Section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act was expressly EXCLUDED from termination.

EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS — NEVER TERMINATED

Senate Report No. 93-549 (1973) documented:

"Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency. In fact, there are now in effect four presidentially proclaimed states of national emergency..."

The four proclamations were:

Proclamation 2039 (March 6, 1933) — Banking Emergency

Proclamation 2914 (December 16, 1950) — Korean Conflict Emergency

Proclamation 3972 (March 23, 1970) — Postal Service Emergency

Proclamation 4074 (August 15, 1971) — Economic Emergency

None were terminated. Their legal effects were preserved by the National Emergencies Act §502(a), 90 Stat. 1265 (1976):

"The termination of a national emergency shall not affect— (1) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined on such date; (2) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to such date; or (3) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to such date."

PRESERVATION OF EMERGENCY FRAMEWORK

Congress acknowledged governance outside normal constitutional processes.

Congress did NOT repeal the statutes enabling such governance.

Congress did NOT terminate the emergency proclamations retroactively.

Congress did NOT restore normal constitutional processes.

Congress PRESERVED all actions taken under emergency authority.

VIOLATION OF SOVEREIGN CITIZENSHIP STATUS

Sovereign citizens in a self-governing Republic cannot be governed outside normal constitutional processes.

Emergency governance violates the self-governing nature of the Republic acknowledged by Congress in 54 Stat. 178.

The 470 emergency statutes documented by the Senate Special Committee delegate to the Executive powers ordinarily exercised by Congress.

This delegation strips sovereign citizens of their self-governing status.

INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO NON-STATUTORY CITIZENSHIP

Sovereign citizenship is a constitutional status, not a statutory creation.

Congress acknowledged this status but did not create it.

The status exists upon attainment of majority as recognized by 54 Stat. 178.

Congress has no authority to convert sovereign citizenship into statutory citizenship subject to administrative regulation.

Congress has no authority to abridge the self-governing rights of sovereign citizens through emergency statutes.

REMEDY DEMANDED

Immediate repeal of the Trading with the Enemy Act amendment (48 Stat. 1) as Congress has no constitutional authority to place American civilians under military jurisdiction and control.

Immediate termination of all emergency proclamations and their preserved effects that purport to suspend the Constitution, as there is no delegation of authority for any public representative, servant, trustee, or fiduciary to suspend that sacred instrument.

Immediate restoration of governance under normal constitutional processes — Congress is prohibited eternally from making any law that abridges the rights of the People as delineated in the Bill of Rights, whether enumerated or unenumerated.

Recognition that Sovereign American-Citizens retain their right of autonomous self-governing status and cannot be subjected to emergency rule which purports to suspend the Constitution and the protections provided thereby under any circumstance.

Recognition that individuals who have attained the age of majority are Sovereign American-Citizens as acknowledged by Congress in 54 Stat. 178.

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