The "H" on a Happy Birthday card I made for my mom when I was a teenager, because she raised peacocks.

 

A picture I painted for my mom when I was 18 because she raised peacocks.

 

A picture I painted for my Mom on her birthday when I was 13 of a mouse holding a peacock feather because she raised peacocks.

 

A picture I painted for my Mom on her birthday when I was 14.

 

What is Common Law and Why is it Important?

  This is a brief introduction to the common law. It is not meant to fully educate you on the subject, as that would require a lot more reading than I’m asking of you right now. I’ve tried to be succinct without being out-gradient or leaving too many gaps.

    There are many different kinds of law in the U.S.: military law, ecclesiastical law, admiralty law, maritime law, equity law and common law are some you may have heard of before. I’m just going to concentrate on common law and equity law for now.

   The U.S. started out as a British colony, and at the Revolution we severed our ties with England when we sent the King the Declaration of Independence. In retaliation he cancelled all the colonists' charters, which left us without a king and automatically made every American a sovereign by default with no subjects to rule but ourselves. This fact has been validated repeatedly by the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) and is still the case today. You might wonder what’s the value of being a sovereign if you have no subjects to rule, however being sovereign means you also have many of the rights the King of England had at the time of the Revolution, but I’ll cover more on that later.

    Equity law is also known as the written or statutory law. That’s because Equity law is enacted by the government via statutes, acts, codes, ordinances, etc., while common law is based on the customs of the people, many of which are centuries old. Common law is also known as the unwritten or non-statute law, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t in writing anywhere, it just means that it wasn’t voted on by legislatures or enacted by Congress and then officially issued in writing to the citizens. Common law is recorded in the decisions of its courts and also includes those acts of British Parliament that were extant at the Revolution and are relevant to our situation. Some Congressional and State legislative acts also fill in gaps in the common law when they don’t conflict with sovereign rights and are therefore binding. Common law changes as the customs of the people change. We use the version of British common law that existed at the Revolution. That's why American common law includes the British Magna Carta which was included as part of the common law in 1297 A.D. Sir William Blackstone also wrote a 4-volume work in the mid-18th century which recorded much of the common law of England as it existed at the time, and is often cited by the SCOTUS. Blackstone and the Bible were carried by many early pioneers travelling West so they knew what was lawful and what wasn’t, since there weren’t any States to issue statutes in the territories where they were travelling. Sheriffs and judges at the time, generally enforced the common law.

    However most Americans today have never read the Magna Carta, or heard of Blackstone. In fact most have probably not read the U.S. Constitution or even their State constitution for that matter, and there is a very good reason for this. The Elites running this planet don't want people to know their rights, that’s why they’ve taken over control of the public schools, universities and altered dictionaries so they can dictate what people are and aren’t taught. Civics was taken out of school curriculums in the 1950’s which is the subject that teaches people their rights and replaced it with Social Studies. People who don’t know their rights are much easier to control. You see, common law is senior to equity law, so if a statute passed by Congress or your State legislature comes in conflict with the common law, the common law takes precedence and nullifies the statute rendering it unenforceable. The Elites can bribe politicians and get any code or statute passed that they want, but they can’t do that with the common law; so they want the populace ignorant of the common law. Ideally they’d like to cancel the Constitution which is the document that grants us the power of the common law. The framers of the Constitution knew the value of the common law which is why they included the 7th amendment in the Bill of Rights which states,

“In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.” 

This guarantees that every American will have access to the common law, and the government can't use an equity law court to overturn a common law court decision. But if the people don’t know what the common law is, then the amendment might as well not exist. The Framers, in an attempt to guarantee our sovereignty, also included the 9th amendment which states,

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain

 rights, shall not be construed to deny or 

disparage others retained by the people.” 

So what are these other rights that the Framers were referring to? They are whatever you say they are. This is where being a sovereign is important, because a sovereign can make whatever law they want to under common law and even operate their own court to enforce it. This can be checked by a jury of one’s peers which is the only judicial body that can override a sovereign’s law; it's even binding on the SCOTUS. So you can make a law that says everyone has to wear pink socks in your presence, but if a jury won’t support your law, then it’s not enforceable. Then again, it’s already been established by the common law that everyone has the right to travel anywhere they want to without getting anyone’s permission. However under Statutory law, the government says you can be fined if you are caught operating a vehicle without a license; but driving is a form of travel so why would you need a license? When you apply for a license, it means you are seeking permission from the government to do a certain thing, whether it be driving, fishing, marrying, practicing law, owning a gun, etc. When you apply for a license, you’re allowing your right to be turned into a privilege, and privileges can be taken away, rights cannot be; unless you voluntarily relinquish that right, because we all have an infinite ability to contract. So the State contracts you out of your rights by getting you to apply and pay for licenses, register your car, etc. The fact is that all the activities I listed above are freedoms that you can practice without a license. A populace that is ignorant of the common law and the full extent of their rights can be made to pay fees and taxes that they otherwise wouldn’t have to if they were educated on the common law. The government relies on ignorance to get compliance and to control you.

  Another factor working against sovereigns exercising their rights is contained in the 14th amendment which partially states, 

“All persons born or naturalized in the United 

States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, 

are citizens of the United States and of the 

State wherein they reside.”

Reading the above, one might get the idea that they were a citizen, not a sovereign, if they were born in the U.S. and were therefore subject to State and Federal jurisdiction. But that’s not what it says. It says, “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” not that citizens, “are subject to the jurisdiction thereby”.  So, who says you are subject to the jurisdiction? No one… except for you. Afterall, you’re a sovereign, not a 14th amendment citizen if you don’t want to be. A judge can tell you that you can only drive a car if you have a driver’s license, and that you will be fined and jailed if you are caught driving without one. If you tell him you are a sovereign and that the code or statute doesn’t apply to you, he’ll probably get upset and threaten you with jail, because he gets paid to enforce the system the Elites have put in place. I know because I got a judge upset with me in court once when I told her that I was sovereign and the code didn’t apply to me. Police, judges, Congressmen and other government employees and politicians retain their positions if they support a government that recognizes only equity law and ignores common law.

   This is why it’s important that if you want to exercise the full extent of your rights, you’re going to have to get yourself educated on the common law including how to defend yourself in court, because you can’t hire an attorney to do that for you since they will be instantly disbarred if they are caught practicing common law (the Elites have seen to that!). Besides, hiring an attorney is expensive. Judges are the only ones really educated on the common law because somebody has to do the gatekeeping and be alert to any encroachment of the common law so actions can be taken to squelch it. Consequently, if you are going to exercise your rights, you are going to have to learn how to control judges. This is not difficult to learn because even though judges are in charge of the equity law courts, they have no power in a common law court. Their job is purely administrative and they only conduct the court and are not allowed to make any judicial decisions; but they will still try to, and so you will have to learn the necessary tools to keep them in line. All judicial decisions in a common law court must be made by the sovereign who called the court (which is you if you are the plaintiff), or the jury (if the defendant has requested one).

   If you are interested in learning more about common law, I recommend the following:

1. 1. Go to www.1215.org and click on, “START HERE” on the main page. Read everything you are directed to, in the sequence it is presented to you.
2. Go to YouTube and watch every video by William (Bill) Thornton talking about the common law. You can also purchase his lectures through the above website.
3. Read the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, your State Constitution.
4. I’ve also compiled a list of Common Law Maxims that you may find useful. You can access the document by clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSPygurujpZa4UA6TQ88dR3zLYbvGqiS5u4-7eFfXkMgTCzkse-OqYFJhoGZb69cITxvl_V8dAO5jWQ/pub
5. Only after you’ve completed all of the above, is it safe to read the 4 volume treatise by Sir William Blackstone, entitled, “Commentaries on the Laws of England”. It’s about 2000 pages, but if you don’t want to wade through all that I’ve compiled a collection of the most pertinent quotes into a 100 page Google document (including a glossary) that you can access by clicking on this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRl5-Y34_Zht_EKAxWJQPz2_dz1bcTolbcJzfpr8Hqp_dJyXWUlO8ILtKpRMlzFiwYXo9a3ghTcjLc2/pub

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    In the course of doing the above you will discover that your knowledge, responsibility and control will rise and you’ll eventually get to a point where you feel comfortable and confident enough to exercise and defend the full extent of your rights. You’ll know when you’ve reached that plateau, as a feeling of tranquil empowerment will engulf you, as you free yourself from governmental suppression. Go slow at first though, and maybe just start out by fighting a parking ticket before you decide to stop paying taxes to the IRS. It would be helpful to get together with others who are also interested in learning about the common law and how to use it so you can coach one another on the whole process of protecting your rights. In doing so you’ll discover that others will remember things they’ve read on the common law that you may have missed or forgotten and between everyone in the group you’ll be able to work out appropriate strategies to protect your rights. Less than .00001% of all courts in the U.S. today are common law courts, most are equity courts; but hopefully, with some work, we can reverse those figures.

Best of luck,

DPC

Cupid’s Pyre

I comb the universe

and still I find naught.

For better or worse,

my heart is uncaught.

I know there’s a girl,

to cherish from hurt.

A match soul to soul

I’d never desert.

The vastness I wrestle,

as I search for her form,

so she can nestle,

in arms that are warm.

A deep burning love,

a heated desire,

it’s what Cupid speaks of,

as he kindles his pyre.

To catch but a peek,

as she's long overdue.

Whom do I seek?

-- perhaps it is you.

 -Don    

Proposed eyeglass display area I created for an eye doctor.

Proposed eyeglass display area I created for an eye doctor.