Be it known to all governments, government sub
divisions, courts, and other parties, that I, William D Duff am a
natural, freeborn Sovereign Missourian, as described in 4 Wheat 402 as quoted by
Bouvier’s 14th edition law dictionary as it describes individual
American sovereignty and Hale vs. Henkel as it describes the nature of Citizen
of the several States. I am neither
subject to any entity anywhere, nor is any entity subject to me. I neither
dominate anyone, nor am I dominated. I
am expressly not a United States citizen residing in Missouri as comprehended by
the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of
America or the equivalent as represented in the contemporary Missouri
Constitutions. No federal or state
declaration regarding the status of my nature can alter that fact without
diminishing my individually held rights without my consent.
I do not consent. I state here that I am of age of majority and competent
and knowledgeable of the following facts and law sufficient to assert this
affidavit.
The nature of my status in America
is described at 4 Wheat 402 as cited by Bouvier’s 14th edition in
definition of ‘Sovereignty”, to wit;
Bouvier's 14th edition Law Dictionary (quoting from 4
Wheat, 402): "It has been
justly thought a matter of importance to determine from what source the United
States derives its authority... the question here proposed is whether our bond
of union is a compact entered into by the states, or whether the Constitution is
an organic law established by the People. To this we answer: We
The People ... ordain and establish this Constitution" ... the
government of the state had only delegated power (from the People) and even if
they had an inclination, they had no authority to transfer the authority of the
Sovereign People. The people in their capacity as
Sovereigns made and adopted the Constitution; and it binds the state
governments without the state's consent. The United States, as a
whole, therefore, emanates from the People and not from the states, and the
Constitution and laws of the states whether made before or since the adoption of
that Constitution of the United States, are subordinate to the United States
Constitution and the laws made in pursuance of it.
The people are the Fountain of sovereignty.
The whole was originally with them as their own. The
state governments are but trustees acting under a derived authority, and had no
power to delegate what is not delegated to them. But the people,
as the original Fountain, might take away what they have lent and entrust to
whom they please. They have the whole title and as absolute proprietors have the
right of using or abusing. – jus utendi et abutendi. It is a maxim consecrated
in public law as well as common sense and the necessity of the case that a
Sovereign is answerable for his acts only to his God and his own conscience …
There is no authority above a Sovereign to which an appeal can be made. "4
Wheat, 402 (Bouvier’s 14th edition Law Dictionary: “Sovereignty”)
"The words "People of the United
States" and "Citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same
thing. They both describe the political body that, according to our Republican
institutions form the sovereignty ... they are what we familiarly call the
"Sovereign people", and every citizen is one of these people and a
constituent member of the sovereignty..." Wong Kim Ark. P. 914, quoting
Dred Scott vs. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, 19 How 577. See also: Hancock vs. Carry
Alcorn Mining Co., Inc., Ky., 503 S. W. 2 d 710 Kentucky Constitution section 4;
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hancock vs. Paxton Kentucky, 516 S. W. 2 d page 867(2)
clause 3. "A SOVEREIGN IS
ANSWERABLE ONLY TO GOD AND CONSCIENCE"
TAKE NOTICE: SOVEREIGNTY DESCRIBED HEREIN EXTENDS TO MY LIFE, MY LIBERTY AND MY PROPETY INCLUSIVE OF MY MIND, PREROGATIVE AND CHOICE OF ACTION THAT HARMS NO OTHER, ALL OF WHICH EXISTS SOLELY WITHIN MY OWN PRIVATE DOMAIN WHICH IS MARKED AND SECURED BY THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT OF THIS STATE AND WHICH IS BOUNDED BY A BRIGHT LINE BOUNDARY ACROSS WHICH NO MAN OR AGENT OF GOVERNMENT SHALL CROSS WITHOUT MY VOLUNTARY CONSENT.
Rights retained by the people include but are not
limited to
those eluded to in the following U.S. Supreme Court case insofar as it supports
my sovereign birthright (accent added on point):
"The individual may stand upon his
constitutional rights as a citizen. He is entitled to carry on his private
business in his own way. His power to contract is unlimited. He owes no such
duty [to submit his books and papers for an examination] to the State, since he
receives nothing there from, beyond the protection of his life and property. His
rights are such as existed by the law of the land [Common Law] long antecedent
to the organization of the State, and can only be taken from him by due process
of law, and in accordance with the Constitution. Among his rights are a refusal
to incriminate himself, and the immunity of himself and his property from arrest
or seizure except under a warrant of the law. He
owes nothing to the public so long as he does not trespass upon their rights."
Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 at 47 (1905).
Rights possessed by me individually
include but are not limited to;
The right to carry on my private business in my own
way so long as that use does not harm or trespass on anyone.
Thus, be it known to all that even though I recognize and respect those
collectively held powers granted to governments, I reserve my individually held
prerogative rights of action not to be compelled to perform under any contract
or disability that I did not enter into knowingly, voluntarily, and
intentionally. A compelled
state license to use my property upon the public right of way is one such
disability.
As such, the hidden or unrevealed contracts that
supposedly create obligations to perform, for persons of subject status, are
inapplicable to me, and are null and void acts when applied to me. If I have
participated in any of the supposed "benefits" associated with these
hidden contracts, I have done so under duress from coercion, mis-information,
and ignorance of my true nature and rightful power. I correct that ignorance here.
From my age of consent to the date affixed below I
have never signed a contract knowingly, willingly, intelligently, and
voluntarily whereby I have waived any of my individually held natural Rights,
and, as such,
Take Notice that I revoke, cancel, and make void, ab initio,
my power of appointment on any and all contracts, agreements, forms, or any
instrument which may be construed in any way to give any agency or department of
any federal or state government authority, venue, or jurisdiction over me upon
subject matter that is solely within my individual province; one being my Right
to be free from all government restraint of my choice of action unless I have
first harmed or trespassed upon the rights of another.
This position is in accordance with the U.S. Supreme
Court decision of Brady v. U.S., 379 U.S. 742 at 748 (1970):
"Waivers of Constitutional Rights not only must
be voluntary, they must be knowingly intelligent acts, done with sufficient
awareness of the relevant circumstances and consequences."
Declaration of Citizenship.
Any document signed by me, in which I answered "yes" to the question,
"Are you a U.S. citizen?" - cannot be used to compromise my status as
a Sovereign, nor obligate me to perform in any manner. This is because it was
not disclosed to me that being a U.S. citizen altered my birthright and
diminished my individually retained private rights through the “Doctrine of
Selective Incorporation”.
I am not a "United States" citizen residing
in Missouri. I am a Missourian as
comprehended by the birthright of “We the People” defined at 4 wheat 402.
The United States is an entity created by the U.S. Constitution with
jurisdiction as described on the following pages of this Affidavit. I am not a
"resident of," an "inhabitant of," a "franchise
of," a "subject of," a "ward of," the "property
of," the "chattel of," or "subject to the jurisdiction
of" any corporate federal government, corporate state government, corporate
county government, corporate city government, or corporate municipal body
politic created under the authority of the U.S. Constitution nor the Missouri
Constitution as that jurisdiction comprehends any subject matter that would
diminish my individually held prerogative rights.
I am not subject to any legislation, department, or agency created by
such authorities, nor to the jurisdiction of any employees, officers, or agents
deriving their authority there from as that jurisdiction comprehends any subject
matter that would diminish my individually held prerogative rights.
Further, I am not a subject of the Administrative and Legislative Article
IV Courts of the several states, or Article I Courts of the United States, or
bound by precedents of such courts, deriving their jurisdiction from said
authorities as that jurisdiction comprehends any subject matter that would
diminish my individually held prerogative rights.
Take Notice that I hereby revoke, cancel, and make void ab
initio any such instrument or any presumed election made by any of the
several states or the United States government or any agency or department
thereof, that I am or ever have voluntary elected to be treated as a United
States citizen, subject to its jurisdiction, or a resident of any territory,
possession, instrumentality or enclave under the sovereignty or exclusive
jurisdiction of any of the several states or of the United States as defined in
the Missouri or U.S. Constitutions.
Therefore, in addition to the fact that no unrevealed federal or state
contract can obligate me to perform in any manner without my fully informed and
uncoerced consent, likewise, no federal or state statutes or regulations apply
to me or have any jurisdiction over my actions taken within my individually held
prerogative rights where same harms no one. I hereby affirm that I do not reside or work in any federal
territory of the "District" United States, and that therefore no U.S.
federal government statutes or regulations have any authority over me.
REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
Furthermore, I hereby revoke, rescind, and make void ab
initio, all powers of attorney, in fact or otherwise, implied in law or
otherwise, signed either by me or anyone else, as it pertains to the Social
Security number assigned to me, ___William D Duff_________ as it pertains
to my birth certificate, marriage or business license, or any other licenses or
certificates issued by any and all government or quasi-governmental entities,
due to the use of various elements of fraud by said agencies to attempt to
deprive me of my Sovereignty and/or property and I demand that all moneys of
whatever character which have been paid to such entity in my name be returned to
me without further delay.
I hereby waive, cancel, repudiate, and refuse to
knowingly accept any alleged "benefit" or gratuity associated with any
of the aforementioned licenses, numbers, or certificates. I do hereby revoke and
rescind all powers of attorney, in fact or otherwise, signed by me or otherwise,
implied in law or otherwise, with or without my consent or knowledge, as it
pertains to any and all property, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal,
obtained in the past, present, or future. I am the sole and absolute lawful
owner and possess all rights, title and interest in any and all such property.
Take Notice that I also revoke, cancel, and make void ab
initio all powers of attorney, in fact, in presumption, or otherwise, signed
either by me or anyone else, claiming to act on my behalf, with or without my
consent, as such power of attorney pertains to me or any property owned by me,
by, but not limited to, any and all quasi/colorable, public, governmental
entities or corporations on the grounds of constructive fraud, concealment, and
nondisclosure of pertinent facts.
I affirm that all of the foregoing is true and
correct. I affirm that I am of lawful age and am competent to make this
Affidavit. I hereby affix my own signature to all of the affirmations in this
entire document with explicit reservation of all my unalienable rights and my
specific common law right not to be bound by any contract or obligation which I
have not entered into knowingly, willingly, voluntarily, and without
misrepresentation, duress, or coercion.
The use of notary does NOT grant any jurisdiction to
anyone and as such none is necessary as I personally will be glad, in special
appearance, to verify that all statements within are true to the best of my
knowledge and that I assert each and every one through this document as truth.
My signature below is evidence of that fact.
FURTHER AFFIANT SAITH NOT.
Dated
Thursday, June 14, 2007
William
D. Duff