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struggle4progress

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Wed Apr 13, 2016, 05:03 PM Apr 2016

Explaining sovereign citizens' belief in freely using roadways [View all]

Ellen Leahy
Updated 2 hrs ago

... I saw a license plate on a van that read TRVELLR and looked odd. The owner, Menard, said .. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there is a difference between “driving” and “traveling.”

As as a sovereign citizen, he follows the constitution law as opposed to prima facia law that requires consent and has statutes and code ...

“Driving” is a legal term for using the roadways to transport goods or passengers for hire. “Traveling” is a lawful term for exercising the common right to use the roads as opposed to “for hire.” A driver or being a driver requires registering and licensing, while traveling does not ...

“You don’t need a driver’s license, a license plate, registration or inspection lawfully if you are not doing driving for hire on the roads," Menard said ...


http://auburnpub.com/wocjournal/opinion/columns/leahy-sovereign-citizens-belief-in-freely-using-roadways-as-a/article_5f11ba7e-df08-5752-87e5-503f75b451b0.html

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