sovereign citizen movement

The sovereign citizen movement consists of a heterogeneous collection of groups and unaffiliated individuals in the United States and other English-speaking common-law countries who believe that they are not subject to the rule of law above the county level and that corresponding government institutions are illegitimate. Members of the movement share an extremist political ideology that justifies (in their view) unlawful activities or at least the intentional disregard of federal laws. There is significant overlap...