Subject:  Flag Fringe 
Date:  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 
From: "John Lee" hbequip@kachina.net

The Gold Fringed Flag

The law reformers are always saying that the gold-fringed flag that
hangs in all the courts of this land is an admiralty flag. This is more
mythology. The truth is, admiralty is limited only to certain kinds of
actions, none of which are dealt with in most of our courts today. This
ought to give someone a clue.

But, just what does such a flag signify? Is the fringe just decoration?
Where does the Gold Fringed Flag come from?

In 1959, as President, Dwight David Eisenhower, by E.O. and in the
Federal Register, and pursuant to law, stated that: "A military flag is
a flag that resembles the regular flag of the United States, except
that it has a Yellow Fringe border on three sides." 

The President designates this deviation from regular flags, by
Executive Order, and in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief Thus, "The
Fringe is strictly within the discretion of the President as
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. 

The continued use of such fringe is prescribed in current Army
regulations. 

"Ancient custom sanctions the use of fringe on regimental colors and
standards, but there seems to be no good reason or precedent for its
use on other flags." 

According to Army Regulations, "the Flag is trimmed on three sides with
Fringe of Gold, 2˝;" wide," and that, "such flags are flown indoors,
ONLY in military courtrooms." And, further, "the Gold Fringed Flag is
not to be carried by anyone except units of the United States Army, and
the United States Army division associations." 

Question??? Why does this flag fly in all Federal, State, County, and
City courts if they are not military courts? Why does the U.S. flag fly
over, or above, all state flags? This never happened before 1861. Does
this specific year ring a bell with anyone?

The truth is, the gold-fringed flag flies in military courts that sit
in summary court martial proceedings against civilians and such courts
are governed in part by local rules, but more especially by "The Manual
of Courts Martial." 



What is an Enemy?

To clarity whether or not the people are the enemy of the United States
subject to military courts, one need only acquire the Manual for Courts
Martial and look up the word, ‘Enemy.’ Enemy, "Includes organized
forces of the enemy in time of war, any hostile body that our forces
may be opposing such as a rebellious mob, or a band of renegades, and
includes, civilians as well as members of military organizations.
‘Enemy’ is not restricted to the enemy government or its armed forces.
All the citizens of one belligerent are enemies of the government and
all the citizens of the other.’ 

Organized forces not only includes the regular military, but the
National Guard, all state, county, and city law enforcement officers
under the National Guard. In effect this means, we are being held
Arbiterage, "open and notoriously," by our own neighbors, friends, and
loved ones. 

Last, concerning what constitutes a time of war, it: "exists for
purposes of R.C.M. 1004(c)(6), and Parts IV and V of this manual," in
virtually every act conceivable by any person, against which the United
States government has made a law, rule, or regulation. The details of
the crimes that civilians can commit, that are classed as ‘Acts of
War,’ cover 125 pages in The Manual for Courts Martial.



Citizen, Neutral, Sovereign Citizen, State Citizen, or Foreign National?

There has been considerable noise among law reformers concerning one’s
status, i.e., whether one is a citizen, neutral, or some other. One
idea is, one defends himself by being a ‘state citizen’. 

Now, the status of a state citizen depends on what state he is a
citizen of. The problem is, who is governor, attorney general,
secretary of state, and who represents the state citizen? To claim
state citizenship when the officers of that state do not exist, is not
just bogus argument, but ludicrous, as well.

The same is true for ‘common law citizens’. There is nothing in law
that even remotely defines ‘common law citizen’. The reason why is,
common law is a body of law, process, procedure, rights, privileges,
immunities, courts, and duties, common to all men by virtue of their
Christian status. It supplies no rules to create a state. One would
think that this should be an absolute pre-requisite for the existence
of ‘common law citizens’. Without a state of some kind that protects
ones rights, there are no citizens of the common law variety or any
other. 

Black’s says a citizen, in General Law, is; "A member of a free city or
jural society, possessing all the rights and privileges which can be
enjoyed by any person under its constitution and government, and
subject to the corresponding duties." And, "In American Law, one who,
under the Constitution, and the laws of the United States, or of a
particular state, and by virtue of birth or naturalization - within the
jurisdiction - is a member of the political community, owing allegiance
and being entitled to the enjoyment of full civil rights." 

One can claim to have revoked, rescinded, or abolished all the
applications for benefits, privileges, immunities, or opportunities in
commerce that he has entered into in the past, or try to abolish his
signatures on such documents, but there is no authority in such
instruments to compel the martial law governments to comply. Besides, a
subject does not compel the performance of the master.

A Neutral, at first sight, is one who appears dis-interested to the
standing of belligerents in a war. But, "citizens of neutral [states],
resident in, or visiting invaded, or occupied territory, can claim no
immunity from the customary laws of war relating to communications with
the enemy." 

Any form of intercourse with the enemy, is communications with the
enemy. Taking the stance of a Neutral will not help you get there from
here.

There are also those who claim to be ‘sovereign citizens.’ In American
law, there is no such thing, because the only sovereign is the people,
in a collective sense, who are cloaked with sovereignty under God, the
only real Sovereign. And, the People are only cloaked with sovereignty
while they act in accordance with God’s Law.

Those who act in commerce have no sovereignty because they are acting
within the lex mercatoria, the law of the merchant.
Lex mercatoria is also the domain of the god Mercury, i.e., the god of
traders and thieves. Are these ‘sovereign citizens’ Godly people, or
pretenders to a jurisdiction that does not exist?

A Foreign National is, "all persons whether or not subject to military
law, except the military judge, members, and foreign nationals, outside
the territorial limits of the United States, who are not subject to the
code." Territorial jurisdiction; "is considered as limited to cases
arising, or persons residing, within a defined territory, as a judicial
district, etc.. The authority of any Court is limited by the boundaries
thus fixed." A territory is also, "a part of a country, separated from
the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction." 

The term ‘United States’ has many meanings. "It may be merely the name
of a sovereign occupying the position analogous to that of other
sovereigns in [the] family of nations, it may designate territory over
which sovereignty of the United States extends, or it may be [a]
collective name of the states which are united by and under the
Constitution." 

The United States is defined in Title 26, The I.R.S. Code as, "the
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Northern
Mariannas Island, and American Samoa." 

Foreign nationals are unique and may live under a separate law system,
within the geographic limits of martial law powers. The most well-known
example of this is the Amish Christian sect. This ought to give someone
a clue.

The bottom line is, the only man or woman outside martial law
jurisdiction and courts is the Christian - when acting in the mode and
character of a Christian. The problem today is, most Christians are
engaged in commerce and thus void all their rights, privileges, and
immunities under God and accepting instead the benefices of Mercury and
this places them under martial law. 

In short, we have sold Our birthright for a mess of pottage.