http://user.icx.net/~drherb/usfacts.html FACTS : About The United States "In excercising its constitutional power to make all needful regulations respecting territory belonging to the United States, Congress [under Article I Section 8 Clause 17 and Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the Constitution for the united states of America] is not subject to the same constitutional limitations as when it is legislating for the united states [the 50 states]." Hooven and Allisons Co. v. Evatt, 324, U.S. 652 The "Other" Territorial United States This decision affirmed that the United States did, indeed have two (2) distinctly different United States with two opposite forms of governments and opposite legal systems, legislated by one Congress. This ruling is responsible for (explaining) the mass inconsistencies and confusion that exists in our current American legal system. "These united states of America" consists of the 50 sovereign states in America, united under one Constitution. The original "united States" was and is not a Title but a descriptive phrase. The very different "United States" definition to which the Hooven decision referred, does not include the 50 states but is a "term" for a "Territorial" United States. In the Constitution, the federal government was given the power to set up a "seat of government," over which it exercised "exclusive jurisdiction in all cases whatsoever." This Territory was created and limited by Article I Section 8. Clause 17 and Article IV Section 3. Clause 2 of our Constitution. Pay close attention to where the exclusive jurisdiction of this "Territorial" United States ends. Constitution for the united states; Article I Section 8, Clause 17: "The Congress shall have the powerä To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by cession of particular states and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States, [District of Columbia] and to exercise like authority over all places [federal enclaves] purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock yards and other needful Buildings; Andã To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers" Constitution for the united states; Article IV Section 3, Clause 2: "The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State." The jurisdictional area of this United States is limited only to the District of Columbia (not exceeding a ten mile square) and the Possessions and Territories (i.e., Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, etc.) belonging to and under the exclusive Sovereignty of the United States. This United States does NOT include the 50 states, except for lands which were specifically ceded to the United States for purposes such as setting up military bases, federal buildings, etc. The 50 sovereign states DO NOT belong to the United States. [The 50 states belong to the Sovereign PEOPLE]. In the territorial States (but NOT in the 50 states) the United States is Sovereign and exercises exclusive and absolute legislative authority. This "other" United States is a corporate entity with the deceptive "trade names" of "The United States" and the "U.S." This information will refer to this "other" United States as the [District] United States. Following are areas which are under territorial United States jurisdiction: 1. The District of Columbia 2. Puerto Rico 3. U.S. Virgin Islands 4. Guam 5. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 6. America Samoa 7. Northern Mariana Islands Also belonging to the United States, are enclaves, which are portions of land, which the 50 states have ceded to the federal government for the "erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings" (ie. military bases within the 50 states) and instrumentalities (agencies and organizations) of the federal Government. (1) The National United States Government [which is foreign to the 50 sovereign states] legislates for these Territories and Possessions without Constitutional restrictions. (2) The federal government legislates for the 50 states BUT ONLY in those matters We The People have specifically delegated to it in our Constitution! It is imperative to distinguish between the National Government and the federal government, otherwise the Citizen of the 50 sovereign states may unwittingly acquiesce to legislation that is not applicable to them. There is some confusion, however, because the National United States, misleadingly, uses the word "Federal" in the title of many of its "national" agencies. Here's a thought provoking Fact of Law: The United States Government is a Foreign Corporation with Respect to the 50 states. Volume 20: Corpus Juris Sec. Section 1785: "The United States Government is a foreign corporation with respect to a state" NY re: Merriam 36 N.E. 505 141 S.Ct.1973, 41 L.Ed.287 Each of the 50 states is foreign to the other. That is why gambling is legal in Nevada, but not in Utah. It is also why, if a criminal commits a felony in one state and flees to another, he or she must be extradited back to the state where the crime was committed. That is the only state that has jurisdiction over that person. Just as a state has a particular territory over which it may exercise it exclusive jurisdictional authority, the [District] United States also has a particular territory, over which it exercises its exclusive jurisdiction. This territory was previously defined in Article I Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution. THIS TERRITORY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 50 STATES. When referring to this [District] United States, the Internal Revenue Code uses the term "WITHIN" the United States. When referring to the 50 sovereign states, the Internal Revenue Code uses the term, "WITHOUT" the United States. The [District] United States, according to CJS Section 2, is not a place but a "body politic" and "body corporate." "When the United States enters into commercial business, it abandons its sovereign capacity and is to be treated like any other corporation." C.J.S. Section 2. United States, Nature, paragraph 2. According to Corpus Juris Sec. Section 1785 federal corporations that are created under Constitutional Authority, under the Laws of the United States of America are not foreign corporations within the states of the Union. However, "äwhere congress creates a corporation merely by virtue of its authority to legislate for a particular territory, and not by a general act that corporation is a foreign one in any state or territory other than that [in which] it was created." C.J.S. Section 1786 states: "A corporation created by or under an act of a territorial legislature is not a federal corporation but a corporation of the territory and it has the status of a foreign corporation in every other state and territory." The most significant Foreign Corporation, created under the United States' powers of territorial legislation, is a Corporation, foreign to the 50 states, named "The United States Government"! The words are capitalized because as a corporation, it is a "proper noun." This Government is foreign to the 50 states and operates under legislative absolutism. Here, the [National] United States Government is Sovereign and its citizens are "subject" to its jurisdiction. The government for the 50 states is a small "g" government where the People are Sovereign and our government may only assume such powers as we specifically delegate to it, for the purpose of our securing our general well being, our happiness, liberty, property and other Rights. We may also take away those powers if our government abuses them. The Citizens of the 50 states have no more duty to obey the National "United States Government" and legislation created for citizens subject to its jurisdiction than they have for obeying the laws of the African Government! Email- Real Badger GLG (realbadger@earthlink.net) / Most Recent Update for this Page: 9712.06 All Rights Reserved Without Prejudice UCC 1-207 http://user.icx.net/~drherb/usfacts.html