I had the oppurtunity to speak with a retired federal judge a couple of weeks ago, and he had something interesting to say. I however, have not been able to go into detail with him on what to look for. Anyway, what he said was that if a person is claiming soverign, there are three things that a person should have attached to their Declaration of Soverignty. They were a passage from the Declaration of Independence and two documents that were drafted about the time of the drafting of the Constitution. He could not remember the exact documents, but said that these items would aid a soverign in court.

With re to the Declaration of Independence I am thinking it is this passage:

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.



We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.



As for the other two passages, I am uncertain. I did however find the following passage in Article IV of the Articles of Confederation which preceeded the Constitution which states:

"the free inhabitants of each of these States... shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States;"



I'm not sure. But its some food for thought. Anyone with ideas on what this retired judge was talking about?