My understanding of USTC is that its a civil court and its decisions are only binding on you and the court for your particular case, not to the public at large and there are questions about whether they are binding at all due to the shady nature of the IRS and the 'tax court'
Anyway, I opted out of their game about this time last year and received a letter from USTC saying that all cases were being dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. I basically challenged all of their info, rebutted, etc. If they sent me a letter saying I was the petitioner in case number 1234, then I wrote back and said the definition of petitioner is this and I did not petition you for anything. Explain how/why I am a petitioner. Said that I had to pay a $60 fee to file the case in USTC. I wrote back and I said I will not pay the fee, didnt originate the case, dont want to go to court and submit to their jurisdiction, etc. USTC wrote back and said well if you dont pay the fee, we will have to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. I said fine with me...
