…you probably wouldn’t be inclined to visit.

Buchanan’s article, How Republics Perish, seems to imply that we’re still a Republic.  The Republic is dead, and an American Hydra has taken the throne.  It’s draped with the symbols of the vanquished Republic, and hopes wrapping itself in the flag will fool enough people, that it really is their old Republic.

The Republic will be reborn only after we’ve fully realized that the Republic itself was murdered in its sleep 100 years ago.  Only by understanding the instrument of its demise will we be able to resurrect the Republic, and with it, liberty.

…and they just might succeed in bringing it back.

I have never met anyone who considered themselves part of any “Sovereign Citizen” movement.  I know libertarians who work toward increasing liberty, but never have I heard the phrase “sovereign citizen” used by any libertarian I’ve known to describe themselves.  Yet law enforcement at all levels constantly warn against the threat of these nonconformist rabble-rousers.  Despite all the hand-wringing by police, these “sovereign citizens” seem to be about as commonplace as the “homegrown terrorist”, or the unicorn.

Here is Reason’s Brian Doherty on the needless pants-wetting that goes on at the mention of the “Sovereign Citizen”.