Originally Posted by
allodial
Sweeping generalizations are at times used to confuse or deceive. I avoid making them. After all, what is your or my circumstance is not necessarily everyone else's. Estates are often formed by declaration or by agreement.
At Least Two Types of States
There are at least two types of "state" as relates to the United States:
1. the type of state which formed the United States of America
2. the type of state which was formed by the United States (the Federal Government) for administrative purposes.
Re: type #1
Type #1 is without the United States, is foreign to the United States.
Re: type #2
Type #2 aka a "Federal State" is within the United States and might be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (NDAA, Patriot Act, Federal Reserve system, Social Security Administration, U.S. military bases, persons born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, plenary power, IRS, the 50 States, etc.). U.S. Congress and the President of the United States might be construed to be like unto King and Parliament here--and this area is very much limited.
Ignorance or lack of knowledge about the foregoing distinctions has been greatly exploited--not to mention ignored. The United States itself is a Federal (Territorial) State--it is very much limited in size and scope. The singularity known as the United States is a creature of other states. Some suggest it to have been the creature of the People of the original Thirteen Colonies--but they weren't "People of the United States" and were instead People of Maryland, Virginia, etc. respectively. For example, U.S. State of California is not the same as the de jure California republic (lower case). The 's' at the end just wants to be plural but is more often than not these days a singularity.
Thus the importance of being able to recognize administrative law when you see it.