DUI defendant claims that he's his own country

Associated Press ^ | March 11, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

EASTON, Pa. (AP) - A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from jail until he gets a mental exam.

[cripplecreek]

Witmeria?

[unkus]

A bad batch of Moon Shine?

[Responsibility2nd]

Who does he think he is?

Only an illegal alien can pull that stunt.

[Crazieman]

[freedumb2003]

Sounds like a L&O episode.

[Drango]

I once thought I was a junebug, but then buzz wore off.

[RFEngineer]

That would be an act of war.....

[mylife]

L0L!

[DYngbld]

Ask him for his passport and visa, then arrest him for being an illegal.

[goat granny]

LOL good one

[Pearls Before Swine]

He’s in his own world, is more like it.

[Guns]

What a great idea! I think Ill tell that one to the IRS and Obama when he raises my taxes!
Selective Secession!

[Fred Hayek]

Maybe into that “sovereign person” thing. Note that I use quotes. There are some Posse Commitatus types that claim this.

[xmission]

Michael Moore must be at least a county.

[6SJ7]

This guy is living in his own Private Idaho.

[dware]

A bad batch of Moon Shine?

I have been looking for almost two years now, and I STILL can't find a good or bad batch...

[unkus]

LOL

I tasted some once in Georgia. No thanks.

[Roos_Girl]

[x]

Nutty Scottia.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Only goes to show that no man is his own island.

[Big Giant Head]

I know a guy that makes it with government study grants.... tastes like apples!

[varon]

Ask him for his passport and visa, then arrest him for being an illegal.

If he is a country of one, then he is the head of state and as such enjoys diplomatic immunity :-)

[thefactor]

[SunkenCiv]

Next he’ll want his own casino.

[awake-n-angry]

He didn’t have a Birth Certificate to prove that he was eligible to be a citizen of himself.

[ArrogantBustard]

Maybe into that “sovereign person” thing

I used to run into these goobers on "survivalist" BBS. Oddly, a lot of them were from Pennsylvania.

[Star Traveler]

Ummmm...., how about those who say that “Obama is not the President!”

Would someone order a mental exam there... :-)

[Welsh Rabbit]

Yeah, that was my first thought. I’m ashamed to say, but I was once employed in a seasonal position with the IRS (don’t judge; I was young and needed a job). Anyways, my job was processing and assigning written correspondence, and I got a lot of letters from tax protesters who would frequently use the term “sovereign person” while arguing about the 16th Amendment being illegal or whatever.