“Evidently, all we know is maritime law and don’t know the rest”
Maritime law is a touchy subject...
The Montana Freemen were convinced that they were not subject to common law but Maritime law. It did not go too well for them...FWIW the leader of ‘the gang’ (LeRoy M. Schweitzer) had family nearby me and he had three 20 +/- acre lots that were confiscated by the IRS that were, literally just south of the small subdivision I live in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Freemen
these people were nuts im not referring to the crazies.