Exactly my point: Here in California, for example, under Civil Code Sec.22 “Law is a solemn expression of the will of the supreme power of the State.” Under Sec.22.1 “The will of the supreme power is expressed: (a) By the Constitution; (b) by statutes.” However, common law is not left out of the mix: Civil Code Sec. 22.2 states: “The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constituion of the United States, or the Consitution of laws of this State, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this State.” In California, the Legislature enacted Penal Code Secs. 895,896, and 988 which define the method by which a grand jury is convened, i.e., by summons of the Superior Court. I don’t think there was a common law right in ngland for groups of citizens to convene themselves into grand juries. Even if there were, however, the duly elected representatives of the People of this state have abolished any such right. In California, at least, anyone who claims a common law right to convene a grand jury is just plain wrong as a matter of law.
On “...sovereign citizens growing out of a belief...” OK. The legend of Santa Claus “grew out of” a real bishop in Asia Minor over 1,500 years ago. That doesn’t make Santa a real person. Fevered extrapolation on legal concepts does not make them law.