such as this and they will point to things like the treaty dating back to 1777. i ve also seen 1787, a treaty between the united states and morocco. what the treaty was about was maritime laws that allowed privilege of the united states and the privileges for the moroccan country to support privileges based on economics, not treaties for citizen but economic reasons just like sovereign citizens will also use maritime laws to confuse law enforcement during the vehicle stops. we have to understand they don t recognize themselves as sovereign citizens. however their ideology is closely aligned to sovereign citizen ideology. is what one of the men set about their supposed rights.
believed to be an offshoot of sovereign citizens. but then one of the men arrested was able to put out a statement saying they weren t. historically rise of the moors has had a unique belief that they are exempt from u.s. law because of the 1787 treaty between morocco and united states. that treaty does not exist. that pretty much exemplifies the belief of the sovereign citizens which are the conspiracy theory of conspiracy theory us. they believe things like at birth everyone is assigned a bank account depending on which sovereign group you listen to and they exert their ability to be independent from government control, they can have that money back. they don t have to pay taxes or anything else. that money can be used for their deaths. if some of the theories sounds silly they do have a tendency
blinkenen in rome and we know that he held a large mass on tuesday. griff. griff: trey yingst in jerusalem. thank you, trey. allysia. a big night in the nation s capitol and all across the u.s. as americans celebrate independence day with parades, picnics and pyrotechnics and millions are celebrating their freedom from pandemic restrictions. david spunt is live at the national mall as preparations are underway for tonight s fireworks spectacular. hi, david. reporter: hi, allysia, happy 4th of july. i m on the national mall right now, a beautiful day here in our nation s capital. i m a few yards away from the national archive which houses the declaration of independence and of course the constitution, signed several years later in 1787. back to what we re talking about here today, a lot of crowds expected from the national park
sort of stick or are we going to continue to see this vacillation between the two parties. well, i think you put your finger on a real problem. and i have not seen a lot written about this, but the real danger of the political situation that we re in right now is the fact that compromising is seen as a politically dangerous or deadly thing to do. you know this is 4th of july weekend. the founding of the country. and this country was founded on compromise if those folks at that convention in 1787 had not compromised on a lot of things, we would not have a country, or we would not have a constitution. so the real danger that we have now is with these gerrymandered districts. if you re viewed as someone that
that matters. as the supreme court explained just a few years ago, i quote, long settled and established practices are consideration of great weight in a proper interpretation of constitutional provisions regulating the relationship between congress and the president. so let s take a quick tour of the historical record. to begin at the beginning, a sweltering summer in philadelphia 1787. the framers discussed at length the balance between presidents and congress. remember, they had just fought a bloody war to rid themselves of a tyrant. and they were very conscious. they didn t want another tyrant. when impeachment came up, they agreed to limit the president s authority. but a strong majority of framers saw that as a virtue, not a vice. they wanted to empower the president, but also, to keep his power from getting out of hand.