The Sovereign Citizen Movement is becoming a growing challenge to the rule of law in many countries, including Australia, according to a recent report by ABC Radio National's Law Report.
Sovereign citizens reject government authority and use pseudo-legal arguments to contest legal matters, causing cases to take much longer to resolve. Magistrate Mark Douglass of the New South Wales Local Court explains that these arguments are "blowing out" their lists, taking three or four times longer to complete than normal matters.
For further information, there is a link to the Law Report podcast hosted by Damien Carrick, featuring special guest Magistrate Mark Douglass from the NSW Local Court, available below.