Media reporting on a pseudolaw roadside stop that led to criminal proceedings. Yes, it's the old home-made licence plate thing. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... The appeal court decision is reported and quite lengthy, with some interesting nuances.

Judges decide what is law, but who decides what is pseudolaw? That's a lurking issue in a recent Ontario court decision that I discuss in detail here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...

New academic publication from the Netherlands examines how judges interact with pseudolaw adherents in court proceedings: scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%... Worth a look. First time I've seen a report of a judge singing along with a pop song in a court proceeding, too.

More reporting on Australian pseudolaw activities: gnet-research.org/2026/05/13/t... Since this is outside Canada I'm just going to point at it and not comment further.

While criminal proceedings against HRM Didulo have ended, I suggest there's another alternative - securities illegality. Say wut?! It's the Loyalty Money she was handing out. Is that a security subject to regulation? Discussed here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Lovely Money pictured below.

It's sometimes hard to believe the little field I've written in for years is expanding so much! One further indication is the newly formed International Pseudolaw Research Network. The website is here: pseudolaw.org It's largely a seedling at this point, but it will grow. So very exciting.

Speaking of conferences, the newly formed International Pseudolaw Research Network is holding online and in-person events on June 18-19. Registration is free, and it looks like the "in person" part has the option to watch online. I'll be observing but not presenting.

Being old sucks. I attended my likely final academic conference this week. Due to physical issues air flight is simply very painful. That twists me because interest and investigation of pseudolaw is rapidly expanding. Conferences, research groups, wonderful writing. ...

I read Mad Magazine pretty regularly as a kid. So this court judgment name, or "style of cause", made me giggle: Spiess v Spiess, 2026 ABCA 178 (Don't both going to read it - just a regular divorce matter.) (White Spy won this time.)

Pseudolaw sometimes involves real law, so sometimes the best cases to explain why a real legal dispute ends up with an outcome are cases about pseudolaw. Yes, this is a Meads v Meads thingie. I discuss a land access dispute example here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... And here's the key part.

The Tax Court of Canada addresses and rejects a novel pseudolaw argument in Curran v The King, 2026 TCC 79 - that claiming copyright in legislation somehow affects income tax obligations. Which is goofy. I comment in some length here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Enjoy!

A Canadian Bar Association National Magazine piece on my recent interview concerning (non)-management of abusive litigation in Canada: nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl... In case you prefer text to listening. Which is my bias. Hell is listening to pseudolaw guru YouTube videos.

I recently appeared on the Canadian Bar Association's regular "Verdicts and Voices" podcast, speaking about abusive litigation and litigants in Canada. In case you're interested in my perspective. It's not terribly positive.

Posted a boring legal analysis on the implications of a new Canadian court decision on pseudolaw indigenous rights claims over on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Basically, if you say you're Indigenous Law trumps court orders, you're still in contempt of court. Shocking.

Pseudolaw litigant in London UK gets 6 months contempt breach of zoning & construction court orders. UK written pseudolaw decisions are pretty rare, probably since trial courts don't report most judgments. This one is fun. We get wet ink signatures, home-made seals, Strawman Theory. But best is...

Uhm... wut? Apparently I'm now in the top 20,000 SSRN authors. Of over 2.7 million. In the top 0.743%. Didn't see that coming though I had noticed that pseudolaw is an increasingly hot topic, with new publications appearing all the time. Neat. Not bad for a hobbyist retiree.

My response to the anonymous peer review process is schizoid. I just returned a revised draft where the peer reviewers asked for exactly what the article needed. Excellent - almost a collaborative process. But I've decided to abandon making submissions to a hitherto old reliable favourite journal.

Academic piece by Amy Cohen and Ilana Gershon that in part discusses parallels between President Donald Trump's approach to agreements and contracts, and pseudolaw contract theory: lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul... It's neat. Worth a look.

2024 French law enforcement briefing on "Sovereign Citizens". Concludes: The threat posed by "sovereign citizens" in France remains minor compared to that of the jihadist movement, which remains the most significant terrorist risk on national soil. Full document: hal.science/hal-05491714...

The CBC has released a six-part 3.5 hour podcast series on HRM Didulo's activities in Richmound, Saskatchewan. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Frankly, I didn't find much useful. If you're familiar with HRM Didulo's sage you will largely encounter a tail of village politics.

Front-line court staff and other government officials have useful observations on managing pseudolaw types. David Heilpern, a now former Magistrate, explains how pseudolaw users create delay and disruption for court processes, even as they always fail: theconversation.com/how-should-a...

The New Zealand Police have published (proactively) their standard instructions for managing and responding to "Sovereign Citizens". www.police.govt.nz/sites/defaul... The information response instructions at pages 15-21 are very interesting, and I'd say nicely composed and explained.

Dan Neidle's Tax Policy Group has published an excellent review of "Empower the People", a UK-based tax fraud scheme that uses US 1099-OID forms to (sometimes) trigger fraudulent Internal Revenue Service refunds. Highest recommendation. A must read. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/25/s...

For me writing and music are linked. Inextricably. I've spent decades drafting and editing enveloped in pounding, aggressive, enraged, hopeless music. Music to accompany a joyous artillery barrage. That might leak through into what I write. Maybe. And I miss dancing until my feet bleed.

The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social (a thinktank) has released a “policy brief” “The global sovereign citizen movement”. Unfortunately the product isn’t sitting particularly well with me. I've posted an extended commentary on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... If you're interested.

How do you in a judgment say "dude said really nasty stuff" without quoting it? "I note that I have cited the least offensive of the statements and threats made by [litigant] in those emails." Very slick solution. Tip of the hat to Justice Little! Judgment here: canlii.ca/t/kj3hv

I have an odd obsession. When a talking head appears on TV in their home office, I scrutinize the wall of books that is usually behind them. Call me judgmental, but I can't really take an "expert" seriously when I find their library organization is by book colour. Or size.

Alert! Fellow malevolent entities and Reptilians! (Since I self-identify as a yugoloth, I'm confident I qualify as the former.) HRM Didulo has ordered our extermination! I've been keeping an eye out for orbital bombardment laser strikes - nothing so far. Watch The Skies!

Sovereign Citizen "Judge" Anna Von Reitz's residence sold at public auction by judicial order after Anna doesn't pay her income tax. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Ooppsieee...

Been playing with LLMs testing their ability to detect & respond to pseudolaw concepts. Gemini pointed to this US government resource for a rebuttal to Strawman Theory secret bank accounts. Nice, concise, accurate. Good stuff. Maybe we are making progress? www.treasurydirect.gov/laws-and-reg...

A tasty pseudolaw academic publication from Poland that focuses on pseudolaw itself. The results are a bit unremarkable. Prof. Pastuszko identifies usual core pseudolaw concepts: governments are corporations, the duel of laws, and - of course - Strawman Theory. journals.umcs.pl/sil/article/...

New academic publication on ideology of Australian “Sovereign Citizens”. Labels the phenomenon as (government) Illegitimacy, Individualism, and Immunity. I’m not going to make a detailed analysis. There’s “local experts” who are better positioned on Australia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Pseudolaw scholarship is expanding at an amazing pace. Here is the first article (that I know of) documenting the Polish variations. Patryk Król uses parallels in language, concepts & objectives to identify Polish pseudolaw groups. That's the Strawman. www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd... Recommended!

Not often that a Canadian judge gets "de-gowned". The Ontario Judicial Counsel has concluded (balance of probabilities) that Ontario Justice Paul Currie committed sexual and physical assault, and inflicted bodily injury. The summary of decision is here: www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...

I have a legitimate basis to cite the Hanna Barbera Scooby Doo cartoon in a legal academic publication. I'm not kidding. At all. This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path. *fiendish giggling*

Was mentioned in Tim Cestnick's Globe and Mail tax advice column as documenting very bad ideas for tax evasion (www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...) The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.

Honestly, I enjoy when judges move into cold clinical rage mode. Judge Stephanie Wanke of the Alberta Court of King's Bench issued a short piece sharply criticizing a failure to follow basic service rules in a foreclosure. I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.

Hey, is your faith in the ultimate goodness of humanity in need of a kick in the crotch? Check out this lovely decision: canlii.ca/t/khc20 In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted. Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!

Interesting but sad report on the killing of a 22-year-old mother of two by a 70-year-old self-identified Freeman-on-the-Land. Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer. Detailed discussion here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...

CanLII tracks monthly the most accessed court judgments. For December that is: a lawyer using ChatGPT a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal Enjoy. www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/

Investigation and analysis of pseudolaw is truly an expanding field. Now an academic in Hungary - Nóra Falyuna - is looking at the subject! folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132 inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567

Been contemplating how to use large language model "AIs" to further pseudolaw and other abusive litigation schemes: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.

Hey! You underemployed bums! Getcher ass to Australia and join the Common Law Sheriffs! You'll get a cool purple shirt! commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com... Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!

The Australian Law Journal in September published an issue entirely focused on pseudolaw. There's good stuff here - but warning, everything is paywalled at the moment. If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look. Here's a link: search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...

Sigh. I am attempting to work up another research project. And I want to properly explain why an Ontario lawyer cited the "Eye of Isis Treaty" as a binding Canadian legal authority. Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document. F'ing Enki. (Not judicial review, tho!)

Toronto homeowner attempts to get a free house via pseudolaw goofery. Loses, of course, but the Manulife Bank exhibits the True Christmas Spirit! Writeup here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... (Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)

Wonderfully strange cargo cult/Ponzi scheme from the depths of Bougainville, ensnaring Sovereigns and other weirdos worldwide. www.occrp.org/en/feature/m... Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful! Need to find a way to cite this...

I know, I know. I shouldn't react this way. But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling. Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.

In a "Mr. Big" investigation police go undercover and pretend to operate a criminal organization to elicit confessions from a suspect. These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop? Play along! R v Brown - canlii.ca/t/j494p

So somebody thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada with an Unreal Engine 3D mopping "adventure" set in the Supreme Court of Canada building. No. I'm not joking. My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...