passports – Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM)

Microsoft Copilot: What is a “Ministerial officer”?

INTRODUCTION: These questions relate to the person who accepts passport applications as a “ministerial officer” working for the Department of State (DOS). For an example…

SEDM_Admin Rep December 19, 2025

Microsoft Copilot: Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine Applied to USA Passports*

INTRODUCTION: Understanding the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine is very important in challenging compelled disclosure of SSNs or compelled choice of political status on the DS-11 Passport…

SEDM_Admin Rep December 14, 2025

Frivolous Subject: The meaning of the 5 stars on a passport

There is a HUGE myth in the freedom community about the meaning of the number of stars on a passport. Below are some samples: Members…

SEDM_Admin Rep June 1, 2024

Google Bard on Passports: 22 U.S.C. 2721 “membership” includes POLITICAL membership as a “national” and CIVIL STATUTORY membership connected with DOMICILE*

Per 22 U.S.C. 2721: Impermissible basis for denial of passports, passports may not be denied because membership or lack of membership of any kind. The…

SEDM_Admin Rep January 2, 2024

ChatGPT AI Request: Pleading to Compel Passport Issuance for Failure to Supply an SSN or comply with federal civil statutory law*

We asked Chatgpt the following: Write a legal pleading that proves that enforcing federal civil statutes constitutes compelled membership in the social compact for nonresidents…

SEDM_Admin Rep October 14, 2023

Language You Can Use in Identity Document Application to Prove You don’t Have an SSN and Aren’t Eligible, and Never Applied for One

EDITORIAL: The language below is provided in About SSNs and TINs On Government Forms and Correspondence, Form #05.012, Section 9.1. It is repeated here to…

SEDM_Admin Rep October 20, 2018

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