The Shocking Secret About Court Room Flags and Jurisdcition(s) – It’s A Warning!
This post is about court room flags and the jurisdiction they signal. It explains why the author calls the gold or yellow fringe on a flag a warning.
President Dwight David Eisenhower signed Executive Order No.10834 on August 21, 1959. He had it printed in the Federal Register at 24 F.R. 6865, pursuant to the law. It stated that: “A military flag is a flag that resembles the regular flag of the United States, except that it has a yellow fringe border on three sides.”
Why do court room flags have a yellow fringe?
Gold fringe sometimes decorates the edges of the National Flag of the United States, the ‘Stars and Stripes’. You can find these yellow fringed ‘Stars and Stripes’ in most State and Federal Courts, Municipal Buildings, and Schools throughout America, but why? 
The warning on court room flags
The flags displayed in State courts and courts of the United States have gold or yellow fringes. That is your WARNING that you are entering into a foreign jurisdiction, the same as if you are stepping onto foreign soil. You will be under the jurisdiction of THAT flag.
The flag with the gold or yellow fringe has no constitution, no laws, and no rules of any court. No nation on this earth recognizes it, and it is foreign to you and the United States of America.
Those of us who believe that the Yellow Fringed Flag is the ‘Law of Admiralty’ Flag will know all about this. For the rest of us, this will be a shocking new disclosure. President Dwight David Eisenhower signed Executive Order No.10834 on August 21, 1959. He had it printed in the Federal Register at 24 F.R. 6865, pursuant to the law. It stated that: “A military flag is a flag that resembles the regular flag of the United States, except that it has a yellow fringe border on three sides.”
The President’s authority over the flag
The American people were allowed to believe that it was just a decoration but its not. When you see a flag that resembles a regular US flag with YELLOW FRINGE border on the edges, it means that you are in a special place. It is a place that should not have any jurisdiction over you if you are a normal citizen.
The President of the United States designates this difference from the regular flag, by executive order such as Ike did. In his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the military he makes it so. Statute does not control the placing of a fringe on the national flag. It also does not control the dimensions of the flag or the arrangement of the stars in the union. These are matters of detail, and they are within the discretion of the President as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.
Ships, embassies and the law of the flag
If you walk onto a ship docked in a port located in New York City, you are subject to the laws of the city and state of New York. You are also subject to the Federal Laws of the United States. This is as one would expect. However, when that ship leaves that harbor, then things change. Got it now?
Wherever that ship happens to come to rest the law of the land wherever you happen to be has jurisdiction over you. When you are out in the high seas past the twelve mile limit you are not under the jurisdiction of any nation’s laws. You are under the jurisdiction of what people call “Maritime Law”. You will be subject to the law of the flag of that ship. The “master of the ship,” otherwise known as the Captain, enforces it by the law of the flag.
If you enter a foreign embassy that happens to be in Washington DC, you are entering a distinct “enclave”. Its laws may differ from your “home” state. You will be subject to the laws of THAT country, not US law, just as if you are boarding a ship. So, when you enter a courtroom displaying a gold or yellow fringed flag, be aware that you have just entered into a foreign country. You had better have your passport with you.
The judge sitting under a gold or yellow fringe flag becomes the “captain” or “master” of that ship or enclave. He has absolute power to make the rules as he goes. The gold or yellow fringe flag is your WARNING that you are leaving your Constitutionally protected rights on the floor outside the door of that courtroom.
Why officials appoint judges
This is why officials appoint so many judges, and the people do not elect them. The President, the national military commander in chief, appoints federal judges. The Governors, the state military commanders (head of the State National Guard), appoint State judges. Officials appoint judges because the courts are military courts and civilians do not “elect” military officers.
Court room flags and military courts
Gold-fringed flags only stand inside military courts that sit in summary court martial proceedings against civilians. Local rules govern such courts in part, but “The Manual of Courts Martial” governs them more especially. So, the next time you see this yellow fringed flag you will know what you are looking at and what it really means.
If you travel to Mexico and you see the National Flag of Mexico, you would know that you are under the jurisdiction of Mexico. Mexican laws govern you at that time. That flag is your official notification when you see that flag. You should understand that the gold fringed flag signifies the same thing. It is a notification to you that you are under the rules and regulations of the military force that is flying that flag.
Removing the gold fringed flag
Government officials and judges often refuse requests to remove the gold fringed flag. They also refuse to replace it with the official flag of the United States as defined in the constitution – which has NO fringe. In 1933 President Theodore Roosevelt described the admiralty, maritime or administration display of the flag. According to him, the presence of “gold fringe, gold braid, gold eagle, gold spear, or gold ball atop the flag pole” establishes it.
In 1979 Army regulations set down these standards as part of the War Powers Act. By submitting a plea to this type of court, you are silently assenting, or agreeing, that this court has jurisdiction over you. That is how the display of the fringed-flags lets others take away our freedoms. Be advised.
Key takeaways
- Executive Order No.10834 describes a military flag with a yellow fringe border on three sides.
- The post says the gold or yellow fringe on court room flags is a warning that you are entering a foreign jurisdiction.
- The post says the President decides the fringe, the dimensions and the stars as Commander in Chief.
- The post says that by submitting a plea, you silently assent that the court has jurisdiction over you.
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