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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Where I live a lawyer or ex-lawyer is prohibited from serving in juries. I kinda regret that. But in Australia you just show up! Cool! Yes, this is a pseudolaw thing. It'd be fun to write about the legal implications of this court's operation. But I stick to Canada these days.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nicola & David Suppa reversed the taxation process. They took ordinary Canada Revenue Agency money deposit forms, scribbled on them, declared those were a “Coupon of Money” & demanded the CRA pay them $4,494.530.03. The CRA didn’t pay. The Suppas sued. Didn't work. Shocking. canlii.ca/t/knc62

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Notably, half involve a NZ Maori-specific/linked concept base that Biss describes as a novel local adaptation of pseudolaws' more common general structure. Biss concludes Australian & NZ pseudolaw are following different patterns, with distinct (not)-legal reasoning in the 2 jurisdictions.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New Zealand has its first broad survey of pseudolaw caselaw in MA thesis by William Biss. hdl.handle.net/10523/52479 Biss identifies & surveys 267 NZ court judgments that involve pseudolaw, plotting a progressive increase over the past decade.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

John is now retired, but we touch base once in awhile. He's no longer really involved in much in the "law world". But when he does get out and participate, this judgment comes up time and again. Pretty pleased with how it turned out!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Meads v Meads day! 14 years! Looking at the CanLII website and my notes, it appears the decision has been cited in 536 court cases worldwide. Not bad for a trial-level decision that, purportedly, is nothing but obiter. If you haven't read it, here's a link: canlii.ca/t/fsvjq (It's long.)

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Profs. Harry Hobbs (Australia, University New South Wales) and Stephen Young (New Zealand, University Otago) @steveisinotago.bsky.social have published the first general access review of the pseudolaw phenomenon. It's good - solid. Very recommended. Here's a review: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The year isn't over. I wouldn't say we're in some new phase unless without more years of SRL activity that is at least 2 standard deviations off mean. But these are pretty high numbers... Oh hey, the SCC got rid of all filing fees! Do you think that made a difference? Everybody loves a freebee!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

But the average frequency of SRL applications is 24.7% (1997-2026). The highest previous frequency is 33.7% (2016). On a Z score calculation, that makes the SRL frequency in 2026 is 3.2 standard deviations off mean. The highest previous deviation was 1.42 standard deviations (2016).

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I track self-represented litigant activity at the Supreme Court of Canada. Something might be going on this year. So far SRLs make up 45.7% of appeals (N=308). If activity so far in this year is representative, that means 2026 is among the lowest total new appeal years at the SCC in 30 years.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here's a 2021 academic article on women's roles in US anti-state communities, including Sovereign Citizen and affiliated groups. www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/10... It's good! Not my core area of interest, but has a nice overview of outsider populations in the US.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

First comprehensive rebuttal of pseudolaw by South African courts. The judge relies extensively on Canadian and commonwealth jurisprudence, but conducts a detailed specific response in the SA context. Detailed review here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Solid, solid piece of work.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've said it before, I'll say it again. You do good work, sir.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Some observations are not really a surprise. Like many other European countries, Polish pseudolaw is not so much based on the "Duel of Laws", as a "Duel of States", where the current government is invalid for various reasons As usual, Strawman Theory has a central role. Good stuff!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New academic article by Polish investigator Ewa Iwanowska. Evaluates a Polish pseudolaw online community, ideas & links to Anglo-Saxon pseudolaw: www.researchgate.net/publication/... It's in Polish. A really nice job discussing the interconnections between pseudolaw's ideas and host populations.

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(PDF) Pseudoprawo czy subkultura prawna. Dwupoziomowa analiza ruchu „suwerennych obywateli” w Polsce

PDF | This article addresses a taxonomic research question concerning the proper analytical classification of the sovereign citizen movement in Poland.... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I just reviewed my ResearchGate account & noticed a couple new publications from the 1990s. I had not entered these. They're viral genome data I discovered while working as a military defence researcher. Apparently Genebank submissions are automatically added to my account - how very cool!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You don't have to feel it. Just embrace it. (Though the origin of the idea is in the UCC notary protest method, so there's the starting point for your unique authority. In Canada that got much expanded.)

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Canadian lawyer Grace Akpan has brought the practice of justice into disrepute by notarizing pseudolaw documents & then suspended. Background and decisions reviewed here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... That ID is a pseudolaw forgery and not legitimate. First time I know of discipline for this.

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From the amibeingdetained community on Reddit: Alberta lawyer Grace Akpan is professionally sanctioned for notarizing pseudolaw documents

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Canadian National Self-Represented Litigants Project proposes that self-represented litigants have their own courts and court system: www.slaw.ca/2026/08/25/i... I'm not sure how that would work. That very probably reflects my lack of imagination. "ACCESS TO JUSTICE!"

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Imagining a Possible Future: Self-Represented Litigant Courts - Slaw

The growth of self-representation in all adjudicative settings may ultimately require a new approach to adjudication that is even more fundamental than a root and branch overhaul of procedure and prac...

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

(Secret disclosure. Canada’s current legal system isn’t a principled, reasoned, analytical domain of knowledge. It’s a (secular) religion.)

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s a rare, rare thing when you give people who are lauded as brilliant, extraordinary, and they turn away from the opportunity to exercise power, as they think is best. After all, they’re better than you and me.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have dim expectations on this front. The position staked out by the ONCA here is, in my opinion, doomed and ultimately futile.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I won’t try to summarize because that defeats the purpose. But if you wonder why it seems Canada’s law and the policies imposed via law are so disjointed and out of step with what you see around you, here is an answer. Cycle Toronto v Ontario (Attorney General), 2026 ONCA 582 (canlii.ca/t/kmmft)

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And a minority of SCC judges point this out, over and over again. No matter. If you, Canadian reader, are uncomfortable with how Canada’s courts seem to determine and shape so much of our lives, then you should read this judgment. It’s direct, critical, cutting.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The bike lanes judgment broadly conflicts with Supreme Court of Canada operations. That court makes policy with no regard to expense, history, democratic principles. Ok ok they make hand wavey gestures, they “carefully considered” such. Economic data to back that up? Pfah. Who needs that?

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The bike lanes judgment broadly conflicts with the operations of the Supreme Court of Canada. That court makes policy with no regard to expense, history, democratic principles. They make hand wavey gestures of having “carefully considered” such. Economic data to back that up? Pfah. Who needs that?

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s not up to judges to make policy and the laws that implement those policies. That authority belongs to elected government officials, and the parliamentary process. Y'know. That democracy thing.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Practically a declaration of war in Canada's modern legal ecosystem, not so different from Luther hammering his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg cathedral. The ONCA is explicit. No matter how smart judges may think they are, how much superior they believe their own analyses & perspectives.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Don't usually recommend people read court decisions. Here's an exception. The Ontario Court of Appeal rejects a constitutional "Charter" right to public bike lanes. Which is stupid obvious. But the ONCA goes further. A declaration that judges are not Canada's policy-makers.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

To add to the fun, the AI used the formatting and credentials of a genuine transcript service when it composed the false transcript. The SRL got caught, said "Who me!?!?! The AI did it on its own! I gave it access to my files and look what it did! So sorry!!!"

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Turns out you can't blame a robot for your litigation misconduct. A Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision tosses out an appeal where the SRL appellant submitted a transcript of lower court proceedings that was generated by an unidentified LLM AI. The transcript wasn't accurate.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Of course you want to visit: www.redhorsepublishingmn.com/erwinrommels... Why Rommel? “Rommel accomplished more with less than anybody in the 20th century.” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhKu...)

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ERSOL | REDHORSE PUBLISHING

Explore the official Erwin Rommel School of Law. Discover books, seminars, ERSOL Archives, and legal education resources.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Pseudolaw “law schools” intrigue me. Why would you trust an institution that places itself outside the legal norms? My favorite, the "Erwin Rommel School of Law", established 1974 disappeared. Yes that Rommel. But it's back! Still run by Michael Halsey Brown, now he has a number of collaborators.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I instead recommend interested readers refer to this article by Christine Sarteschi (ijcam.org/issue-articl...) and the Master's thesis by Camden MacKenzie (queensu.scholaris.ca/items/c26021...) for those who want a detailed and referenced examination of Our Dear Shapeshifting Floating Queen.

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The social phenomenon of Romana Didulo "Queen of Canada" - IJCAM

This article explores Romana Didulo’s conspiracy-driven movement, its QAnon and sovereign citizen roots, and the real-world harm experienced by her followers.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've posted some detailed observations on that on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Not saying the Rolling Stone article isn't useful if you want a high level overview. But ... just be a little cautious with its contents.

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From the amibeingdetained community on Reddit: Rolling Stone reporting on HRM Queen Romana Didulo and her history and activities

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Rolling Stone magazine has published a retrospective of our Arcturian Goddess, HRM Romana Didulo, Queen of Canada, Long May She Reign! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... Fair notice, I'm quoted a few times. I have some issues with the reporting. To be blunt, I think the story was "sexed up".

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The Rise and Fall of the QAnon Queen of Canada

Romana Didulo became one of North America’s most dangerous conspiracy figures, leading followers to believe she could erase debt and cure cancer.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens (eds Harry Hobbs & Stephen Young), an academic anthology of articles on pseudolaw phenomena worldwide, is now available in softcover. Still not cheap, but an interesting and useful resource, recommended to those interested in the subject.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Turns out the one absolutely required distraction I've been missing through my entire life is watching furry girls beat the crap out of cyberdoodz in time to aggro remixes of 80s New Wave classics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar8kF_i_fkM What you discover as a senior citizen. Crush 'em Loona!

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"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" || Dead as Disco

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hey, it's a win-win for me. If he seeks to participate he'll be shot down because his arguments have no merit. If he doesn't participate I can point at Belanger being a less than ideal "bondservant of Christ". *fiendish giggles*

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Pointed out he can now intervene in a SCC proceeding on an issue where he argues he has special knowledge. And Belanger for years has claimed he has an obligation as a Bondservant of Christ or something to share his "truths". I don't know what would be funnier. If he intervenes or ignores it.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm kinda a shithead. The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to an appeal on whether or not oath's of office are constitutional or not, or infringe on religious belief. There's a pseudolaw guru named "minister" Belanger who has argued something like that for years. So I poked him on X.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Full judgment here: R. v Hackl, 2026 BCSC 1167 canlii.ca/t/klp4q Hopefully treatment helps. Lucky no one was killed.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My pseudolaw focus means when I encounter a weird-sounding standoff or crisis I poke a little deeper. Is this "One of my dudes?" This morning's example was a no. But the confrontation with a guy hepped up on hyperventilation, world control by pendulums? Got personality!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Started my day with an invite to an "international conference" on psychiatry in the Netherlands. I'm a "mental health" expert! Register now and the fee of $1200 drops to $600. This was from "PreCognition Conferences". *touch paw to forehead* My precognition says I won't be attending, scammers!

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Attended my first furrycon yesterday. A bit strange. I've been an observer/consumer of furry stuff since the 1980s but not a member of the fandom itself. Was busy in Industrial/Goth culture in the interim, but now I took the plunge. Was nice. Genuinely nice & welcoming, living up to its rep.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal rejected a pseudolaw "Indigenous Representative". Notably, the Court doesn't even cite Meads v Meads. It doesn't need to. Weirdly, the pseudolaw litigant is a bud of Charles Manson Full discussion here: www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde... Yes, THAT Charles Manson.

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New academic paper discussing pseudolaw populations in the Netherlands and Switzerland, examining these phenomena as a reaction by privileged individuals against state interactions. First review of the Swiss variation I've encountered. Full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired) @dnetolitzky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thanks for pointing this out! I agree with your conclusion. Going to be very interesting to see if His Excellency Ricky mounts an unorthodox defence, or just something dull like self-defence.

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