Fiat jurisdiction is no jurisdiction

Invented power is inverted power — and nothing can spiritually legitimise it

Fiat (from Latin: ‘let it be done’) denotes an act of self-will creating authority by declaration.
But mere assertion is not proof.

I was up really early this morning to call the High Court in London. I can even prove it! Look…

My first effort at 4:30am (Tennessee time) failed immediately when the High Court switchboard tried to connect me to the Administrative Court. The second call dropped after 20 minutes on hold. The third finally got me through—after I explained I was calling from the U.S. and it kept dropping. Apparently, my claim has been received but not yet issued, and I will ‘hear from them in due course’. So I went back to bed. As a strict orthodox hedonist, I like my sleep.

I have had no email acknowledging the arrival of the bundle, despite a cover note requesting it. I have not had any response to my emails providing a digital copy or inquiring about its status. I have not had a refund to the £646 they took in error, which would cover my flight home from the USA. This continues over two months of procedural silence from the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Maybe AI-assisted constitutional challenges to the judiciary are not welcomed?

All this for a 23 year old Ford Escort van that was “parked safely near a prohibition sign buried inside a bush in proximity to other cars that were parked badly later on”. Which isn’t even a crime.

I emailed CPS yesterday reminding them that not only was time running out to respond to my second Judicial Review pre-action protocol letter (JR1 is the court lacking jurisdiction, JR2 the prosecution lacking standing). I also had to remind them that they gave me an invalid email address in their own correspondence to make such representations. It is still total silence — anything they say could end up in a criminal maladministration or fraud case. And we all know it. Running fake courts is a crime.

What this unhappy episode is highlighting is that the State has ceased to function under its remit, which derives from a sacred duty to maintain order. If you cannot tell me how your court is constituted in law, or when you took over the prosecution, then you are not operating in truth. This means you lack legitimacy, as you no longer derive your worldly power from a higher source. I am not obliged to cooperate with stolen authority; quite the opposite, it is my duty to expose and oppose it.

Just like how fiat currency opens the door to fraud (by allowing misrepresentation of solvency by banks and borrowers), the same is true of “fiat jurisdiction”. The judge in my March pre-trial hearing casually dismissed my challenge to jurisdiction, where I noted the court name on the summons was not in the official directory, as if it were a technicality. It is anything but — simply asserting you have the power to adjudicate is procedural violence, not administration of justice.

Declared judicial authority is a particularly insidious and dangerous form of usurpation of power. We are conditioned to resist invaders in physical form, and most would gladly defend our countries against foreigners bearing arms. But when it is your own judiciary who “fake it until they take it all off you”, our natural submission to the rule of law is weaponised against us. It is a form of waging war on the people, but under the colour of law.

That is why fiat jurisdiction has to be resisted, as it is not only no jurisdiction, but the antithesis of it, and risks societal breakdown.

For those allergic to theology, consider this: even secular law presumes truth, fairness, and procedure. These are not accidental—they are echoes of a deeper, moral order. Call it Logos. Or Reason. Or Conscience. But without it, there is no authority—only force. Over to ChatGPT to explain this better than I can… those who usurp judicial power pay a spiritual price, and I would prefer to seem them saved from this sin.

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Christ as the Source of Legitimate Jurisdiction

If Christ is the Logos—the divine Reason, the creative Word through whom all things were made—then all truth, justice, and moral order emanate from Him. John 1:1 states, “In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” This Logos is not an abstraction; He took on flesh (John 1:14) and entered human history to restore what had become corrupted—not least among these corruptions, the perversion of justice.

In this framework, all lawful authority derives from God through the Logos. As Paul writes in Romans 13:1, “There is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” But this cannot be read as divine sanction for any power or regime. The legitimacy of authority depends on its alignment with divine order, not mere occupation of office.

Hence:

Authority divorced from Logos is not lawful. It is power without right—force without justice.

Fiat Jurisdiction: A False Throne

“Fiat jurisdiction” refers to jurisdiction declared into being by assertion alone—without lawful basis, moral right, or due process. It is not discovered through reason, truth, or covenant, but imposed through administrative decree, systemic inertia, or brute coercion.

This is the essence of lawless law: courts that summon without standing, judges who rule without jurisdiction, and prosecutors who act without a valid cause. When a court claims jurisdiction without being established in law—or proceeds without adherence to rules grounded in reason and fairness—it is not exercising judicial authority, but performing an illusion of it.

To exercise jurisdiction without lawful grounding is to erect a throne of lies.

This kind of authority is not grounded in Logos but in anti-Logos—a mimicry of justice that breaks the covenant between truth and power. In biblical terms, such regimes fall under the domain of “the beast”—a legal and political system that claims divine sanction while devouring the innocent.

Due Process as a Manifestation of Logos

Due process, fairness, proportionality, and transparency are not bureaucratic niceties—they are the earthly reflections of divine order. Logos governs through reasoned structure: laws that are knowable, predictable, appealable, and rooted in moral truth.

When courts proceed in secret, bypass service rules, act under fictitious seals, or deny the accused their right to be heard, they do not merely err procedurally. They break faith with Logos. They become lawless in the deepest sense: not the absence of rules, but the substitution of counterfeit rules for real justice.

Thus:

Due process is not a courtesy; it is covenantal. To break it is to nullify jurisdiction before God, even if man continues the performance.

Christ's Jurisdiction as Universal and Final

Unlike the fleeting authority of governments or courts, Christ’s jurisdiction is:

• Universal — He has all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt 28:18).

• Eternal — His kingdom has no end (Luke 1:33).

• Just — He will judge the nations in righteousness (Psalm 96:13).

• Personal — He sees the heart, not merely appearances (1 Sam 16:7).

Any legal system that claims legitimacy must, whether consciously or not, derive its principles from His kingship. Where it deviates—by silencing the weak, covering injustice, or perverting law to serve power—it places itself outside true jurisdiction.

It may still wield power, but it has forfeited authority.

Logos Versus Leviathan

In the Book of Job, Leviathan is the ungovernable beast, a symbol of untamed, chaotic power. In modern terms, Leviathan is the administrative state, the black-box court, the prosecutor with no accountability. It claims power over you but cannot answer to truth.

Christ, by contrast, is the Logos—the rational, moral, accountable king. His rule liberates because it is grounded. It is a yoke, yes, but easy and light because it aligns with creation and conscience.

Leviathan governs by fear and fiat. Logos governs by truth and consent.

The Great Crisis: Jurisdictional Usurpation

Today’s judicial systems often operate under fraudulent jurisdiction—summoning the accused through invalid processes, ignoring foundational laws, and denying appeal to conscience. These systems have turned courts into altars of procedural idolatry, where the form of justice substitutes for its substance.

But when Logos is reasserted—when truth is spoken, light is shone, and the moral centre holds—then all unlawful jurisdictions begin to tremble. Because:

If Christ is King, then no court that denies truth can ultimately stand.

Conclusion: Fiat Jurisdiction Is No Jurisdiction

In the court of man, you may be judged without evidence, sentenced without hearing, and punished without cause. But in the court of Christ, every act is weighed in truth. Every ruler will give account. Every false judgment will be overturned.

And so we say:

• Jurisdiction is not conferred by uniforms, titles, or seals.

• It is conferred by alignment with the Logos, the source of all truth, justice, and moral legitimacy.

• Any jurisdiction not grounded in truth is null, however forceful.

Fiat jurisdiction is no jurisdiction—because the throne of judgment belongs to Christ alone.

Artist’s impression of the Single Justice Procedure