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26 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 1 (2008-2009)
The Men Who Would Be King: Forgotten Challenges to U.S. Sovereignty

handle is hein.journals/uclapblj26 and id is 7 raw text is: ARTICLES THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING: FORGOTTEN CHALLENGES TO U.S. SOVEREIGNTY Adam Clanton* I. INTRODUCTION If you wanted to start your own country, would you know where to begin? Is it better to secede from the country in which you live, to get on a boat and set sail for land as yet unclaimed, or to conquer what someone else regards as their country? This ar- ticle is dedicated to the curiosity of the micronation - experi- ments in creating small nation-states in which individuals or small groups defy the traditional international community by de- claring their own sovereignty. More specifically, this article ex- amines micronation experiments that have occurred within the presently recognized borders of the United States. For example, in 1968, civil rights activists formed an independent nation con- sisting of the area that included the States of Mississippi, Ala- bama, Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina, declaring it the Republic of New Afrika. Likewise, in 1962, two groups at- tempted to form the twin micronations of Atlantis, Isle of Gold, and the Grand Capri Republic on coral reefs ten miles off of the coast of Miami. This article attempts to shed light on America's geographical oddities, such as its claims over the remote Pacific outpost of Pal- myra Island, and the former independent nations of the Repub- lic of Hawaii and the Republic of Texas, but at the same time attempts a serious look at how the Supreme Court and other fed- eral courts have justified the valid acquisition of sovereign terri- tory. In so doing, this article examines four ways in which the * Adam Clanton is currently a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and former law clerk for the Supreme Court of Israel and High Court of American Samoa.

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