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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Abuse of process]]		* [[Abuse of process]]
			* [[Chilling effect]]
	* [[Freeman on the land movement]]		* [[Freeman on the land movement]]
	* [[Frivolous litigation]]		* [[Frivolous litigation]]
	*[[Pseudolaw]]		* [[Pseudolaw]]
	*[[Spamigation]]		* [[Spamigation]]
	* [[Sovereign citizen movement]]		* [[Sovereign citizen movement]]
	* [[Strategic lawsuit against public participation]] ("SLAPP suits")		* [[Strategic lawsuit against public participation]] ("SLAPP suits")
	* [[Vexatious litigation]]		* [[Vexatious litigation]]
	* [[Texas secession movements]]		* [[Texas secession movements]]
			* [[Lawfare]]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Pseudolaw]]		[[Category:Pseudolaw]]
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{{Short description|Use of bogus legal documents as a method of harassment}}
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"'''Paper terrorism'''" is a [[neologism]] referring to the use of [[false lien]]s, [[frivolous lawsuit]]s, bogus [[letters of credit]], and other legal or [[pseudolegal]] documents lacking sound factual basis as a method of harassment against an opponent on a scale described as evocative of conventional [[terrorism|armed terrorism]].<ref>{{cite journal|title='Lien on Me': State Policy Innovation in Response to Paper Terrorism|author=Robert Chamberlain and Donald P. Haider-Markel|journal=Political Research Quarterly|volume=58|number=3|date=September 2005|pages=449–460}}</ref> These methods are popular among some American [[Sedition|anti-government]] groups<ref>{{cite journal|title=Populism, Free Speech, and the Rule of Law: The 'Fully Informed' Jury Movement and Its Implications|first=Erick J. |last=Haynie|journal=The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology |volume=88|number=1|date=Autumn 1997|pages=343–379|doi=10.2307/1144080 |jstor=1144080 |url=https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/context/jclc/article/6948/viewcontent/15_88JCrimL_Criminology343_Fall1997_.pdf }}</ref> and those associated with the [[redemption movement]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=When Law Risks Madness|author=Susan P. Koniak|journal=Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature|volume=8|issue=A Commemorative Volume for Robert M. Cover, number 1 |date=Spring–Summer 1996|pages=65–138|doi=10.2307/743460|jstor=743460}}</ref>

[[Mark Pitcavage]] of the [[Anti-Defamation League]] states that these methods were pioneered by the [[Posse Comitatus (organization)|Posse Comitatus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adl.org/mwd/privlien.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020918011634/http://www.adl.org/mwd/privlien.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2002|title=Paper Terrorism's Forgotten Victims: The Use of Bogus Liens against Private Individuals and Businesses|work=Militia Watchdog|first=Mark |last=Pitcavage|date=June 29, 1998|publisher=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref> Some victims of paper terrorism have been forced to declare [[bankruptcy]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Paper terrorism: How states are, and are not, fighting back |date= August 8, 2017 |work= Intelligence Report |publisher= Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/paper-terrorism |access-date= 2019-08-28}}</ref> An article by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] states that another tactic is filing reports with the [[Internal Revenue Service]] falsely accusing their political enemies of having unreported income.<ref>{{cite web|title=Common-Law Victims: 'Paper terrorism' isn't just on paper|date=Spring 1998|issue=90|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|url=http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/spring/common-law-victims}}</ref>

Such frivolous lawsuits also clog the court system making it more difficult to process other cases and including using challenges to the titles of property owned by government officials and others.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Ann E.|title=Terrorism and global security|year=2007|publisher=Facts On File|isbn=978-0-8160-6766-4|page=25}}</ref> Another method of paper terrorism is filing [[bankruptcy petition]]s against others in an effort to ruin their [[credit rating]]s.<ref>{{citation|title='Paper terrorism' gaining adherents|last1=Maller |first1=Peter|publisher=Journal-Sentinel|date=September 3, 2002|first2=Lauria |last2=Lynch-German|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/sep02/71288.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403213930/http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/sep02/71288.asp|archivedate=April 3, 2005|access-date=October 6, 2022|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

In the late 1990s,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Theorizing the standoff: contingency in action|last=Wagner-Pacifici |first=Robin|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521654791|location=Cambridge|oclc=51052255}}</ref> the "[[Republic of Texas (group)|Republic of Texas]]", a militia group claiming that [[Texas]] was legally independent, carried out what it called "a campaign of paper terrorism" using bogus land claims and bad checks to try to congest Texas courts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hoffman|first=Bruce|title=Inside Terrorism|year=2006|edition=2nd|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12699-1|page=105}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Abuse of process]]
* [[Freeman on the land movement]]
* [[Frivolous litigation]]
*[[Pseudolaw]]
*[[Spamigation]]
* [[Sovereign citizen movement]]
* [[Strategic lawsuit against public participation]] ("SLAPP suits")
* [[Vexatious litigation]]
* [[Texas secession movements]]

==References==
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[[Category:Political neologisms]]
[[Category:Terrorism by method]]
[[Category:Pseudolaw]]

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