That's usually what it is, they have semantic (magical words) formulae based on their reading of Black's Law dictionary and highly selective choosing of past legal decisions and statements. EDIT: That's why they don't "drive their car", they "operate their conveyance".
I spent a while talking to a guy about stuff and when I brought up the idea of a social contract, he flipped out. He said social contracts don't exist because he didn't consent to be in one, and when I tried to explain social contracts exist regardless of consent (some form exists, even his precious common law), he said sociologists and anthropologists just came up with the term social contract to brainwash everyone into doing what the government says.
