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Gregory Purcell
If this is true it is huge
Wyoming sheriffs put feds in their place
February 18, 2007Here’s one the mainstream media isn’t going to tell you: County sheriffs in Wyoming are demanding that federal agents actually abide by the Constitution, or face arrest. Even better, a U.S. District Court agreed according to the Keene Free Press:
The court decision was the result of a suit against both the BATF and the IRS by Mattis and other members of the Wyoming Sheriff’s Association. The suit in the Wyoming federal court district sought restoration of the protections enshrined in the United States Constitution and the Wyoming Constitution.
Guess what? The District Court ruled in favor of the sheriffs. In fact, they stated, Wyoming is a sovereign state and the duly elected sheriff of a county is the highest law enforcement official within a county and has law enforcement powers exceeding that of any other state or federal official.” Go back and re-read this quote.
The court confirms and asserts that “the duly elected sheriff of a county is the highest law enforcement official within a county and has law enforcement powers EXCEEDING that of any other state OR federal official.” And you thought the 10th Amendment was dead and buried — not in Wyoming, not yet.
Bighorn County Sheriff Dave Mattis comments:
“If a sheriff doesn’t want the Feds in his county he has the constitutional right and power to keep them out, or ask them to leave, or retain them in custody.”
“I am reacting in response to the actions of federal employees who have attempted to deprive citizens of my county of their privacy, their liberty, and their property without regard to constitutional safeguards. I hope that more sheriffs all across America will join us in protecting their citizens from the illegal activities of the IRS, EPA, BATF, FBI, or any other federal agency that is operating outside the confines of constitutional law. Employees of the IRS and the EPA are no longer welcome in Bighorn County unless they intend to operate in conformance to constitutional law.”
The implications are huge:
But it gets even better. Since the judge stated that the sheriff “has law enforcement powers EXCEEDING that of any other state OR federal official,” the Wyoming sheriffs are flexing their muscles. They are demanding access to all BATF files. Why? So as to verify that the agency is not violating provisions of Wyoming law that prohibits the registration of firearms or the keeping of a registry of firearm owners. This would be wrong.
The sheriffs are also demanding that federal agencies immediately cease the seizure of private property and the impoundment of private bank accounts without regard to due process in Wyoming state courts.
This case is not just some amusing mountain melodrama. This is a BIG deal. This case is yet further evidence that the 10th Amendment is not yet totally dead, or in a complete decay in the United States. It is also significant in that it can, may, and hopefully will be interpreted to mean that “political subdivisions of a State are included within the meaning of the amendment, or that the powers exercised by a sheriff are an extension of those common law powers which the 10th Amendment explicitly reserves to the People, if they are not granted to the federal government or specifically prohibited to the States.”
It appears to me that one office where the Libertarian Party should focus it’s limited resources is County Sheriff. The change that could be made is nothing to laugh at. Meanwhile, there are still a bunch of nuts wasting valuable resources supporting those that seek offices that will never be won.
Linkk here: http://disinter.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/wyoming-sheriffs-put-feds-in-their-place/
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Anders
at least Obama was against the Iraq war from the begnining, unlike Shillery
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mudshark
McHypocrite eats crow on Somalia/Iraq
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Anders
But but but but…… 9/11 changed everything, we must stay on the offensive and kill as many brown people as possible.
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Anders
He should have asked Harry Reid about Cockburns article “Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops”
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peter saker
Guest idea. scott Peter D. Schiff real smart economist - Ron Paul advisor. wrote book “crash proof” for technical questions regarding RP economics. This guy is really really really good. Might be hard to get. He is a very busy fellow, not some writer fishing for some opportunity to plug a book.
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Anders
Listen to McCains crazy “spiritual advisor”
“we get off on warfare”
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Wolfgang Bohringer
Guest Idea: Reverend Wright.
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pupnik
In the McCain clip collection, listen to the guy asking about sending Tehran an ‘Air Mail Message’.
Listen to the voice. Like a mentally retarded Duke Nukem.
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pupnik
Nice article Gregory Purcell!
Thanks for pointing us to the Reid interview! Great comments Scott! Anders, can you juxtapose the Reid interview with Scotts comments and youtube it? I don’t have vid editing.
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paul
McCain’s “Spiritual Guide” Wants America to Destroy Islam
http://bravenewfilms.org/watch/21370411/38133?utm_source=rgemail
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Bob Bogus
Hey Scott, can ya interview that Bill Maxwell guy?
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Bob Bogus
Or maybe that Ralph Hinkley dude who’s gonna save the world from John McCain?
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pupnik
More on the Sheriffs’ revolt.
http://www.uhuh.com/action/sheriff/mattispol.htm
http://www.criminalgovernment.com/docs/sheriff/index.htmlalso we got Gregory Purcell’s article up to #16 on reddit.com right now.
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Does anybody think that Ron Paul and the Rev. should co-found an new Anti-Imperialist League?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=136522