Of course, it could also be a pissing contest between 2 different sets of nazis.
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WYOMING SHERIFFS PUT FEDERAL OFFICERS ON CHOKE-CHAINS
Posted By: informantnews <Send E-Mail>
Date: Monday, 24 April 2006, 3:57 p.m.
County sheriffs in Wyoming are insisting that all federal law enforcement
officers and personnel from federal regulatory agencies must clear all their
activities in a Wyoming county with the Sheriff's Office. Speaking at a
press conference following the recent US District Court decision (case No
2:96-cv-099-J) Bighorn County Sheriff Dave Mattis stated that all federal
officials are forbidden to enter his county without his prior approval.
"If a sheriff doesn't want the Feds in his county he has the constitutional
power and right to keep them out or ask them to leave or retain them in
custody." The court decision came about after Mattis & other members of the
Wyoming Sheriffs' Association brought a suit against both the BATF and the
IRS in the Wyoming federal court district seeking restoration of the
protections enshrined in the United States Constitution and the Wyoming
Constitution. The District Court ruled in favor of the sheriffs, stating
that, "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."
The Wyoming sheriffs are demanding access to all BATF files to verify that
the agency is not violating provisions of Wyoming law that prohibit the
registration of firearms or the keeping of a registry of firearm owners. 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 state courts.
Sheriff Mattis stated: "I am reacting 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."
This case is evidence that the Tenth Amendment is not yet dead in the United
States. It may also 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
Tenth Amendment explicitly reserves to the People, if they are not granted
to the federal government and specifically prohibited to the States.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a387ec3ea6413.htm
(Comment: Constitutionally the sheriff is the highest and only elected
law-enforcement officer in the state. Also, agencies that are part of the
executive branch do not have jurisdiction outside DC. To it's ever lasting
disgrace the Legislature of Mass. has abolish the Sheriffs in the state that
gave us Lexington, Boston and Concord! This was totally un-constitutional
and never should have happened! Without the Sheriff you have no elected law
enforcement office! The State Troopers are an arm of the governor's office
and have no constitutional standing.)
"Wyoming is a sovereign state and the duly elected sheriff is the highest
law enforcement official and has law enforcement powers exceeding that of
any other state or federal official."
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.net/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=135020
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