[The Brit]

Another reason to love Wyoming:

http://wwwstayalive.blogspot.com/200...over-feds.html

Sunday, March 30, 2008
SHERIFFS RULE OVER FEDS!

[It's last years news but it is good news!]



February 18, 2007


Here’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.”

[AfricanHunter]

Gotta Love Wyoming.

[yellowfin]

Fantastic! Hmm...future home?

[Suvorov]

Oh, my Mother Land! But sadly this ruling while good for Wyomingites may be bad for those of us interned in the PRK. Here in the PRK, I view the Feds as the good guys (well, less bad guys) than I do the State. Imagine if the neo-Communists that get elected all the time to offices (including Sheriff) in this cesspool of politics were able to do whatever they wanted without caring about Federal law? We would probably all be in "re-education camps"

Oh, and while I love Wyoming, I DO NOT MISS sub zero temperatures in April and 80kt never ending winds......

Oh and also, Jackson Hole IS NOT Wyoming!!!

[Bishop]

After reading this thread I saw the title of another, "Can a California resident buy a rifle in Washington state?" and thought it said Wyoming.

... Maybe???

[mymonkeyman]

I call BS. I looked up the case number from the original article on PACER, not only was it not a 2006 case (it closed in 1997), but it had 0 substantive orders from the judge. Also, it had nothing to do with a dispute between federal officers and the sheriff, but rather was a bunch of illegal immigrants suing the INS and the Sheriff for alleged constitutional violations during deportation raid they coordinated together. Thinking maybe the case number was wrong, I also searched for Sheriff Mattis and no other case involves a federal party or anything remotely resembling the article. Lastly, the whole point of the article is BS, and directly contradicts the supremacy clause. Firstly, the 10th amendment has nothing to do with the relationship between a state officer and the local Sheriff. Also, the supremacy clause allows feds to do go wherever public property they want in the US. The local Sheriff has no authority to ban anyone from his county, and you have to be pretty naive to believe he can ban Federal officials.

In conclusion, you got punked.

[razorx]

Originally Posted by mymonkeyman

...conclusion, you got punked.

You're mean.

I think we are warming up for tomorrow.

[DedEye]

That's a shame, the potential precedent would have been nice.