Time: Fri Aug 15 19:49:48 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA12516 for [address in tool bar]; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:47:36 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: ignition-point-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com by majordomo.pobox.com with SMTP; 16 Aug 1997 02:46:51 -0000 by blackbox.pobox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA20342; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:45:35 -0400 (EDT) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA07352; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:42:50 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:41:42 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: IP: SLS: Sheriff Throws Feds Out of County (fwd) <snip> > >Some excellent news from Wyoming. I'll keep you all updated on >how this proceeds. > >PAC > > >SHERIFF BOOTS FEDS FROM HIS COUNTY >by Phil Hamby > >Knoxville Journal, August 7-13, 1997 pA1 and A6 > >(http://www.knoxnews.to) Ph (423) 546-5353 FAX 0858 > >Sheriff Dave Mattis of Big Horn County, Wyoming, said this week >that as a result of Case #96-CV099-J, U.S. District Court, >District of Wyoming, he how has a written policy that forbids >federal officials from entering his county and exercising >authority over county residents unless he is notified first of >their intentions. > >After explaining their mission, Mattis said he grants them >permission to proceed if he is convinced they are operating >within the legal parameters and authority limitations set forth >in the U.S. Constitution. > >The sheriff grants permission on a case-by-case basis only. >When asked what, if any, repercussions he had gotten from the >Feds, he quickly and confidently replied, "None whatsoever." >He explained by saying, "They know they do not have jurisdiction >in my county unless I grant it to them." > >Mattis clarified his position by saying the federal court had >ruled then state of Wyoming is a sovereign state and the state >constitution plainly states that a county sheriff is the top law >enforcement official in the county. > >Additionally, Sheriff Mattis contends that the U.S. >Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, clearly defines the >geographic territories where the federal government has >jurisdiction. Amendment X, he said, states that "the powers not >delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor >prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States >respectively, or to the people." > >Therefore, Mattis thoroughly believes the Feds have very limited >powers in any state unless the local high-sheriff allows them to >exercise power beyond that which the Constitution provides. > >"Put another way," Mattis said, "if the 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." > >Accompanied with other legal interpretations Mattis stands on >the definition of the world "sovereign," which is defined by >Webster's as "paramount, supreme. Having supreme rank or power. >Independent: a sovereign State." > >Mattis said he grew weary of the Feds coming into his county and >running rough-shod over county residents: i.e., illegally >searching, seizing property, confiscating bank accounts, >restricting the free use of private lands and other abuses, >without a valid warrant and without first following due process >of law as guaranteed by the Constitution to every citizen. > >As long as Mattis remains sheriff he says he will continue to >see to it that the citizens of his county get their day in >court. > >Mattis went on to say that, to his knowledge, even the IRS has >not attempted to seize any citizen's real property, bank account >or any other private-owned possessions since he ran the Feds out >of his county. > >Sheriff Mattis emphasized that he is not a radical man. He said >he is only dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of >the citizens of his county. > >He added that ordinary citizens are not the only ones bound by >and expected to obey laws. Elected officials and government >employees at all levels of government are also bound by and >should be expected to obey certain laws. > >As long as Sheriff Mattis is the high-sheriff of Big Horn >County, he seems determined to make sure private citizens and >government officials alike act within the law and their >designated powers. > >Sheriff Mattis came across as a soft-spoken, polite man whose >only interest is protecting the citizens he was elected to >serve. That being the case, he might be the sheriff for as long >as he wants to be. > >Sheriff Mattis is hopeful that other sheriffs will assume the >same stance. > >c. 1997 The Knoxville Journal > >-- > >Steve Washam Walla Walla, Washington sew@valint.net >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Children in Cheyenne [are] taught in their schools, > Believe in the Country, don't break any rules. > But the TV is on and they know something's wrong. > Someone must tell them to keep pushing on. > > Can you hear me Wyoming? > -- YOU are the Country; > -- YOU are the Nation; > -- YOU will survive! > > Can you hear me Wyoming? > -- YOU are the Country; > -- YOU are the Nation; > -- YOU will survive! > > as sung by John Stewart and John Denver > <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. 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