Watch Sheriff Richard Mack on tomorrow's "Freedom Watch"

[Njon]

Just so everyone is aware, be sure to watch Sheriff Richard Mack on tomorrow's episode of Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. http://www.usa1911.com/calendar.html (see July 29th entry)

Sheriff Mack's work is immensely important in the fight to restore our Constitutional republic, and his information about the authority and duties of the sheriff is very powerful material.

YouTube - Oath Keeper Sheriff Richard Mack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJgPuNAh60)

[disorderlyvision]

Thanks for the reminder

[Njon]

Bump. It's now July 29th, the day of the show!

[kahless]

Watching it now. Ron Paul is the first segment.

[specsaregood]

Have there been any serious discussion threads about his book? Discussion about the content itself? I'm about 1/2 through it and I am not really impressed; hopefully that changes by the end of it. If there isn't one, I may have to start one.

[Danke]

Have there been any serious discussion threads about his book? Discussion about the content itself? I'm about 1/2 through it and I am not really impressed; hopefully that changes by the end of it. If there isn't one, I may have to start one.

It is more of a pamphlet than a book. I too was disappointed with it. Could have gone much more in depth.

[Danke]

YouTube - Part 1: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51xRkwblFw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffreedomwatchonfox.com%2F&feature=player_embedded)

YouTube - Part 2: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQV6t78NsjQ)

YouTube - Part 3: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lABL7_jLT6U)

YouTube - Part 4: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wE2rlgv4Ro&feature=related)

YouTube - Part 5: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UXT25JcmQ)

YouTube - Part 6: 07/29/2009 Freedom Watch 25 w/ Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sheriff Mack, Walter Block, more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNfgLIHgk8)

[kahless]

This was a really good show with good line-up. Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Sherrif Mack. Judge's show should be televised.

[specsaregood]

It is more of a pamphlet than a book.
True enough.



I too was disappointed with it. Could have gone much more in depth.
Like I said, I'm only 1/2 through it --maybe I'll finish it tonight -- but many of the arguments/statements aren't really backed up by material in pamphlet and it reads more like propaganda material than educational material. So far, it is nothing I would want to give to the local sheriff. If I am gonna give something to the sheriff in order to "educate" them, I want facts to back it up with, not emotions and propaganda. But I will reserve final judgement until I am finished.

[Njon]

Have there been any serious discussion threads about his book? Discussion about the content itself? I'm about 1/2 through it and I am not really impressed; hopefully that changes by the end of it. If there isn't one, I may have to start one.

It's not meant to be a treatise or anything of the sort; it's intended to convey the message quickly and clearly, especially to police, and to sheriffs in particular. Sheriff Mack said he wrote it so it could be read in one sitting. He actually wants sheriffs to read it, and they probably wouldn't read it if it was really long.

[specsaregood]

It's not meant to be a treatise or anything of the sort; it's intended to convey the message quickly and clearly, especially to police, and to sheriffs in particular. Sheriff Mack said he wrote it so it could be read in one sitting. He actually wants sheriffs to read it, and they probably wouldn't read it if it was really long.

Good point. It's just if I am going to attempt to educate sheriffs (or anybody really) on a subject I like to have lots of data/facts to back up the positions with. I'd hate to be questioned as to the content/stances and not be able to back them up. I guess what is needed is a supplemental for it. :)

[Njon]

Good point. It's just if I am going to attempt to educate sheriffs (or anybody really) on a subject I like to have lots of data/facts to back up the positions with. I'd hate to be questioned as to the content/stances and not be able to back them up. I guess what is needed is a supplemental for it. :)

The way to present the argument is the same way you would argue for federalism and state sovereignty. Because the county is a sub-set of the state, the sovereign powers of the state filter down to the county in accordance with the state constitution and/or applicable state statutes. I believe in some states the office of sheriff is in the state constitution, and in others it's merely statutory. While the laws can be amended to restrict or abolish the office of sheriff, as it stands, in most states, the sheriff is free to follow the office's common law role, and as aforementioned any sub-set office of the state is fully-protected by state sovereignty just as much as the state itself is.

And because the sheriff is elected (in most jurisdictions; some sheriffs are appointed and thus accountable to the appointer) and elected officials cannot be fired (removed legislatively perhaps, but not fired), their ultimate accountability is to their constituency: not to the federal government or even the state executive. Part of checks and balances is that the executive cannot be coerced by the legislature or courts to enforce laws that the executive believes are unconstitutional. And because the sheriff is an independently-elected executive officer, the authority to make those decisions and refuse to enforce federal laws (or even state laws), and even the authority to actively resist the enforcement of federal laws (that the sheriff believes to be unconstitutional) by federal agents (just as the states themselves have that same power, an extension of nullification), rests ultimately with the actual sheriff.