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From: Dan Syes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Troy Griggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Subject: too cool....
Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999, 11:46 AM
Wyoming Sheriff Kicks
Feds Out Of His County
From Rich Kuchinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From The Jubilee Newspaper Vol.9, No.6
3-9-99
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.
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