MAGA thugs everywhere are feeling empowered to do as they like, with immunity to prosecution for it. The book 'God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware is a terrifying look at these hate groups and the dark history of American extremism. The openly avowed goal of these groups is to foment a…
MAGA thugs everywhere are feeling empowered to do as they like, with immunity to prosecution for it. The book 'God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware is a terrifying look at these hate groups and the dark history of American extremism. The openly avowed goal of these groups is to foment a violent race war in America. Quoting from the book:
". . . according to American University scholar Cynthia Miller-Idriss's 'best estimate' at least 75,000 to 100,000 individuals are actively involved with white supremacist extremist groups, in addition to the 15,000 to 20,000 people who belong to armed militia organizations comprising some three hundred different groups, the threat of wide-spread acts of domestic terrorism -- perhaps leading to a sustained insurgency campaign and even civil war -- is not hyperbolic."
In earlier days, the DOJ and the FBI tracked the activities of these groups and worked to head off their violent plots. Now, however, with our current DOJ, exactly who can we count on to stop them? These groups represent nothing short of Trump's own personal, unofficial "SS" in waiting, eager to follow his lead and do his bidding. Legitimate reasons for deep concern/fear.
And then there is the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace officers Association. They believe that the county sheriff is the supreme law in the country, and it is they that decide the Constitution.
Here is how that happened. The Constitution acknowledges that each state is sovereign, and that means that it is actually the owner of all and within it's boundaries, that unless the state has given its authority to the Federal Government, it's own laws prevail. That is why each state has it's own voting laws, marriage laws, property laws, criminal laws, commerce laws and tax laws.
When the volunteered to join the union, and were accepted by act of congress, they retained all sovereign rights, not given by majority rule, to the Federal Government.
The Sovereign state is not able to rule every corner of the state, so it delegates to an instrument called "county", the ability to administer and enforce the laws of the state.
Back when travel was by horse, the states quickly learned that effective administration required that the center of power should be about a 24 hour ride from the state capitol, and thus quite a few states kept moving their capitol,until it became expensive and inconvenient.
With Sovereignty lying with the several states,and the counties being administrative representatives of the sovereign, the county sheriff believes that he, and he alone represents the sovereign., and that is why it is he, and he alone, that can evict people and confiscate property that is held in fee simple and titled.
That last needs an exposition on the reality and history of fee simple., Beyond the scope of this comment.
Things are not as the appear to be, and not as simple as we think that they are
MAGA thugs everywhere are feeling empowered to do as they like, with immunity to prosecution for it. The book 'God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware is a terrifying look at these hate groups and the dark history of American extremism. The openly avowed goal of these groups is to foment a violent race war in America. Quoting from the book:
". . . according to American University scholar Cynthia Miller-Idriss's 'best estimate' at least 75,000 to 100,000 individuals are actively involved with white supremacist extremist groups, in addition to the 15,000 to 20,000 people who belong to armed militia organizations comprising some three hundred different groups, the threat of wide-spread acts of domestic terrorism -- perhaps leading to a sustained insurgency campaign and even civil war -- is not hyperbolic."
In earlier days, the DOJ and the FBI tracked the activities of these groups and worked to head off their violent plots. Now, however, with our current DOJ, exactly who can we count on to stop them? These groups represent nothing short of Trump's own personal, unofficial "SS" in waiting, eager to follow his lead and do his bidding. Legitimate reasons for deep concern/fear.
And then there is the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace officers Association. They believe that the county sheriff is the supreme law in the country, and it is they that decide the Constitution.
Here is how that happened. The Constitution acknowledges that each state is sovereign, and that means that it is actually the owner of all and within it's boundaries, that unless the state has given its authority to the Federal Government, it's own laws prevail. That is why each state has it's own voting laws, marriage laws, property laws, criminal laws, commerce laws and tax laws.
When the volunteered to join the union, and were accepted by act of congress, they retained all sovereign rights, not given by majority rule, to the Federal Government.
The Sovereign state is not able to rule every corner of the state, so it delegates to an instrument called "county", the ability to administer and enforce the laws of the state.
Back when travel was by horse, the states quickly learned that effective administration required that the center of power should be about a 24 hour ride from the state capitol, and thus quite a few states kept moving their capitol,until it became expensive and inconvenient.
Here is what Texas looked like in 1845 when it became a state (yellow part) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_annexation#/media/File:Wpdms_republic_of_texas.svg
With Sovereignty lying with the several states,and the counties being administrative representatives of the sovereign, the county sheriff believes that he, and he alone represents the sovereign., and that is why it is he, and he alone, that can evict people and confiscate property that is held in fee simple and titled.
That last needs an exposition on the reality and history of fee simple., Beyond the scope of this comment.
Things are not as the appear to be, and not as simple as we think that they are