my state has turned into maryland west.
Posted on 04/07/2013 6:48:13 AM PDT by CodeToad
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign into law a bill that would give the U.S. Secret Service "limited" police power while operating in the state of Colorado. The bill, SB 13-013, which has already been passed by both the Colorado House and Senate, has sparked a firestorm of controversy because of fears that the proposed power could be used by Secret Service agents, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, to arrest sheriffs in Colorado who refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal gun controls.
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Yep.
I had a similar revelation in NJ. Left there in 2006. When I visit family there, I can't wait to leave. Glad I left before the crash. Now, everyone wants to.
This is a good thing. Let the games begin in law enforcement itself. I hope the sheriffs stocked up on guns and ammo before the shortages hit.
Go Dragons!
There you people go again, actually thinking the Rats respect the laws.
No ghetto trash even has the guts to knowingly take on an armed force. They are cowards of the highest order.
Then the sheriffs should start by arresting the Secret Service agents for not have a local CCW
I had the same experience in 2010. I flew to California to attend my dad's 80th birthday celebration and got to hang out with family for about five days.
By day three I was practically climbing the walls wanting to get out of Cali. It was great seeing my kin, but the vibe of the place creeped me out to no end. I experienced a rush like you wouldn't believe when I finally boarded the plane to Texas.
There is no way in heck any reasonable federal judge would let this stand, for the simple reason that states may not vote away their sovereignty. Or really, the sovereignty of their citizens.
US Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 1.
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
This legislative act clearly violates at least two parts of this section.
Just as decisively, there is a LOT of case law about this, going back to post-Civil War America, where southern states tried all sorts of tricks to oppress former slaves.
Unfortunately, Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor is responsible for the 10th Circuit, which includes Colorado, but if Justice Thomas gets a crack at this, he is going to be filled with righteous wrath.
He wrote a 100 page concurring opinion to McDonald v. Chicago, *specifically* about Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, and how it forbids gun control. By now, every federal judge in the US should have read that concurring opinion *and* its footnotes, so should really be up to date on the 14th Amendment.
This should be a slam dunk for anyone who challenges it, hopefully before its ink is dry. I imagine just about everyone in the state has “standing”, when it comes to their state legislature voting away their civil rights.
I wonder how many people understand the meaning of the Yellow Rose and how she turned history? We should have a state-wide holiday celebrating her.
my state has turned into maryland west.
Agreed. It gets very real when local gov also is attacked like this.
We see them here every year. My cousin's husband works the races every year and my inlaws live on the race route.
Well, I am not surprised. The idiot voters just allowed their Governor to let them continue to exercise their Second Amendment rights - they just now need the State’s OK to do so, via their “universal” background check.
Having been raised in California, I'm much more familiar with the history of Sutter's Mill and the Gold Rush of '49, but I have read the story of The Yellow Rose of Texas. Been awhile, though, so I'm sketchy on the details.
Sam Houston was able to rush Santa Anna’s troops because El Generalissimo was ‘distracted’ by a mulatto slave on the farm he commandeered and he slept through Houston’s charge - as did his men, on the inviolable 2-4p siesta, even though Santa Anna’s officers begged him to wake up and deploy the troops.
The mulatto slave had the song ‘The Yellow Rose’ penned about her. Austin has a famous strip club by the same name, not sure
if any of the employees know the history :)
That isn't what they are doing. The legislature is simply saying any federally badged sworn law enforcement agent is also to have State level law enforcement authority in this State as well. There actually isn't anything that says a federal agent not a resident of Colorado, for that matter even a foreign national, cannot have law enforcement authority in Colorado.
In fact, New Mexico a few years back was looking at letting Mexican nationals be State law enforcement agents. Matt Bracken even wrote such a thing in his book Domestic Enemies just weeks before the public disclosure of New Mexico's desire to do so.
This is a hole in our constitutions where no one would even think such as person could have any authority.
No such federal authority exists, despite what CO’s political tyrants wish. The Sheriff has every right to deputize citizens and use necessary force to defend themselves. They are the HIGHEST law enforcement authority in their respective jurisdiction.
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