On
January 24, 2014 I attended a meeting of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace
Officers Association. The group is run by former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack who
led the charge to keep the Constitution and particularly the Tenth Amendment
alive. He and a handful of other Constitutional Sheriffs sued the Clinton
administration because it was trying to force them to violate their oath of
office by enforcing provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Sheriff Mack objected to this because
he believed that the act was unconstitutional and that the Federal government
was not empowered to force local law enforcement officials to enforce Federal
laws. The United States Supreme Court ultimately agreed with him in a landmark
decision in the case Mack/Printz v USA.
Now, a growing number of like-minded
Sheriffs and Peace officers have joined together to defend their oath of office
to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. They have drawn a
line in the and by saying that they will not enforce or allow any laws to be
enforced in their jurisdictions that violate the constitutional rights of the
Americans they serve.
I had the honor of being present when
this group of heroes drew up and signed a historic document setting forth there
dedication to freedom. Here is a link to that resolution: http://cspoa.org/cspoa-jan-2014-resolution/
The
document speaks for itself and I believe hundreds of law enforcement and other
public officials will come forward to add their names to it. However, it will
take courage because there have already been attempts at both the Federal
government and some state governments to intimidate members of the CSPOA. At the
United States Justice Foundation (www.usjf.net)
we will do our part to defend these brave Americans who are stepping up to the
plate for us and our Constitution.
I encourage everyone to send a copy of
this document to your local sheriff and other law enforcement officials and
urge them to sign it and join the CSPOA. This group may represent our last line
of defense against tyranny.
Michael
Connelly
