Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

October 20, 2010

In , Federalist essay 45 James Madison famously pointed out that the ?numerous and indefinite? powers reserved to states include all matters pertaining to ?internal order? ? or, as we would put it, police powers. The federal government has no legitimate role in law enforcement within individual states.

The county Sheriff has the responsibility to protect the lives and property of those living within that jurisdiction. This includes the authority to interpose on behalf of citizens when their liberties are threatened by federal officials exceeding their constitutional mandate.

Through subsidies and other illicit inducements, the federal government has enticed many sheriffs to become assets of the central government, rather than defenders of the constituents who elected them. One such Quisling is Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who promises to enforce federal marijuana laws even if the substance is legalized state-wide through Proposition 19.

Federally abetted lawlessness on the part of local law enforcement agencies is a far deadlier threat than marijuana consumption.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.