Green prizes ‘Sheriff Mack’s‘ backing
"Constitutional sheriff” candidate John Green is glad that erstwhile former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack has endorsed his Republican candidacy in Kootenai County. In a Facebook post on his campaign site, Green wrote: “I’m honored by Sheriff Mack’s endorsement, confidence and most importantly, his friendship!” The endorsement from the founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association didn’t help Green four years ago in a three-way race with Sheriff Ben Wolfinger. He finished third with 27 percent of the GOPrimary vote. So what is a “constitutional sheriff”? According to Wikipedia, it is “an organization that encourages members to refuse to enforce laws that they consider unconstitutional.” Mack, for example, believes Sheriff Dave Ward of Harney County, Oregon, should have intervened between “overly aggressive and corrupt” federal officials and local ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond. The Hammonds were sent to prison for setting public land on fire. The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff sprung from the Hammonds’ controversy. In a Facebook post, Green was also critical of Sheriff Ward: “The Hammonds’ sheriff could have protected them from the lynching they suffered and continue to suffer! Sheriff Mack would have done it, and I will do it! You’re either a constitutional sheriff or no sheriff at all!” Huckleberries prefers sheriffs who enforce the law and let the courts interpret it/DFO, Sunday Huckleberries. More here.