IP: Re: Wyoming sheriffs impose severe limits on federal enforcers!

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 16:51:20 -0500
> From: Kai Lui <kai () infohouse com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> on 1/2/00 3:53 PM, Dave Farber at farber () cis upenn edu wrote:
>
> > > > County sheriffs in Wyoming are insisting that all federal law
> > > enforcement
> > > > officers and personnel from federal regulatory agencies must clear 
> all their
> > > > activities in a Wyoming county with the Sheriff's Office.  Speaking at a
> > > press
> > > > conference following the recent US District Court decision (case No 
> 2:96-cv-
> > > > 099-J) Bighorn County Sheriff Dave Mattis stated that all federal
> > > > officials are
> > > > forbidden to enter his county without his prior approval.
>
> Dave,
>
> This sounds rather dubious. I did a quick check on Lexis but could not find
> the case. The index number given doesn't seem to be in the correct format.
> In any event, decisions are usually cited by the reporter (in this case
> Federal Supplement) in which the case is/will be printed, not by index
> number.
>
> Moreover, there's the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution, which
> declares that all laws made pursuant to the Constitution and all treaties
> made under the authority of the US shall be the "supreme law of the land,"
> and "Preemption," a doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court holding that
> certain matters are of such national character that federal law trumps state
> and local laws.  As such, a state may not pass a law inconsistent with the
> federal law. In some cases, states are prohibited from passing laws on
> certain matters, whether or not they are consistent with federal laws.
>
> I cannot see how a federal agency must "clear their activities" with a
> Wyoming County Sheriff.
>
>
> Regards,
> Kai Lui
> kai () infohouse com


and as endlessly pointed out Wy does NOT border Canada