Former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack Wows Audience
by Keith Burton - GCN   12/8
Originally posted here.

Nearly 400 coast-area residents turned out to hear states' rights advocate former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack at a TEA Party-related event at the Coast Coliseum Monday evening.

The local patriot group Citizen Liberty/ 912 Project coordinated by Dan Triplett invited Mack to speak after a speaking engagement before the Mississippi Sheriff Association cancelled his appearance at the conference.

In 1994 Mack filed a lawsuit challenging the Brady Bill and won a landmark decision at the US Supreme Court on the issue of States' rights. This suit catapulted Mack to national attention, with television appearances on the Donahue Show, Good Morning America, Crossfire, Nightline, CNBC, and SHOWTIME'S the AMERICAN CANDIDATE. Mack lectures and give seminars on constitutional issues relating to gun control, law enforcement, States' rights, the drug war, and the oaths of office. But once the Supreme Court ruled in favor, the news media nationwide went silent on the matter. Currently, with the Obama administration predilection for federal mandates this ruling has become a focus for many.

"The founders of our nation were afraid of one thing more than any other… government having too much power!" Mack said.

"Remember, they escaped from the tyranny of an oppressive and controlling government when they established this nation. They fought and died for it, and now we are letting these same freedoms they fought for slip away little by little, without a second thought."
Mack also realized that law enforcement had developed into a revenue generating branch of government more than protecting the public and that officers were not upholding their oath of office that required them to defend and uphold the constitution of the United States.
"It became clear to me that 'Taxation by Citation' is not our purpose, and unconstitutional," Mack said.

"Too many fines are clearly excessive and change people's lives for minor offenses." He noted that some states charge as much as $500 for an expired tag.

Mack also noted that more and more the federal government issues mandates to local law enforcers that seeks to require local authorities to implement, enforce and pay for federal policies. Mack says this violates separation of powers provisions in the U.S. Constitution. Following the enactment of the Brady bill, a gun control measure, a few sheriffs sued the federal government. Mack's lawsuit was joined by another sheriff and reached the Supreme Court.

Mack's successful Supreme Court case resulted in an affirmation on the most recent and powerful Tenth Amendment decision in modern history. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mack/Printz v U.S. that "States are not subject to federal direction." This ruling provides that the federal government cannot impose mandates, such as ObamaCare  and other issues over the states. Many people feel that the federal government  is going too far in requiring states to adopt expensive and possibly unconstitutional orders.
"Please join me in the fight to regain our rights, while the price to pay is less than death. I am committed to doing all we can peacefully to get our country back," said Mack.

Note from Ban the Cams: I think we will add this phrase, taxation by citation, to our list of favorite quotes. It aptly describes exactly what we are all fighting.
 

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