In Montana, a plan to empower local sheriffs

[Grandpa Shooter]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sheriffs_first;_ylt=Al5BkJbGW9wJmvm7vkGQErGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNscWNtdWx2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMTIzL3VzX3NoZXJpZmZzX2ZpcnN0BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bG

HELENA, Mont. – The line of people stretched out the door of the committee room, all waiting for their turn to condemn or express their fears about the federal government.

Most identified themselves as ordinary Montana citizens or tea party supporters united by the belief that the government is chipping away at their rights and abusing the constitutions of the state and the nation.

They'd arrived for a public hearing on the so-called "Sheriffs First Act," a Montana senator's proposal to make sheriffs the supreme authorities in their counties. Federal agents would be required to obtain written permission from a sheriff before conducting a search, seizure or arrest in a county.

The above is posted as a teaser.  The rest of the article deals with whether Montana can get away with it.  If we could only combine Montana and Arizona we would have a darn near perfect state.

[AZRedhawk44]

If we could only combine Montana and Arizona we would have a darn near perfect state.

And it would stretch 2000 miles from the north to the south.   

[Gowen]

As a Nevada resident, I hereby request admission into the Montana/Arizona Union.