MI County Declares Itself Immune To Non-Local Laws

Religion News Service reports:

The Board of Commissioners of a lakeshore Michigan county has passed a resolution declaring it a “constitutional county,” a designation favored by some far-right groups who believe state and federal governments have become tyrannical.

Ottawa County, which borders Lake Michigan, is the second state county to vote on becoming a “constitutional county” in the space of a month. Commissioners in Livingston County, located between Detroit and Lansing, adopted a similar resolution with a focus on the Second Amendment last month.

Though the wording of each resolution was different, the effect is to declare that the county will uphold the rights it views as established by the U.S. Constitution and the Michigan Constitution, minus whatever laws or mandates the county believes are unconstitutional. It explicitly encourages local law officers such as the sheriff and county prosecutor to not enforce state and federal laws they deem unconstitutional.

Read the full article. Both counties reportedly based their resolutions on the writings of far-right pastor and militia leader Matt Trewhella. There much more dangerous crazy at the link.

In the video below, multiple community members testify against the resolution, including a father who says he wonders every day if “today will be the day” that his children are killed in a school shooting. The second clip is cued up to the reading of the resolution and the vote.

Via ⁦@YonatShimron:⁩ In fight against “tyranny,” Michigan board declares itself “constitutional county” https://t.co/mCa25RvelJ

— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) May 25, 2023