Press release sent to [email protected] by Free and Equal:
Former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack and 2004 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik are giving a joint presentation on the Constitution at the University of Kentucky on April 23. The event takes place in the W.T. Young Library Auditorium, 401 Hilltop Avenue in Lexington. Seating is limited to the first 150 people. This event is sponsored by Students for Liberty and Free & Equal.
Along with their standard presentation, Mack and Badnarik will discuss the controversy surrounding recent DEA actions, which are being criticized on all sides of the political spectrum as abusive.
On March 15, the DEA seized chemicals necessary for lethal injection, a backdoor way to prevent states from implementing the death penalty. Free & Equal previously reported on the DEA’s attempts to undermine state medical marijuana laws in Montana.
Sheriff Mack will discuss the implications this conflict between federal and state law has for local law enforcement. Michael Badnarik will discuss the historical and constitutional relationship between federal government and the states.
“The issue of using the federal bureaucracy to oppose the actions of elected representatives deserves discussion,” said Free & Equal founder and chair Christina Tobin. “Are we accumulating too much power in places voters can’t reach?”
Sheriff Mack IS a former Pres. candidate , he quit his Governors run in Utah to run for Pres. on that show , I forget the name, oh and hes super cute
Peter M. & Ross – I corrected the date for Michael Badnarik’s run for President.
I just reposted everything from an email Free and Equal sent.
Sorry to nit pick Ross, but the headline also reads as if Sheriff Mack is a former Presidential candidate.
“Former Sheriff and Presidential candidate to discuss the Constitution…”
See what I mean?
Slight correction: Badnarik ran for president in 2004, not 1994 đŸ˜€