An Un-republican Form of Government
In 1987, the California Sheriffs Association sponsored a bill in the state legislature to ban its electoral competition. Since then, only current or recent members of the law enforcement establishment have been allowed to run for Sheriff in California.
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It is as if prosecutors had banned their main electoral opposition by getting the legislature to pass a law against defense attorneys running for District Attorney, requiring all candidates to be members of the prosecutor’s office. Somebody ought to sue.That somebody is me.
There is much else of interest.