{"id":6043,"date":"2021-03-19T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/?p=6043"},"modified":"2021-03-19T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:36:22","slug":"in-case-you-missed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/19\/in-case-you-missed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"In Case You Missed It…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a nominee for the next U.S. Supreme Court opening and it’s a woman of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tribal judge on the Wampanoag reservation in Massachusetts ruled March 17 that mail-in balloting would not be permitted for an election later this month because it violated the tribe’s constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Constitution is the supreme law, and ordinances are to be consistent with the constitutional letter and spirit,\u201d Judge Amanda WhiteEagle, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Alternate District Court Judge, said in her court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge WhiteEagle wasn’t referring to the U.S. Constitution, but regardless she has a better understanding of the “letter and spirit” of constitutional laws than at least half a dozen black robed judges in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her ruling denied a Feb 1 amendment to the election ordinance by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and members of the Election Committee that illegally removed in-person voting and required voting by mail because of COVID panicdemic concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound familiar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tribal Council member Aaron Tobey, Jr., who is running for tribal chairman, summarized the fallacy of mail-in voting perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As elected officials we have the duty to do the right thing, and mail-in voting is not one of them,” he said. “I\u2019m glad the courts are enforcing the laws of the constitution. … This is not the time to experiment with mail-in voting. Voting in person gives more confidence to the voters that the election will be a fair process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tribe is also known as the “People of the First Light.” That’s appropriate considering they have seen the light of the folly of mail-in balloting long before many Americans who’ve drank the Democrats’ scamdemic Kook-Aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isn’t it amazing that a Wampanoag tribal judge and a member of the council representing a mere 2,940 tribal members has a better understanding of American jurisprudence and legal ethics than six of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to all those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo sources: thenationalpulse.com, capecodtimes.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright 2021, Dean A. George\u00a9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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