"Sheriffs are the highest level of legal government. The federal and state governments are illegitimate and irrelevant."
https://econospeak.blogspot.com/2021/11/constitutional-sheriffs-and-posse.html?m=1
"The sovereign citizens grew out of a Christian extremist group called the Posse Comitatus, which acknowledged county sheriffs as the highest form of government authority, eschewing the US legal system"
https://news.yahoo.com/man-claiming-sovereign-citizen-attacks-230615580.html
"Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller is counted amongst supporters of a frankly bizarre movement known as Posse Comitatus that, although loosely organized at best, is made up of dozens of US sheriffs who—amongst other things—believe it is their duty to protect the Constitution as the only real law enforcement authority in the country."
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2013/0228-posse-comitatus-gun-control/
"It’s called the “constitutional sheriff” movement, and as it grows, it’s increasing the risk of conflict between local law enforcement and federal authorities. Its animating idea is that a sheriff holds ultimate law-enforcement authority in his county—outranking even the federal government within its borders."
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/01/joe-arpaio-pardon-sheriffs-movement-215566/
"In the years since he successfully sued the government to block provisions of the Brady bill in the 1990s, Mack has become perhaps the biggest proselytizer of county sheriff supremacy, the idea that sheriffs are the highest law enforcement authority. Legal experts say the notion, which gives rise to the term “constitutional sheriffs,” has no standing in historical or modern jurisprudence."
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2013/battle-lines
"SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) _ A manual evidently written by the militant anti-tax group Posse Comitatus calls for members to prepare for terrorism and guerrilla warfare in pursuit of the group’s aims, says Sheriff Walter Schardt.
The book tells adherents of the group to seek out enemies,″Fight ’em; blow them apart with gunfire, booby traps, cannons, mortars, rockets, mines, flame throwers and whatever you can muster. Pound them down into the rubble.″"
https://apnews.com/article/2f6bc77e106ec869d53a05669aa4ed40