77th (2013) Session
Opinions
View all submitted comments for each bill by the most recent, by votes for, or by votes against.
| AB105 | ||
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| Against | May-19-2013 | |
| Against | If it's been awhile since the suspected crime has been committed, a warrant should be used. If the suspect has been caught more or less in the commission of a crime, then without a warrant makes sense. Isn't that generally how it works? | Apr-26-2013 |
| For | Apr-11-2013 | |
| For | Apr-10-2013 | |
| Against | You seem to have forgotten Amendment #4 in the Constitution! Perhaps you should ALL READ the Constitution and ALL the Amendments before you start your session! | Mar-25-2013 |
| Against | Mar-24-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-24-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-22-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-19-2013 | |
| Against | Vote no on this bill. Please quit trying to take our US Constitutional Rights away. | Mar-19-2013 |
| Against | please protect our constitutional rights and do not hand more power to the federal government. this law strips us of our due process rights and makes it too easy for federal law endforcers to come in here and run roughshod over us. stop the fed's whenever possible. Retain states sovereignty. | Mar-18-2013 |
| Against | Mar-17-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-15-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-12-2013 | |
| Against | This bill is against the law of the land. NULLIFY! | Mar-11-2013 |
| Against | This is in violation of our Constitution. I can't believe any citizen would have presented this to even be voted on. I suggest reading our U.S. Constitution until you understand it. | Mar-09-2013 |
| Against | Oppose AB105 giving Federal Marshals the power to arrest without a warrant. We MUST NOT give more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals must go through the County Sheriff to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. (You may want to write your own message. | Mar-07-2013 |
| Against | You seem to have forgotten Amendment #4 in the Constitution! Perhaps you should ALL READ the Constitution and ALL the Amendments before you start your session! | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | We need to strengthen our stance as a state and not conceded extra powers to the federal government. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | An expansion of power for the government is a decrease in liberty for the constituent. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | Mar-05-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-05-2013 | |
| Against | I implore you to vote NO on AB105!! Do not grant over-reaching authority to one government entity. Do not circumvent our justice system which properly requires legal reason & evidence before obtaining a search warrant. | Mar-05-2013 |
| Against | Mar-05-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-05-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-05-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-04-2013 | |
| Against | Please, please, please, do NOT give Federal law enforcement or the Federal Government any more power then they already have. We may wake up one day to find that the Feds have decided that the states no longer need their State Legislature. | Mar-04-2013 |
| Against | We can't take away our freedom. | Mar-04-2013 |
| Against | Please do not allow the Federal Government to trump the US Constitution, the Nevada Constitution or common sense. Please do not accept NDAA and the unconstitutional detention of any American on the grounds of "say so". Please do not accept Federal rule or their poking of noses into the citizens of the great state of Nevada. Every citizen (including you; unless you consider yourself above the law) needs to be concerned when the Federal branch feels it can arrest, detain or hold any American citizen without a warrant or charges. Please act with the founding fathers and support the Constitution of the United States even if the Federal branch does not. | Mar-04-2013 |
| Against | Mar-04-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-04-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-04-2013 | |
| Against | I am not in favor of any laws that contravene the U. S. Constitutional guaranteed right to due process. These are promoted as supposed adjuncts to public security. I am not in favor of the"Patriot Act". I am not in favor of this law. | Mar-04-2013 |
| Against | Our constitutional right of due process must not be diminished or waived for ANY group of would be law enforcement agents. Indeed, such disregard of constitutional rights would render this nation a kangaroo court system. | Mar-04-2013 |
| Against | This is nothing more than ceding our states rights to the Federal government and is just one more chip out of the right guaranteed by the Constitution. Where do we stop? My take is right and right now. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | I am adamantly opposed to AB105. With passage of this bill we would move closer to being a police state, both as a nation and individual state, which is in direct conflict with our Constitution. If something happens that is so important that a United States Marshal would require an arrest or search warrant, they should be required to coordinate with the local law enforcement - I can't imagine anything that would "just come up," that would justify the execution of such warrants without prior coordination with local authorities. Passage of this bill would give federal authorities power over Nevada's citizens without the benefit of a "local" look into their alleged illegal activities. Some will say this bill will only affect those engaged in illegal activities - this bill allows the US Marshals to go on "fishing" expeditions without regards to the rights of citizens. Thank you. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Is this still the United States? Do we really want to hand over more powers of arrest and detainment to Federal thugs? | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | We should not be giving more power to the federal government. The Feds continue to expand policing agencies. This flies in the face of the 10th Amendment and SJR3. Please vote NO. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Against! Vote NO! | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | This oversteps the bounds of state rights. Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Absolutely not. This is what we have our local sheriffs for. Keep the District of Corruption in check. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Remember these names: Hambrick, Hickey, Ellison, Fiore, Wheeler. These people are carrying the "water" for the Police State. U.S. Marshals already have ways of "detaining bad guys" until the local Calvary arrives. This advance of armed agents is sure to bring events like Waco TX. and Ruby Ridge ID. to our State. Where is the public outcry demanding this law? The reality is the Govt. is Lobbing itself(separation of powers?) to advance its own violent agenda. How will this work with NDAA? | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Tell me how the State of Nevada can give Federal Marshals the authority to do anything. Is this not a federal issue??????????? | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Unless it is an exigent case of national security or self-defense of others or law enforcement, there is no excuse for a "warrantless search"! Government does not have an "exemption" from the US Constitution. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Less government in our lives, not more. Reread the US constitution as well as the Nevada State constitution and learn to uphold both! | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | WTF are you people thinking? NO SEARCH WARRANT! IS THIS THE USA OR NAZI GERMANY? | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | This bill scares me. I cannot imagine giving more power to the Government. Please vote NO. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." US Supreme Court American Communications Association vs Doud, 1950. AB105 violates the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which retains for the states the powers not delegated to the Federal Government, such as police powers. It also violates the separation of powers between the Federal Government and the States giving more power to the Federal Government. The Sheriff is the highest police authority in the County and as such is able to protect his citizens from abuses of power by the Federal Government including U.S. Marshals. It jeopardizes our freedom when we allow the Federal Government more police power in our state. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Mar-03-2013 | |
| Against | Oppose AB105 giving Federal Marshals the power to arrest without a warrant. We MUST NOT give more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals must go through the County Sheriff to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. (You may want to write your own message.) VOTE NO re: AB105 | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Vote NO - this is a violation of the Consitution. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | No. We need LESS federal government power and intrusion in local affairs, not more. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Do NOT give the Federal agents more power. Protect the people of Nevada. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." US Supreme Court American Communications Association vs Doud, 1950. AB105 violates the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which retains for the states the powers not delegated to the Federal Government, such as police powers. It also violates the separation of powers between the Federal Government and the States giving more power to the Federal Government. The Sheriff is the highest police authority in the County and as such is able to protect his citizens from abuses of power by the Federal Government including U.S. Marshals. It jeopardizes our freedom when we allow the Federal Government more police power in our state. Currently only the FBI and Secret Service have the power to arrest without search warrants in Nevada. This bill will extend the power to arrest without a search warrant to Federal Marshals. Now, Federal Marshals must go to a peace officer in the county where the warrant is to be executed and have the county execute it. The bill significantly expands the power of Federal Marshals in Nevada including: to arrest a person without a warrant 1) for a public offense committed in their presence, 2) when a person has committed a felony or a gross misdemeanor, although not in the Marshals presence 3) When the Marshall has reasonable cause for believing the person has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor 4) on a charge upon reasonable cause that a person has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, 5) When a warrant has in fact been issued in Nevada for a person so described. The bill also allows Federal Marshals to execute search warrants which currently they do not have. They must have a peace officer in the county execute the search warrant for “Property [including] without limitation, documents, books, papers and any other tangible objects.” | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Why are all the sponsors of this bill Republicans? Who has requested that this bill be drafted? Is federal grant money involved? | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | Do NOT infringe on my tenth amendment rights. This bill has no right to be on the floor of any state legislator, let alone in the United States at all. There are plenty of other ways to protect the people that will not throw their rights out the window and into the mud. “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." - US Supreme Court American Communications Association vs Doud, 1950 | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | At a time when the Fed. are thumbing their noses at our constitution more than ever this is the OPPOSITE of what should be discussed! Instead of finding MORE ways to allow the Fed. to seize even more power via warrant-less search and arrest we should be shoring up citizens and states rights. Blind submission to Fed. desire is not genuine support for the law, it is a shirking of the responsibility to uphold the constitution and bill of rights. I am appalled this bill has even been submitted, I am even more dismayed at the published list of sponsors. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | As a strong proponent of the 10th Amendment, I am aghast and appalled that Republicans would even consider a bill that would give more police powers to the federal government. We need less, not more federal interference in our state affairs. Please kill this bill. | Mar-03-2013 |
| Against | We should not be giving more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Unconstitutional. Need I say more? | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Vote NO! Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. Bear in mind a fed marshall still has (like we all have) citizen arrest powers in the event they encounter an immediate felony offense. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Mar-02-2013 | |
| Against | Oppose AB105 giving Federal Marshals the power to arrest without a warrant. We should not be giving more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. Everyday our rights are being taking away this is extremely sad. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Oppose this NOW Why is this are Americans Al terroist ?were are we going ? How much Liberty and freedom will be left for all our own Children and Grand children, are we now a 3rd world contry under Obama ? God help Us All ! | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | This bill expands federal power in a manner that is entirely unconstitutional. Not only does this bill give federal officers the power to arrest citizens without a warrant, it even extends this authority to when the federal marshal only suspects that the citizen has committed a crime. This bill is an unwarranted and unconstitutional expansion of federal authority. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Mar-02-2013 | |
| Against | I certainly hope you are against this bill and VOTE NO ON IT! It would seem that if ANY of our elected reps. whatever side they are, would choose to support this monster of a bill, truly exposes them for the anti-American, pro-communist form of a government THEY truly want. If that is the case that either of you support this bill, then your true fidelity to this nation and we the people will be seen for what it is, ANTI-CONSTITUTION! I'm sorry to have to be so direct, but it is obvious that those who want to give more power over States rights and we the people, to the federal government, is not the kind of elected reps. WE NEED, in any office in the State of Nevada or for that matter in any capacity. Our sheriff is the highest police authority in the County and for a bill to be proposed to over throw his power that he was elected into, well, shame on you if you support this and shame on us for electing you, but I guarantee, that mistake will be corrected at the next election. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." US Supreme Court American Communications Association vs Doud, 1950. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Do not take away any more of our freedoms. What are you thinking? | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | PLEASE Now is not the time to give the Federal Government more Power against WE THE PEOPLE. Now is the time to get back to the powers the Constitution Allows the Federal Government to have | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Please vote no on this bill. We should not be giving more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. Thank you for your time and consideration. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Mar-02-2013 | |
| Against | We should not be giving more police power to the Federal Government in violation of the Separation of Powers. Also, unconstitutional. This will never pass muster. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Already Federal BLM agents in Nevada have been writing federal citations against Nevada’s citizens at least in Lincoln County. The citations are then remanded to and heard (if I understand correctly) in a Federal Court before a Federal Judge in Las Vegas. The plaintiff then has to pay a fine to the federal government for whatever infractions were in the citation. For a personal eyewitness account of this process affecting members of a private citizen’s family please contact Mr. Bevan Lister, home 775 962 5541 or cell 775 962 1283. In my opinion Nevada does not need to be giving away any more authority to any agents of the Federal Government than BLM and other federal agents have usurped for themselves. We should not be giving more police power to the Federal Government against Nevada citizens which is in violation of the Separation of Powers. Federal Marshals should go through the County Sheriff if they want to make an arrest or execute a search warrant. The Sheriff is the highest police authority in the County and as such is able to protect his citizens from abuses of power by the Federal Government including U.S. Marshals. It jeopardizes our freedom when we allow the Federal Government more police power in our state. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | We should not allow the government to overreach at their own discretion without reasonable & due process. | Mar-02-2013 |
| Against | Feb-28-2013 | |
| Against | Feb-24-2013 | |
| Against | Federal agents are not accountable to the people in this state, so I see no reason why any of them should be able to obtain or server state or local warrants. I also don't agree with the current list of federal agents who have peace officer arrest power, and obviously don't support adding new agencies to that list. Again, if an FBI Agenc, Secret Service Agent, or, with this bill, US Marshal break a NV law while serving a locally issued warrant, are they liable in the same manner as a local police officer? | Feb-15-2013 |
| Against | The "reasonable cause" mentioned in 171.1245 should be changed to "probable cause" before passing. | Feb-13-2013 |
| For | Feb-13-2013 | |
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