The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy, by Jessica Pishko, Dutton, 480 pages, $32 The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States, by ...

In an expected move, the leading organization of the far-right Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn ...

A few months after Election Day 2020, a sheriff’s deputy and a second man walked into the office of the Rutland Charter Township clerk in southwest Michigan. Clad in dress clothes, the man identified ...

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer — and law enforcement officers who echo his approach — are undermining our nation’s rule of law. Regardless of their self-defined righteousness, sheriffs are ...

Rural sheriffs from Oregon and across the country are defying President Obama, saying they won’t go along with new gun laws. It’s part of a rich tradition of constitutional showdowns in our country ...

Instead of county business, officials spent the hour waging a heated war against one another. Halfway through, the county comptroller spoke over Zoom, her voice harried. “I’ve been thinking for quite ...