Liberty RoundTable, Wednesday, November 11, 2026
By Sam Bushman
My fellow Americans, I was happy to have you along today with the good Sheriff Richard Mack in the house, and our guest Clifford Reid, who goes by Sunny, from Youngstown, Florida. We asked a simple question: members of Congress swear to uphold the Constitution, so what would it take to make that promise matter when bills come up for a vote?
Veterans Day, Jimmy Stewart, and Good Entertainment
Before we got into the meat of it, I told Sheriff Mack about a great movie I watched called Jimmy, about Jimmy Stewart. Incredible movie, I might add. It tells the story of the Hollywood star who flew 20 combat missions before playing George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life. They told him not to go in the military and serve, but he went anyway.
Sheriff Mack gave a big shout out to Jimmy Stewart, one of his favorite actors of all time, and to his own father, G. Wayne Mack, and his uncle Grant Mack. Both served in World War II. His uncle served in the Navy. His dad served in the Army Air Corps as an office assistant, the best typist in the Army Air Corps, typing for generals and other leaders. That led him to become an FBI agent, serving about 35 years for the federal government.
Then Sheriff told us the hard part. Right after his dad retired, the FBI audited him and ruined his impression of honesty in government. His father's final words after that audit were, "I dedicated 35 years of my life to the federal government, and they come and fabricate a case and lie about me and I guess that's my payback." That's really what happened to his father, and in a lot of ways what happened to Sheriff Mack, and to a lot of American people. A big shout-out to all the victims of IRS abuse.
Making the Oath Mean Something
Sunny has been a longtime supporter of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, CSPOA. He is also a member of the John Birch Society, and he has been wondering why we don't use what is right there in the Constitution. His concern is that Congress takes an oath, but when they vote on bills, nobody really forces the question: is this constitutional?
The proposal borrows from the jury system. A panel of citizens chosen by lottery would vet each bill and ask one question: does Congress have the authority to do this? If the panel flags a bill, then it would require a two-thirds vote in the House and Senate to pass it, and lawmakers would have to make their case in public.
Sunny also called for shorter, single-subject bills. He said 43 states already have that kind of law in place, and he would pull federal bills down to no more than 50 pages, with a single focus, no riders, nothing else. Short enough to read in one night and understand.
Sunny said we don't have 38 states and seven years to wait for an amendment. He wants a citizen's constitutional review body, not a branch of government, not a court, not an agency, but randomly selected citizens outside the government with no career stake, no election concern, no corporate contact, examining every bill before it advances.
How Sunny Would Build It
Sheriff Mack asked the right question: how are you choosing these people? Because so many Americans have no clue what the Constitution says.
Sunny's answer was a jury-style lottery. Invitations could go to a large pool, maybe 30,000 names drawn from voter registration data. Then they would be selected and stratified by age, gender, geography, education, and income, to match the population. You'd end up with 100 to 150 people, maybe two or three from each state.
He suggested probably a three-month education on the Constitution. The Constitution is not a long document. Sunny said he reads it once a week and usually gets some time in it every day. If citizens don't know the Constitution, they can't hold anybody responsible for violating their oath. That's the bottom line right there.
Sheriff Mack said he would love to see this implemented and work, but the utter corruption and loyalty toward the party system is a huge hurdle. He said maybe the precursor is to get rid of the party system altogether, just as President George Washington warned us to do.
Starting Without Waiting on Congress
My thought changed as we talked. Instead of waiting on Congress, why not prove the concept first?
Start with one bill and one citizen's panel. Choose a pending House bill and pull its constitutional authority statement. Select a small panel by lottery, volunteers, of course. Give them the strongest arguments on both sides. Ask one question: where does the Constitution give the power to do what this bill proposes?
Then publish their findings. We can discuss those findings on Liberty RoundTable in partnership with CSPOA and invite the bill's sponsor to respond live on the air. Then take that example to a U.S. representative and ask for a one-year House pilot. Track whether the process changes the bill or causes bad legislation to be voted down.
Sunny liked that. He quoted Gifford Pinchot: it is easier to gain forgiveness than permission. I told him he has a target-rich environment. You could pilot it locally, at the state level, or nationally.
The Work Ahead
Sheriff Mack said Sunny agrees with what we have been working for 30 or 35 years: a return to the Constitution, sheriffs and all law enforcement keeping their oath, defending the Constitution, and protecting the rights we were all born with.
I thanked Sunny for bringing this killer idea. He thanked us for the opportunity and said he would keep us informed and hopefully keep us in the loop. He may be able to whip up a small committee right there in Bay County.
Thank you to Sheriff Richard Mack and Sunny Reed. We've got a lot of work to do to save our country, restore our Constitution, and defend our families.
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