Jessica Pishko: Constitutional Sheriffs
Jessica Pishko is a journalist and lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and Columbia University’s MFA program. Jessica Pishko, journalist and lawyer, discusses her book, "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy," in which she walks through the long history of the American Sheriff. Since the 1960s, sheriffs have consistently moved to the right, claiming to be the final and only authority to enforce and defend the Constitution. Since COVID, the Constitutional Sheriff movement entwined itself with Oath Keepers and other militia movements to challenge elections, masking mandates, and advocate for weaker gun laws.