re: Do Sheriff's trump the governor?

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The governor isn't limited to a sheriff for enforcement.

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No, he's not. What limits him is the reaction from the larger population to his counter. If he goes too heavy-handedly (let's say he calls up a few hundred National Guard as a lockdown for all of the parish roads and businesses or sends the State Police in to block off the courthouses/city halls as a show of force, as examples), then he risks other areas refusing his EO out of solidarity against that heavy-handedness as well as an increasing public outcry against him in general (try being a Governor and getting ANY legislation passed after that).

It's not simply a matter of strength of enforcement, it's about knowing when, where and how to apply the correct amount of pressure.