Oath Keepers
Posted in Straight Shooter by R Lee Wrights on October 19th, 2009 by Jessi Winchester, author of From Bordello to Ballot Box and America: The Final Chapter
“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of Liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until Americans will one day be a Socialist nation without knowing how it happened.”
- Norman Thomas, 6- time Presidential candidate of the Socialist Party who retired from politics when Democrat Franklin Roosevelt ran on the same platform and won.
America is under assault and time is running out. No longer is the enemy “at the gate;” it is in the White House. Every day there is some new attack from those at the highest levels of our own government. Attacks that threaten the very structure of our nation and our very freedom.
From so-called ‘health care’ that would cause the demise of millions, to Hitler style brainwashing propaganda on all the major TV networks, the litany of Obama’s meddling into every area of people’s lives is not only terrifying but should not be tolerated by freedom loving citizens. We no longer have the luxury of debating the tyranny that is becoming so crystal clear to even those with cataracts. We are in the crosshairs of our own government and time is short. The Founders had to put their very lives on the line for freedom - and now - so do we. The time has arrived where each man and woman must take a stand. We either cave-in and obey unconstitutional orders like sheep being led to the slaughter to become the final victory for a Hitler blueprint revisited, or we band together to face down tyranny and rebuild our great nation in the design for which it was originally intended. We can no longer afford to remain silent, inactive, or passive. We must stand strong and take action - or they will bury us. Decision time is here.
Various strategies are emerging that would ‘take back our country’ and again place the power and decisions in the hands of the people rather than those in Washington who are dedicated to destroying our free and open society.
Secession is one. The Declaration of Independence clearly states, “…whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government…” It goes on to instruct that, “…when a long train of abuses or usurpations occur…it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government.” When Communists are appointed to high office by the President and the President himself promotes Socialist policies, then America is simply no longer what the Founders envisioned and the “train of abuses” are so glaring that states feel they can better govern themselves by seceding from the Union. We have reached that point in time.
Sovereignty resolutions that would empower states to implement their Tenth Amendment rights against unlawful and unconstitutional dictates by the Feds is another. While they are not lawful orders, enactment by state legislators would put the federal government “on notice” that the Tenth Amendment is alive and well in that state and state officials will not comply with any unlawful or unconstitutional federal dictate.
Along the same line are groups or organizations that advocate the same sovereignty. Foremost in intent, purpose, and dedication is the Oath Keepers organization. Comprised of active military, veterans, peace officers, firefighters, and supportive citizens, it was formed to bring together those who desire to reinforce their oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic in today’s oppressive political and social climate. Their allegiance is not to the politicians so with that in mind, they will refuse to obey unconstitutional, illegal, and immoral orders. They strive to educate those in the military who believe their oath meant they must follow any order issued by the President when, in fact, their oath is to the Constitution first and foremost and to be guardians of the Republic should a president betray that standard. They simply want a return to a Constitutional Republic - and enforcement of the Constitution as it is written - so they are careful to point out that they do not advocate violence to, or the overthrow of, any government, organization, group, or person. Additionally, they don’t promote the removal of any elected official and only desire that they live up to their oath of office or leave. Due to the abhorrent proliferation of the “race card” being bandied about by the current administration’s minions, Oath Keepers makes it crystal clear that their organization is not limited to race … and that Oath Keepers of all race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, gender or sexual orientation are welcome to join them.
Oath Keepers has ten laws they will NOT obey and that are at the crux of their principles. Taken directly from their website at www.oathkeepers.org, they are:
1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.
The attempt to disarm the people on April 19, 1775 was the spark of open conflict in the American Revolution. That vile attempt was an act of war, and the American people fought back in justified, righteous self-defense of their natural rights. Any such order today would also be an act of war against the American people, and thus an act of treason. We will not make war on our own people, and we will not commit treason by obeying any such treasonous order. Nor will we assist, or support any such attempt to disarm the people by other government entities, either state or federal. In addition, we affirm that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to preserve the military power of the people so that they will, in the last resort, have effective final recourse to arms and to the God of Hosts in the face of tyranny. Accordingly, we oppose any and all further infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. In particular we oppose a renewal of the misnamed “assault-weapons” ban or the enactment of H.R. 45 (which would register and track gun owners like convicted pedophiles).
2. We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or effects — such as warrantless house-to house searches for weapons or persons.
One of the causes of the American Revolution was the use of “writs of assistance,” which were essentially warrantless searches because there was no requirement of a showing of probable cause to a judge, and the first fiery embers of American resistance were born in opposition to those infamous writs. The Founders considered all warrantless searches to be unreasonable and egregious. It was to prevent a repeat of such violations of the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects that the Fourth Amendment was written.
We expect that sweeping warrantless searches of homes and vehicles, under some pretext, will be the means used to attempt to disarm the people.
3. We will NOT obey any order to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to trial by military tribunal.
One of the causes of the American Revolution was the denial of the right to jury trial, the use of admiralty courts (military tribunals) instead, and the application of the laws of war to the colonists. After that experience, and being well aware of the infamous Star Chamber in English history, the Founders ensured that the international laws of war would apply only to foreign enemies, not to the American people. Thus, the Article III Treason Clause establishes the only constitutional form of trial for an American, not serving in the military, who is accused of making war on his own nation. Such a trial for treason must be before a civilian jury, not a tribunal.
The international laws of war do not trump our Bill of Rights. We reject as illegitimate any such claimed power, as did the Supreme Court in Ex Parte Milligan (1865). Any attempt to apply the laws of war to American civilians, under any pretext, such as against domestic “militia” groups the government brands “domestic terrorists,” is an act of war and an act of treason.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state, or to enter with force into a state, without the express consent and invitation of that state’s legislature and governor.
One of the causes of the American Revolution was the attempt “to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power” by disbanding the Massachusetts legislature and appointing General Gage as “military governor.” The attempt to disarm the people of Massachusetts during that martial law sparked our Revolution. Accordingly, the power to impose martial law - the absolute rule over the people by a military officer with his will alone being law - is nowhere enumerated in our Constitution.
Further, it is the militia of a state and of the several states that the Constitution contemplates being used in any context, during any emergency within a state, not the standing army. The imposition of martial law by the national government over a state and its people, treating them as an occupied enemy nation, is an act of war. Such an attempted suspension of the Constitution and Bill of Rights voids the compact with the states and with the people.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national government to be in violation of the compact by which that state entered the Union.
In response to the obscene growth of federal power and to the absurdly totalitarian claimed powers of the Executive, upwards of 20 states are considering, have considered, or have passed courageous resolutions affirming states rights and sovereignty.
Those resolutions follow in the honored and revered footsteps of Jefferson and Madison in their Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and likewise seek to enforce the Constitution by affirming the very same principles of our Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights that we Oath Keepers recognize and affirm.
Chief among those principles is that ours is a dual sovereignty system, with the people of each state retaining all powers not granted to the national government they created, and thus the people of each state reserved to themselves the right to judge when the national government they created has voided the compact between the states by asserting powers never granted. Upon the declaration by a state that such a breach has occurred, we will not obey orders to force that state to submit to the national government.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
One of the causes of the American Revolution was the blockade of Boston, and the occupying of that city by the British military, under martial law. Once hostilities began, the people of Boston were tricked into turning in their arms in exchange for safe passage, but were then forbidden to leave. That confinement of the residents of an entire city was an act of war.
Such tactics were repeated by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, and by the Imperial Japanese in Nanking, turning entire cities into death camps. Any such order to disarm and confine the people of an American city will be an act of war and thus an act of treason.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
Mass, forced internment into concentration camps was a hallmark of every fascist and communist dictatorship in the 20th Century. Such internment was unfortunately even used against American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Whenever a government interns its own people, it treats them like an occupied enemy population. Oppressive governments often use the internment of women and children to break the will of the men fighting for their liberty - as was done to the Boers, to the Jewish resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto, and to the Chechens, for example.
Such a vile order to forcibly intern Americans without charges or trial would be an act of war against the American people, and thus an act of treason, regardless of the pretext used. We will not commit treason, nor will we facilitate or support it. “NOT on Our Watch!”
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control” during any emergency, or under any other pretext. We will consider such use of foreign troops against our people to be an invasion and an act of war.
During the American Revolution, the British government enlisted the aid of Hessian mercenaries in an attempt to subjugate the rebellious American people. Throughout history, repressive regimes have enlisted the aid of foreign troops and mercenaries who have no bonds with the people.
Accordingly, as the militia of the several states are the only military force contemplated by the Constitution, in Article I, Section 8, for domestic keeping of the peace, and as the use of even our own standing army for such purposes is without such constitutional support, the use of foreign troops and mercenaries against the people is wildly unconstitutional, egregious, and an act of war.
We will oppose such troops as enemies of the people and we will treat all who request, invite, and aid those foreign troops as the traitors they are.
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies, under any emergency pretext whatsoever.
One of the causes of the American Revolution was the seizure and forfeiture of American ships, goods, and supplies, along with the seizure of American timber for the Royal Navy, all in violation of the people’s natural right to their property and to the fruits of their labor. The final spark of the Revolution was the attempt by the government to seize powder and cannon stores at Concord.
Deprivation of food has long been a weapon of war and oppression, with millions intentionally starved to death by fascist and communist governments in the 20th Century alone. Accordingly, we will not obey or facilitate orders to confiscate food and other essential supplies from the people, and we will consider all those who issue or carry out such orders to be the enemies of the people.
10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
There would have been no American Revolution without fiery speakers and writers such as James Otis, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Sam Adams “setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
Orwellian presidential executive orders are in place to turn a Republic into a dictatorship, given the opportune ‘national emergency.’ The Oath Keepers intend to be the wall between tyranny and freedom and deserve our support. Should the federal government push the envelope of despotism, we could face a civil war that would bring us full circle from the Revolutionary War that gained our freedom from British rule, to a modern civil war to again gain our freedom from oppression - or worse. Oath Keepers show us that there are still strong patriotic Americans who are willing to put their lives on the line for freedom in the same manner as those brave men so many decades ago.
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