Men of Their Word

An interesting organization I came across via the "True Conservatives" page on Facebook after they posted this video, Oath Keepers is an association of active duty armed forces, police, etc., who are pledging not to merely follow orders, but to disavow any and all orders that they know to be illegal. The organization was started by former paratrooper Stewart Rhodes, who after graduating from Yale Law School, now serves as a staff attorney with the Jefferson Legal Foundation.

This stirring video outlines the ten orders that members of Oath Keepers will NOT obey.

1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people.

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

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."

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

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.