Constitutional questions and why the “Oath-Keepers” are domestic terrorists waiting to happen.

Let's be very clear about the intent of the founders. They regarded the separation of powers as a vital bulwark against tyranny. Instead of pitting an all-powerful monarch against the masses, the idea of having independent centers of power check and balance each other was essential to the American project. If you paid attention to "School House Rock" as a kid, you're familiar with this most basic principle of constitutional government, but those claiming the most fealty to the founding document simply thumb their noses at even those Supreme Court decisions that have been validated in case after case –so-called “super-precedents.”


This is why the “Oath-Keepers” are domestic terrorists waiting to happen. The group, made up of far-right law enforcement officers and members of the military, has sworn to use force, if necessary, to uphold the Constitution as they interpret it. That last bit is key –the problem is that they serve in the executive branch, which is empowered to execute the law in keeping with the Constitution but not to adjudicate disputes that arise from it. If the executive branch were to issue an unconstitutional order abusing U.S. citizens as they fear, the proper –and constitutional --response would be to ask the court to stay it.

[link to www.alternet.org]



So the Oath Keepers apparently intend to approve of every executive order, interpreting through a rightwing lens, AND JUST IGNORE THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. And they intend armed insurrection against the (Democratic) President when they feel like it, the courts be damned.


IT'S A FUCKING DANGEROUS CLOWN POSSE.