October 29th, 2010

2010

nhrallyvid As most of you know, on Thursday 10/14/2010 there was a hearing held at the Rochester Family Division Court in Dover, NH regarding the New Hampshire DCYF action of taking a newborn child from her parents, John Irish and Stephanie Taylor. Oath Keepers held a rally outside the courthouse during the hearing in support of the right of freedom of association and freedom of speech, as well as in support of the due process rights of the parents. The reason this became such a national issue, and thus the reason we were there, is because DCYF justified its actions in part because of the father’s “association” with Oath Keepers (he had been a forum user on our free-to-the-public Ning social network). The event sparked national attention after a video was posted on Youtube of the father explaining the ordeal. In addition to Oath Keepers who traveled from as far away as North Carolina, the rally attracted several other liberty groups and individuals from the North East.

The closed court session was not attended by any of the rally participants, and the participants in the hearing are prohibited from discussing what went on, but it was clear from the smiles on the faces of the parents as they came out that they were very happy with the outcome. You can get a very good sense of the outcome from the below linked mainstream media articles and videos, so we will let those news reports speak for themselves:

Baby girl taken after birth returned to parents

Father Happy With Court’s Decision Over Child Custody

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/…

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article…

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nh-ba…

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE….

And from David Codrea

http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2010/10… “David Codrea, who also writes the Gun Rights Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/david-codrea), is a long-time supporter of Oath Keepers and is a very consistent and effective voice for not just the right to keep and bear arms, but for the entire range of rights protected by our Bill of Rights. His work is highly recommended reading.”

We Oath Keepers were very pleased with how the entire day went, and despite the occasional bump and minor drama, it truly was a GOOD DAY. in a followup post we will have more to say about the rally, and also about how wonderful it was to work with a very squared away Sheriff and his deputies who followed their oaths and respected the rights of the rally participants.

As for our demand to New Hampshire DCYF to remove the name of Oath Keepers from the affidavit, we have yet to receive any official confirmation that our request was honored (since this was a closed proceeding, it is hard to officially confirm whether that was done during the hearing). We hope to secure that official confirmation soon. Meanwhile, until we do get that confirmation, we will continue to research our full legal options, including a possible Section 1983 claim for violation of civil rights, or perhaps a defamation claim in state court. As I have stated from the start, if we go forward with such claims, I intend to serve as one of the named counsel, but yesterday I also spoke to a couple of excellent New Hampshire lawyers who are very interested in assisting in such a case, and this next week I will be speaking to several other highly skilled, very experienced, and nationally known constitutional law litigators from the DC area about our options. It was high time we assembled a stellar legal team of patriotic, constitutionalists lawyers anyway. Whether we actually pursue formal legal action in this case is largely now up to the employees of the state of New Hampshire — what they do or do not do will make our decision for us.

Stewart Rhodes
Founder of Oath Keepers

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One Response to “Video: Oath Keepers Rally in NH 10/14/2010”

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Harvey Nichols Says:
November 21st, 2010 at 4:55 am
It is evident now that the people that is currently in the White and Senate intend to use our association with Oath Keepers and other loyalist groups to announce us terrorist and trouble makers.This is a fact,and it is proven by this so called Presidents decision to file a lawsuite aganist Arizona for protecting its borders from an invasion from a foreign Nation.We must not for any reason show these people that we are weak by not standing and fighting back aganist this assault on our FREEDOM.I do not belong to Oath Keepers but my Wife and I plan to join in the near future but belong or not i stand with these folks and will protect anyones right to belong to any organization as long as they do no harm to this Nation or its citizens. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Harvey Nichols
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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.

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Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status” won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.