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Professor Tom Woods Delivers a Smack Down to Critics of Montana Nullification Bills | February 28th, 2011

In the above video, Tom Woods discusses the Associated Press article, “Tea Party Vision for Montana Raising Concerns.” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41768730/ns/politics-more_politics/)

Tom Woods notes that “People in Montana have adopted unconventional views about how to reverse federal encroachments. We are supposed to be concerned about this, instead of about the encroachments themselves.” His critique of the Associated Press article is both humorous and informative.

And here is the excellent article on the history of the Supremacy Clause and how it relates to “nullification” that Tom Woods references in his video. This article is highly recommended reading for anyone to understand the nature of the compact and what the division of powers was supposed to be between the states and the national government:

Who’s Supreme? The Supremacy Clause Smackdown

Tenth Amendment Center

by Brion McClanahan

rip-constitution-web-300x195When Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter signed HO391 into law on 17 March 2010, the “national” news media circled the wagons and began another assault on State sovereignty. The bill required the Idaho attorney general to sue the federal government over insurance mandates in the event national healthcare legislation passed. The lead AP reporter on the story, John Miller, quoted constitutional “scholar” David Freeman Engstrom of Stanford Law School as stating that the Idaho law would be irrelevant because of the “supremacy clause” of the United States Constitution.

In his words, “That language is clear that federal law is supreme over state law, so it really doesn’t matter what a state legislature says on this.” Now that Barack Obama has signed healthcare legislation into law, almost a dozen States have filed suit against the federal government, with Idaho in the lead. Battle lines have been drawn. Unfortunately, the question of State sovereignty and the true meaning of the “supremacy clause” may be swallowed up in the ensuing debate.

Engstrom’s opinion is held by a majority of constitutional law “scholars,” but he is far from correct, and Idaho and the thirty seven other States considering similar legislation have a strong case based on the original intent of the powers of the federal government vis-à-vis the States.

The so-called “supremacy clause” of the Constitution, found in Article 6, states, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding [emphasis added].”

The key, of course, is the italicized phrase. All laws made in pursuance of the Constitution, or those clearly enumerated in the document, were supreme, State laws notwithstanding. In other words, the federal government was supreme in all items clearly listed in the document.

A quick reading of the Constitution illustrates that national healthcare is not one of the enumerated powers of the federal government, so obviously Engstrom’s blanket and simplistic statement is blatantly incorrect, but his distortion of the supremacy clause goes further.

The inclusion of such a clause in the Constitution was first debated at the Constitutional Convention on 31 May 1787. In Edmund Randolph’s initial proposal, called the Virginia Plan, the “national” legislature had the ability to “legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent…” and “to negative all laws passed by the several states contravening, in the opinion of the national legislature, the Articles of Union….” John Rutledge, Pierce Butler, and Charles Pinckney of South Carolina challenged the word “incompetent” and demanded that Randolph define the term. Butler thought that the delegates “were running into an extreme, in taking away the powers of the states…” through such language.

Randolph replied that he “disclaimed any intention to give indefinite powers to the national legislature, declaring that he was entirely opposed to such an inroad on the state jurisdictions, and that he did not think any considerations whatever could ever change his determination [emphasis added].” James Madison, the author of the Virginia Plan, was not as forthcoming as to his sentiment. Ultimately, Madison preferred a negative over State law and wished the national legislature to be supreme in call cases. But he was not in the majority.

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Video – Union Thugs Gone Wild | February 28th, 2011

I’m Randy Swanson, acting Rhode Island Oath Keepers Chapter President. I’m also a former member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union and Rhode Island Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. These videos are not meant to foster ill will towards any group of people or unions as a whole. We are not anti-union. But we are anti-thug. We will continue to stand up for the truth, free speech, the Constitution and the rule of law. Violence, threats, and attempts at intimidation have no place in a civil society.

On February 22, 2011 at 3:45 p.m. I arrived at the Rhode Island Statehouse to document a rally that was taking place at our state capitol. Things were going pretty well until I saw one of the “alleged” union members (”perpetrator number one,” in red) moving swiftly through the crowd pushing people out of his way to purposely block one gentleman from filming with his video camera. (My first video shows him talking to his boss first and getting a pat on the back) This went on for a few minutes, I kept one eye on this intentional altercation while continuing to film the speaker at the podium. During this time there was more commotion behind me and a number of other “alleged” union members were repositioning themselves at the back of another individual with a video camera. They were continuously bumping and shoving the individual until at one point the “alleged” union member with the brown coat (perpetrator number two) stuck his fingers in the face of the innocent cameraman. Some words were exchanged. The camera was nowhere near the perpetrators face as the video clearly shows. The “alleged” union member with the brown jacket (”perpetrator two”) said: “I’ll F-ck your mother” “I’ll F-ck your mother” “How is that?” “How is that?” “I’ll F-ck you up the ass you fagot” “You better get away from here” “You better get away from here” He violently lashed out, leaning forward and at full arm’s-length struck the camera and said:”Get that camera out of my face,” “Get that camera out of my F-cking face,” “F-ck you too” “F-ck you too” and “You’re barking up the wrong tree.”

Then the crowd whipped themselves up into a frenzy chanting “hey hey ho ho union busters got to go” over and over again.

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RI Protester Threatens TV Cameraman: ‘I’ll Fu** You in the A**, You Fa**ot!’ | February 24th, 2011

At AFSCME’s “solidarity” rally in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, a cameraman was accosted by a fuming pro-union protester. The cameraman had his back to the goon, who appears to accost him unprovoked. The goon screams:

“I’ll f**k you in the ass, you fa**ot!” *

His shouting escalates and other union supporters try to intervene as he threatened the cameraman, but he continues to foam at the mouth.

The “solidarity” mob finally starts chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, union-busting’s got to go” to drown out the goon’s snit fit. He yells that he will “follow you out of here.”

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Oath Keeping at the Fall of the Berlin Wall – Video | February 19th, 2011

East German Army Officer (and now American Oath Keeper!) Tells How the East German Military Refused Unlawful Orders to Crush Protests, Stood Down, and Led to the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

In this remarkable interview, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaks with Gunter Spens, now a member of Texas Oath Keepers, who was a Lieutenant Colonel in the East German Army when communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. LTC Spens tells how the East German military refused unlawful orders given by the Communist Party to crush peaceful mass protests and simply stood down, staying on the base….

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Gerald Celente on Obama’s budget: “They’re bankrupting the country!” | February 17th, 2011

The new US budget was revealed by President Obama calling for America to re-balance the global economy, stressing that the US cannot rely on foreign governments to finance domestic consumption. However, many point to Obama’s inability to rein in spending, including Gerald Celente. He says the future will be more of the same; it’s going to be more debt and placing the burden on the American people.

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Cheney: Maybe we should limit size of pistol magazines | January 19th, 2011

Hotair.com: To be fair, former VP Dick Cheney finally points out that the real proximate cause of the Tucson massacre was the insanity of the gunman, but that won’t be the takeaway for gun-control advocates. Cheney joins some critics in at least considering a size limitation on magazines for semi-automatic pistols. Jared Lee Loughner used a larger magazine of 33 rounds in the pistol, which has given rise to a call to impose limits on clips magazines for personal use:

NOTE from Stewart: Cheney obviously has no clue of the concept of inalienable rights, what the Second Amendment is for (it isn’t about duck hunting), or what “shall not be infringed” means. I am not at all surprised. Chalk this up as yet another reason I’m not a “neocon” (I could construct a heck of a long list). And if any of you have, in the past, called yourselves a neocon, it’s not too late to repent of your sin and instead just call yourself a constitutionalist, or an American, as I do. I will have more to say shortly on this, and all related talk of “reasonable restrictions” on magazine capacity or a new “assault weapons ban.” Meanwhile, I think I’ll go buy more full capacity AR, FAL, and Glock mags, just to stick it in their eye. -

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Oath Keeper Founder, Stewart Rhodes at Boston Tea Party 2010 | December 17th, 2010

To honor and celebrate both the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and also the Anniversary of the Bill of Rights, I traveled to Boston this last weekend and joined other patriots in historic Faneuil Hall for the 2010 Boston Tea Party. It was a very humbling experience to speak in the same hall that had once echoed with the thundering voices of great patriots

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Video: Oath Keepers Rally in NH 10/14/2010 | October 29th, 2010

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

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Here is More Coverage of the New Hamshire Case | October 22nd, 2010

In this episode of the Reality Report, Gary Franchi reports from Dover, New Hampshire where Jonathan Irish is fighting to get his child back from protective services. Gary is joined by Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers to discuss the group’s part in the whole situation.

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Sheriff Richard Mack on Freedom Watch Aug 2010 | August 17th, 2010

Oath Keepers Board member Sheriff Mack joins the Judge, Andrew Napolitano on Freedom watch during the Freedom Week on Fox Business Channel.

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Why Oath Keepers are Under Attack – Stewart Rhodes | July 28th, 2010

Oath Keepers is an educational organization. Our message is simple: Obey your oath to the Constitution. Why Oath Keepers are Under Attack.

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Second Amendment March, Washington, D.C. — April 19, 2010 | June 29th, 2010

Special video report on the Second Amendment March by The Oath Keeper (http://TheOathKeeperNews.com) newspaper staff. The Oath Keepers organization, including founder Stuart Rhodes, participated in this event. Learn more about Oath keepers at http://oathkeepers.org

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Judge Andrew Napolitano talks with Sheriff Mack on Missouri SWAT raid | May 31st, 2010

Former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack and Judge Andrew Napolitano discuss the Missouri SWAT Raid that was done 8 days after a warrant was issued. The raid led to the family dog being shot and killed.

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Werewolf vs The Constitution – Stewart Rhodes | April 28th, 2010

When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they knew that in times of emergencies we as a people would have to restrain ourselves in order to save our republic.

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AC 360 Radical or Right? | April 24th, 2010

Anderson Cooper sent a crew to Las Vegas to interview Stewart Rhodes in early April 2010. We taped that interview and will be uploading that video soon.

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Who Shall Guard the Guardians – Stewart Rhodes | April 20th, 2010

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes during the first annual Oath Keepers Conference in October 2009. Stewart discusses the point of Government and who guards the guardians.

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Open Carry Is Not Illegal And Not A New Idea | April 1st, 2010

Open Carry is has been around in our history and is not illegal. The videos are just a small example of news coverage stating just that.

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