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Kim Davis Is Now Getting Help From This Highly Controversial Source That Liberals Hate
The pro-liberty Oath Keepers volunteer militia has “boots on the ground” to protect Kentucky clerk Kim Davis and “ensure that she will not be illegally detained again,” the organization has announced on its website.
Davis was jailed for several days following her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes said the group was not taking sides over same sex marriage, but was instead focused on what he called Davis’ illegal imprisonment.
Judge David Bunning, who ordered Davis jailed, “grossly overstepped his bounds and violated Mrs. Davis’ due process rights, and in particular her right to a jury trial,” said Wednesday in a release posted on the group’s website.
In a teleconference uploaded to YouTube, Rhodes discussed the operation with Kentucky sheriff Denny Peyman, Missouri Oath Keeper John Karriman, and West Virginia Oath Keeper Allen Landieri. Although Rhodes said the group had “boots on the ground” in Rowan County, KY, since last week, it was not clear when the Oath Keepers arrived or how many were in the community.
“As far as we’re concerned, this is not over,” Rhodes said. “This judge needs to be put on notice that his behavior is not going to be accepted, and we’ll be there to stop it and intercede ourselves if we have to.”
A statement from Rhodes on the Oath Keepers website outlines the principles at stake.
“The judge is violating the Constitution in his anger and desire to punish her for going against his will. We are already being subjected to an unconstitutional imperial presidency, that grew exponentially under both Bush and Obama, expanding the claimed war powers of the president to swallow up our Bill of Rights and circumvent jury trial,” the statement said.
“No one man should have that kind of power in his hands alone to decide guilt and impose a sentence of indefinite detention. Under our Constitution, that dictatorial power does not exist. We must stand against this. And so we will protect her and prevent it from happening again,” the statement concludes.
h/t: Raw Story
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/kim-davis-is-now-getting-help-from-this-highly-controversial-source-that-liberals-hate/
