Oath Keepers aim to curb federal power
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Alias is working
to make Montana the first state in the nation to create Oath Keepers
chapters in every county. Oath Keepers, after forming last spring, is
comprised mostly of military and law enforcement personnel aiming to
resist what it sees as a federal government overstepping constitutional
boundaries.
“It’s time for the people to take the government
back,” said the 62-year-old Alias, who, until the name change, was
Franklin Shook.
Since former U.S. Army paratrooper and Yale Law
School grad Stewart Rhodes founded the national organization months
ago, state groups have rapidly sprung up, with highway patrolmen,
military, county sheriffs, police officers and, according to the group,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees signing on to stand
against overreaching federal authority.
