Rep Eastman Posted on 12/26/2022 7:55:17 AM PST by Red Badger
Attorneys from the Northern Justice Project have teamed up with Alaskan Randall Kowalke to remove Kowalke’s duly elected representative, Republican David Eastman. Kowalke alleges Eastman should be removed from office and his 2022 election win stripped away because of his membership to the Oath Keepers.
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Kowalke is a constituent of Eastman and has brought suit arguing that the Oath Keepers tried to overthrow the government on January 6. Currently, the Oath Keepers members who were charged over their participation in the gathering were not accused of or indicted for attempting to overthrow the government. Kowalke is attempting to prove otherwise in his suit.
The lawsuit was filed against Eastman on July 29 and claimed that the Representative’s active lifetime membership with Oath Keepers violates an article in Alaska’s Constitution,
Article XII, Section IV says, “No person who advocates, or who aids or belongs to any party or organization or association which advocates, the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United States or of the State shall be qualified to hold any public office of trust or profit under this constitution.”
Eastman’s attorney Joe Miller noted that the provisions under the First Amendment of the constitution protect free speech, even speech advocating overthrowing the government. Kowalke’s attorney hoped to convince the judge that the words and actions from January 6 were not protected by the First Amendment and attempted to paint the Oath Keepers as an extremist militia group bent on revolution.
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When Miller questioned fellow Oath Keeper Michael Nichols during the trial, Nichols testified that the operation he led on January 6 was to rescue 16 U.S. Capitol Police officers trapped in a foyer on the east side of the Capitol.
Miller asked Nichols,
“So when you hear that there are individuals accusing Oath Keepers of wanting to overthrow a government, what’s your perspective on that?”
“That’s ridiculous,” Nichols responded. “The Oath Keepers support the Constitution and the United States government.”
The Oath Keepers have routinely defended their beliefs since the accusations against them following January 6 began. They staunchly support the constitution. The Oath Keepers was founded in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes. It is a national but loosely knit organization created to resist violations of civil liberties by the government. In 2009, that sounded like conspiracy nut thinking. But since the organization’s founding, we’ve been treated to Crossfire Hurricane, two impeachment show trials, COVID shutdowns, the election of 2020, and our own government targeting parents as domestic terrorists. What sounded crazy in 2009 sounds prescient in 2022. Stewart Rhodes is an army veteran (a paratrooper) and a Yale Law School graduate. He understands what our Founders intended for America and has served to defend it.
The case now waits on Alaska Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna to decide if Eastman violated the law with his Oath Keepers membership.
One incensed Twitter user responded to Kowalke’s lawsuit by saying,
“The people of Wasilla should be suing you. You are opposed to Democratic elections. You are trying to overturn a legitimate Democratic election. You are waging war on the people of Wasilla and our elections. You and your lawyers can be sued for what you are doing.”
The only way to end lawfare is to institute loser pays.
Old news. Judge ruled that Eastman was entitled to keep his seat.
“... that the Oath Keepers tried to overthrow the government...”
The same can be said for the Democrats.
There’s another way to end it, but it’s probably not good to talk about it on here or any other forum, given who is probably reading these posts.
Today it’s Oath Keepers......tomorrow it’s being a Christian
So this logic extended says a Catholic could be removed from office because of the clergy pedophile scandal. Or a public school teacher could be removed for the same reason.
Good to know.
I’m thinking the issue is, for those of us not from Alaska, most of us probably have a certain image in our head or thought about how Alaskans are. And I’m not talking about the Eskimo’s or Indian’s. But the off-grid types that went up to live their lives or who are the children of those that did that and are continuing the ‘lifestyle’.
And easily triggered, liberal, hipster, RINO, Democrat, etc etc aren’t in the list of adjectives one would think to describe someone that lives up there.
Sadly, though, it appears that Fairbanks, Anchorage and other towns up there aren’t immune to the same liberal plague that so many other places have been dealing with.
I'll say it straight out and with my real name below. I know I am on their suspect list and really don't give a damn.
They keep pushing us to the bullet box.
Article I Section 5 U.S. Constitution
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members,
So should socialists be stripped of their office for an agenda of overthrowing the US government? Bernie’s “bro” tried to kill Congressmen, which is a far cry from just belonging to an organization.
By that logic, THE ENTIRE DEMOCRAT PARTY WOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM RUNNING...................I LIKE THAT IDEA!...............
So should socialists be stripped of their office for an agenda of overthrowing the US government? Bernie’s “bro” tried to kill Congressmen, which is a far cry from just belonging to an organization.
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Not to mention the participation by the Democrats in leading an actual insurrection against the Union in the Civil War.
Actually I think that Alaska’s Constitution is unconstitutional in that section because there is the right of the people to protest the government and replace it if your government is not following the US Constitution and not protecting the citizen’s rights. When politicians are using “lawfare” to go against their opponents and taking away the people’s right to defend themselves, we have a problem. If the State Capitols and DC decide they can follow or not follow the laws and make themselves above the people and their rights, we have a problem. Do we need another Boston Tea Party to get the point across to our leaders in DC? Just my opinion.
Well, those Democrats are dead and still voting. But the Democrat Senators who invited “activists” into the spectator’s gallery to disrupt the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, and intimidate Senators in the elevator are still alive and kicking, and the “activists” are voting early and often.
“They” .... are really so small in number compared to the rest of us, yet they have so much control. Amazing.
Amazing indeed. It’s been quite an education in the human experience over the last several years.
I was the POC for an Oathkeeper group in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. As such I was an administrator on the OK Facebook page. In one night Facebook removed all OK pages and the personal pages of all administrators and placed a permanent ban on them. The tech world has more power and influence than most people realize. As for lists we are all on at least one for simply visiting this site.
Administrator for the page for our group only, not nationality.
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