Post 27 Part II: Putting Up - Not Shutting Up

Start learning how you can appropriately, lawfully and intelligently interact with your local government. We are facing many years of digging and cleaning up the mess that has been foisted on us.

Oath of Offices

As I posted on Post 27 (Imposing the Rule of Law), we need to start getting a bearing on who is following the law and who isn’t. This means that we need to see who is paying attention to the rules we live by and who is not.

Currently, we factually know that members of the Biden administration are in violation of federal law. They are potentially impersonating federal officers, which is a crime that is punishable by imprisonment and/or fines.

18 U.S. Code § 912 - Officer or employee of the United States

Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

The violation of 18 USC § 912 carries a far lesser punishment than treason.

18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

This is a point that Todd S. Callender, Esq. made abundantly clear as to the importance of having an AFFIDAVIT oath of office on record and correctly recorded and entered into the record.

It MAY potentially explain why members of the Biden administration DO NOT have valid oath of office on record.

Fight Globally, Act Locally

My parting sentences on Post 27 asked that you, the reader, begin acting (if you haven’t) on getting your bearings on who is playing by the rules. It’s not a guarantee that at the local level you will meet trustworthy people, but it is a start in vetting who you can begin to trust and work towards fixing the problems.

Recently, I made a FOIA request in my county to see if an elected official, my Sheriff in ADA COUNTY, was playing by the rules.

The image above are pictures of certified copies (from the County Clerk’s Office) that bear the witnessed, sealed and recorded signatures of the Sheriff. As you can see, the document appears in order and has the required names, dates, signatures and seals.

This took me all of two days of waiting. The request was done via website and email exchanges, plus two hours to drive down to the Courthouse, interact with the staff and pick up my certified copy. So far, I am impressed with the efficiency and courtesy of the employees of ADA County.

I will expand my search and begin to see if other members of the government also have valid oaths on file and begin outreach efforts to see who is aware of the various violations occurring in our nation.

I’m hoping that this will allow you and me to map out potential holes in local governments. Each state has their own set of rules governing violations of oaths of office - get to know them as part of your duties as citizens.

Here in Idaho, the good citizens of the state have codified the rules governing the oath of office:

TITLE 59 PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL - CHAPTER 4

OATH OF OFFICE

59-402. TIME OF TAKING OATH. Whenever a different time is not prescribed by law the oath of office must be taken, subscribed and filed within ten (10) days after the officer has notice of his election or appointment, or before the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the commencement of his term of office, when no such notice has been given.

59-404. COUNTY OFFICERS — TIME AND PLACE OF TAKING OATH. The oath of office of county elective officers shall be taken by the county commissioners before the county recorders of their respective counties, on the second Monday of January succeeding each general election, and on the same day the other county officers shall take and subscribe the official oath before the chairman of the board. Provided, however, in the event of inability to appear for the taking of the oath, for any reason, a duly elected county official may be sworn in and may subscribe to the oath, wherever he may be, provided he appear before an officer duly authorized to administer oaths, and provided further, that any person who is in any branch of the armed forces of the United States of America, may appear before any person qualified to administer oaths, as prescribed in section 51-113, Idaho Code, and may take and subscribe the oath of office as provided for in section 59-401, Idaho Code, of this title and chapter, and the oath of office shall have the same force and effect as though it were taken before the county commissioners as herein provided.

I’ve let you know how it went for me. Let me know how your efforts go.

More work to be done but I hope that I can spread this effort far and wide. I’ve been talking with Dr. James Lyons-Weiler (founder of Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge) on a potential interview and discussion on the efforts by Mr. Callender and his people on getting the word out.

Thanks for reading - stay engaged and spread the word!