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Oath Keepers

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds press conference on debt-ceiling deal | Rod Lamkey/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Debt Ceiling

Banging Our Heads on the Debt Ceiling

Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 5.30.2023 3:59 PM

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes received an 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy and two other charges. | Ron Sachs/CNP/Polaris/Newscom

Capitol Riot

Stewart Rhodes Gets 18 Years After the DOJ Reiterates a Conspiracy Claim That Jurors Rejected

It remains unclear whether the Oath Keepers leader had a specific plan to violently disrupt the electoral vote count on January 6.

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2023 3:25 PM

Do seditious conspiracy convictions show the Capitol riot was "premeditated" and "not spontaneous"? | Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Newscom

Criminal Justice

Do These Seditious Conspiracy Convictions Prove the Capitol Riot 'Was Not Spontaneous'?

A jury convicted members of the Proud Boys without evidence of an explicit plot, let alone one that most of the rioters were trying to execute.

Jacob Sullum | 5.5.2023 3:30 PM

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes received an 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy and two other charges. | Ron Sachs/CNP/Polaris/Newscom

Capitol Riot

Judging From These Verdicts, Stewart Rhodes' Seditious Conspiracy Did Not Involve Attacking the Capitol

The Oath Keepers leader was acquitted of two riot-related conspiracy counts but convicted of plotting to keep Donald Trump in office "by force."

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2022 3:10 PM

topicsideas | Photo: Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers; Aaron C. Davis/The Washington Post/Getty

Politics

The Decline and Fall of the Oath Keepers

How Stewart Rhodes went from denouncing authoritarianism to urging an authoritarian crackdown

Jesse Walker | 5.10.2022 6:00 AM

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January 6

The Sedition Indictment Against 11 Oath Keepers Describes a Plot That Was Pitifully Inept and Ineffectual

This is the first time that participants in the Capitol riot have been charged with sedition.

Jacob Sullum | 1.20.2022 5:15 PM

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Militia Movement

Militias, Patriots, and Border Vigilantes in the Age of Trump

Jesse Walker | 11.4.2019 6:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

Gun Rights Activists March in Ferguson

A demonstration to defend black Second Amendment rights draws fewer marchers than the organizers hoped.

Jesse Walker | 11.16.2015 1:54 PM

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Oath Keepers

Oath Keeper Who Called for #BlackOpenCarry March in Ferguson Leaves the Group, Plans His Own March; Oath Keepers Say the Original March Will Proceed

Dueling demonstrations?

Jesse Walker | 8.27.2015 4:47 PM

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Civil Liberties

Gawker Meets the Oath Keepers

A balanced dispatch from Ferguson

Jesse Walker | 8.19.2015 4:15 PM

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Civil Liberties

Oath Keepers Announce Plans for #BlackOpenCarry March in Ferguson

"We're going to demonstrate to the world that black people have the same rights as white people."

Jesse Walker | 8.17.2015 9:40 PM

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Civil Liberties

An Oath Keeper in Ferguson Denounces Abusive Policing

"Enough of this. Enough of this violence."

Jesse Walker | 8.12.2015 12:33 PM

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Civil Liberties

NY Sheriff to Constituents: Keep Your Handguns and Toss the Permit Applications

Mass defiance of the new permit process is another monkey wrench tossed in the works.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.21.2015 10:04 AM

Civil Liberties

The Oath Keepers in Ferguson: Three Updates

The story didn't end when police ordered them down from the roofs.

Jesse Walker | 12.2.2014 2:33 PM

Guns

Oath Keepers Station Themselves on Ferguson's Rooftops; Police Order Them to Stop

St. Louis County clamps down on volunteer patrols.

Jesse Walker | 12.1.2014 11:02 AM

Civil Liberties

Oath Keepers in Ferguson Area Condemn Militarized Police; Oath Keepers' Guest Speaker IS Militarized Police

Tensions on the populist right

Jesse Walker | 8.25.2014 3:21 PM

Policy

Oath Keepers Group Places Massive Pro-Snowden Ad Inside Pentagon Metro Station

Ads call on members of the CIA and the Pentagon to honor their oaths to uphold the Constitution.

Mike Riggs | 7.24.2013 2:04 PM

Policy

The Oath Keepers on Edward Snowden

"We need more to stand up."

Jesse Walker | 6.14.2013 2:23 PM

Politics

Homeland Security Meets Office Politics

The author of an infamous report on right-wing extremism tries to defend his work.

Jesse Walker | 10.30.2012 7:00 AM

Oath Keepers

Meet Richard Mack, the Oath Keeper Running Against SOPA Author Lamar Smith

How a state's rights conservative became an ally to the tech industry.

Mike Riggs | 2.10.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Wants to Recall Montana Legislators Who Voted for the Defense Bill [Updated]

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.27.2011 6:30 PM

Politics

Montana Town Full of Ominous, Mostly Harmless Anti-Government Types

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.27.2011 10:26 AM

Politics

Constitutional Refuseniks

Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey.

Radley Balko | 4.11.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

An Interview With Stewart Rhodes

The founder of Oath Keepers explains his vision and responds to his critics.

Radley Balko | 2.7.2011 12:00 PM

Criminal Justice

Baby Snatching: It's Hilarious When We Just Don't Like Their Kind

Brian Doherty | 10.8.2010 7:58 PM

Oath Keepers

Update on the Oath Keepers

Jesse Walker | 4.15.2010 6:48 PM

Politics

Protect and Serve

The Oath Keepers' extremism in the defense of liberty

Jesse Walker | 4.15.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Operation Revelation

Jesse Walker | 3.5.2010 2:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Civil Disobedience Is Not Terrorism

Jesse Walker | 10.28.2009 2:47 PM

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