Sons of Liberty

Dear Friends,

I started reading a new book yesterday entitled Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines.

It was written by Navy Commander Robert Green. It’s about his fight against the military COVID vaccine mandate.

You can find the description here.

Allow me to share some great quotes:

The resulting American Revolution was not a hurried response to an instantaneous infringement of colonial rights, but was a slow awakening of a people wearied by long oppression and subjugation. The events that ultimately ignited the American Revolution were not so much a flashing heat, but slowly smoldering coals fanned into flames by the increasingly tyrannical actions committed by an overbearing governmental power.
The story surrounding the transformation of the colonial peoples from loyal British subjects to revolutionists can hardly be told without mentioning Samuel Adams. Although the term whistleblower was not coined until nearly two centuries later, Samuel Adams played a critical role in exposing to public scrutiny the violence and tyranny being inflicted on colonial subjects. He wrote extensively in the years leading up to the American Revolution and carefully crafted his message to rouse his fellow countrymen to join him in resisting tyranny.

As the British Empire became more aggressive in taxing and attempting to control the colonial population, more colonists were driven into Samuel Adams’s ideological camp. The Sons of Liberty swelled with new members, including some of the most highly educated and influential Americans of that time. Membership in the Sons of Liberty included John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Rush, Paul Revere, and even Benedict Arnold. The Sons of Liberty played an important role in ensuring that the Intolerable Acts did not accomplish what the British intended.

As military members we are used to thinking about enemies of the Constitution as being some sort of foreign threat. However, the battle lines have shifted, and domestic threats, including some from within our own government, are now coming after our inalienable Constitutional rights. These domestic threats have energized a group who takes their oaths seriously and will not stand idly by while the Constitution is dismantled around us.

We are now living through what our Anti-Federalist forefathers foresaw and dreaded. …
Like the Sons of Liberty who faced the forced quartering of British soldiers, we have been backed down to our last possible line of defense. The defense of our own bodily integrity is more than a proverbial line in the sand. There is no possible further retreat. There is nowhere left to go. Those of us who have taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution have an obligation to take a stand.

I recommend the book.

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Someone responded to yesterday’s letter with the following:

Robert, Currently the legal precedent set by the federal courts is that any such district lines must be drawn by population.  This ruling needs to be challenged.  Sen. Erdman tried to challenge that ruling this year by legislating a new bicameral legislature for Nebraska whereby the new State Senators would represent the counties and the representatives would represent populations.  Unfortunately, LR2CA never got voted out of the Executive Board.

My response was this:

Thank you for writing. I've been reading, of late, the arguments (Federalist Papers) for our compound republic, which include the intended relationship between the States and the Federal government. They made it clear that States had the right and power to push back against Federal encroachment. Deciding State legislative districts is not a power delegated to the Federal government. The State simply needs to say no, make a solid argument to the People of the State as to why, and go about their way.

The precedent (decision) you cite makes no sense to me. Is representation in the U.S. Senate by population?  Given our State's blend of House and Senate, it stands to reason we ought to have a blend between representation by county and by population.

Last but not least, I don't believe in judicial supremacy. The Dred Scott decision is a primary reason why. Judges are no more infallible than anyone else. They have to put forth an argument that holds water. The branches and levels of government serve as checks and balances on each other.

I might add that our Counties are a primary political subdivision of the State. It’s a crime that each County doesn’t have their own representation.

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In closing…
…they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa 40:31)

Waiting is waiting. Most Americans are in too big of a hurry.

God bless,

Robert J. Borer

P.S. Allie French asked me to walk with her in a parade today in Yutan. She’s all about medical freedom and the book I shared above is right down her alley.

If you’re nearby, come on out. It starts at noon. Also, think/pray about making a contribution to her campaign. I did.