Power and Authority...Oath Keepers

 
by Michael Peroutka 
 
Is there a difference between the power to do something and the authority to do it?
If an armed intruder bursts into the restaurant where you are dining and begins to order you and others around at gunpoint, can we say that he has the power to command you to obey, but not the rightful authority to do so?
What if the armed intruder is wearing a badge? Does the badge confer authority on him even though he displays it in order to steal?
Could we say that someone wearing an official badge, who uses it to steal the property of others or to intimidate them is actually an “outlaw” – that is – someone acting “outside the law”?

If you were a sheriff or a police officer or a soldier, who had taken an oath to obey the Constitution, including the right of the people to keep and carry guns, would you obey an order of a superior officer who tells you to violate the supreme law of the land?
If you are a State Trooper or a sheriff or a police officer, do you plan to allow Martin O’Malley or Barak O’bama to make you into an outlaw? Will you be true to your oath, or will you be so scared of losing your salary or your pension that you are willing to lose your soul?

The time is fast approaching when you will need to decide from whence your authority comes. The people of Maryland and the people of America are about to discover whether you are a man of your word, who will follow your oath before God, or whether you are a fraud, a disgrace, a failure who would misuse your badge to enslave your own people.