Letters to the Editor

Letter: None dare call it treason

Seditious conspiracy involving a violent attack against the United States is a very serious charge. The Anchorage Daily News reported on Jan. 12 that 11 members or associates of the Oath Keepers militia group have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.

At what point does current State Rep. David Eastman, a self-proclaimed life member of the Oath Keepers and tax-funded graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, who took the oath of a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, have to explain to Alaskans why this article in the Alaska Constitution should not apply to him?

Alaska State Constitution Article XII (General Provisions) § 4. Disqualification for Disloyalty. “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.”

— Lynn Willis

Eagle River

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