Posted on 06/19/2014 5:57:41 AM PDT by MamaTexan
The responsibility for securing the border rests exclusively on the federal government. The federal government’s failure to secure the border has created an incentive for families to send their children on a dangerous, and sometimes fatal, journey. Until the federal government fulfills its duty, it falls on the State of Texas to address those obligations
Good luck to you.
CWII is coming anyway, and this is as good a reason as any I've seen, so let the chips fall wherever they will. This wave of criminals coming in and demanding services needs to come to a screeching halt, and NOW. The only way that happens is if there are dire consequences (up to and including death) instead of rewards for this criminal behavior.
I encourage this lame-duck Texas administration to do the right thing, and put an end to the invasion.
/johnny
Not at all.
It may not be amiss further to observe, that every pretext for intermeddling with the domestic concerns of any state, under colour of protecting it against domestic violence is taken away, by that part of the provision which renders an application from the legislative, or executive authority of the state endangered, necessary to be made to the federal government, before it's interference can be at all proper.
St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries (Annotated), 1803
////////////
At the same time it is properly provided, in order that such interference may not wantonly or arbitrarily take place; that it shall only be on the request of the state authorities: otherwise the self-government of the state might be encroached upon at the pleasure of the Union, and a small state might fear or feel the effects of a combination of larger states against it under colour of constitutional authority;
William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States, 1825
////////////
……. (snip) The right of interposition must depend upon the special circumstances of the case. It is not susceptible of precise limitations, and is extremely delicate in the application. It must be submitted to the guidance of eminent discretion, and controlled by the principles of justice and sound policy. It would clearly be a violation of the law of nations to invite subjects to revolt who were under actual obedience, however just their complaints; or to endeavor to produce discontents, violence, and rebellion in neighboring states, and, under color of a generous assistance, to consummate projects of ambition and dominion.
James Kent , Commentaries on American Law, 1826
////////////
§ 1819. It may not be amiss further to observe, (in the language of another commentator,) that every pretext for intermeddling with the domestic concerns of any state, under colour of protecting it against domestic violence, is taken away by that part of the provision, which renders an application from the legislative, or executive authority of the state endangered, necessary to be made to the federal government, before it's interference can be at all proper.
Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833
-----
On Application of the Legislature means the STATE authority must request assistance NOT that the federal authority can take action because IT feels it necessary.
So the question becomes...
Do YOU have a problem with it?
I thought a lot of these kids were actually coming across by bus.
They were then being processed by the border patrol, put up in temporary housing and sent on via bus to various cities in the interior.
Some people have never learned to be careful what they wish for. :-)
FOX just mentioned it and is about to give a news report.
All I know is the federal government is aiding and abetting criminal activity. From my understanding, this new 'law' means once someone on our side takes responsibility for a (cough) 'minor', they become our responsibility.
That's the purpose of the feds taking (or forcing the states to take) these people into custody and then moving them to another location.
God bless Texas!
Amen!
Did not the SCOTUS say it was Fed’s job?
How long can these Illegal Alien Invading “children” survive without food, water and clean diapers?
That used to get one banned.
Perry’s not my first choice, even from the state of Texas, but it would be hard to not support him if he forces a mano a mano stand off with Mr. Hope and Change.
Have lived here a long time, how did I miss knowing about a “Texas Guard”. Enlighten please.
I’m thinking the Perry 2016 committee is hoping, praying, that Obama will oppose this actively and force a very public stand off and feud.
___________________________________________
Nah I doubt theyre praying that...
after 5 years of a do-nothing-for-Americans guy in the White House they know that we are only interested in a guy who is willing and able to get things done...for OUR good..
The last thing Perry wants is to appear weak and helpless...
and unable or unwilling to protect the American citizens he would swear to protect...
Since the the Founders did not include the terms 'border' or 'security' in the Constitution, it doesn't matter what SCOTUS said.
However true, therefore, it may be, that the judicial department is, in all questions submitted to it by the forms of the Constitution, to decide in the last resort, this resort must necessarily be deemed the last in relation to the authorities of the other departments of the government; not in relation to the rights of the parties to the constitutional compact, from which the judicial, as well as the other departments, hold their delegated trusts. On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in usurped powers, might subvert forever, and beyond the possible reach of any rightful remedy, the very Constitution which all were instituted to preserve.
James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions
------
The State has every Right to take any action it feels necessary to protect it's People, and there is no Constitutionally authorized federal authority to prevent it from doing so.
We'll ask them once they come back from having a smoke. :-P
I don’t trust Rick Perry as far as I could throw the nearest Merck sales rep. But he is absolutely going to vault to the top of the GOP POTUS pack with this move.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.