Posted on 01/26/2024 6:44:16 PM PST by DoodleBob
Down in Eagle Pass, Texas, is a 47-acre public park which sits on the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s called Shelby Park. And recently the state of Texas decided that it was going to take control of the section of border running through Shelby Park.
The state of Texas directed the Texas National Guard and state troopers from both Texas and Florida (lol) to harden the border in Shelby Park. But also to take control of access to the park, which is now surrounded by fencing and razor wire.
Why?
To keep out federal officials.
When members of the U.S. Border Patrol went to Shelby Park to do their jobs and see what was going on, they were denied entrance. (You can read the Texas Tribune’s big scene-setter here.)
This is kind of a big deal. Governor Greg Abbott has invoked Texas’s right to defend itself from an “invasion” (his word) and said his state’s sovereignty allows him to ignore federal law, by force if necessary.
The Biden administration has tried to take down the temperature. I suspect you have not seen President Biden tweeting in ALL CAPS about Abbott—or even talking much publicly about the situation. Instead, the administration has worked through the legal process, filing a lawsuit seeking to establish the authority of federal officials to cut through the razor wire erected by Texas so that it can tend to the border.
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in the federal government’s favor.
In response, the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, responded that the Supreme Court’s order “allows Biden to continue his illegal effort to aid the foreign invasion of America.” Which is a perfectly normal statement for an officer of the court to make, I guess?
It’s not clear what Texas Republicans think they are doing. Are they trying to trigger the libs? Or hurt Biden? Or help Trump? Whatever the case, what they are actually doing is putting in motion the most serious conflict between federal and state power since the integration standoff at Little Rock in 1954.
And Texas Republicans seem to think that such a constitutional crisis would be a good thing. Chip Roy says that the Texas National Guard should simply ignore the Supreme Court’s lawful order. Governor Abbott seems inclined to agree. On Thursday he issued a statement insisting that Texas has a “Constitutional right” to defend itself. Here’s the relevant bit:
The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.
Abbott has so far been coy about whether or not he will order the Texas National Guard to defy the U.S. Supreme Court, but 25 other Republican governors took it upon themselves to issue a statement of “solidarity” with Abbott.1 Their statement is likewise coy about how far this solidarity extends. The Republican governors clearly state that Joe Biden Is Bad and that Texas has a right to “enforce its borders.” But it’s unclear if the statement means to say either that (1) The SCOTUS order was wrong and Texas should have the right to enforce state law over federal law or that (2) Texas should defy the SCOTUS order.
This strategic ambiguity is dangerous and irresponsible.
On the merits, this isn’t a close case.
Here’s the section of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3) Abbott is referring to in his justification: “[N]o state shall, without the consent of Congress, keep troops in time of peace unless actually invaded.”
Abbott says that he has declared an invasion. This is idiocy. It’s the con law version of Michael Scott’s “I declare bankruptcy!”
But the craven Republican governors are going along with it and pretending that it’s a serious argument. And in doing so, they are flirting with an armed showdown and daring Biden to nationalize the Texas National Guard (or risk ceding the primacy of federal law). This posturing is unforgivably irresponsible.
Abbott is engaged in cosplay secession and these Republican governors are standing around the periphery trying to fool people into thinking that they might want to play, too.
Ultimately, this situation probably gets resolved through legal channels, which would be excellent. But if we get to that happy outcome, it will only be because President Biden was a grownup who followed the law and stayed calm while a bunch of arsonists were playing with matches at a gas station.
And if it isn’t resolved through legal channels?
Donald Trump isn’t the only force trying to push America into constitutional crisis.
These losers simply hope their appeasement results in their organs being harvested last.
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Senate border deal details, per source familiar I just had a call with.
- Mandatory detention of all single adults.
- Mandatory “shut down” of border once average daily migrant encounters hits 5,000. Importantly, this 5,000 number includes 1,400 CBP One app entries at ports of entry per day, and roughly 3,600 illegal crossings per day.
- How is that enforced? Once the 5,000 threshold is hit, a new authority is codified into law that requires Border Patrol to immediately remove illegal immigrants they catch without processing. They would not get to request asylum, they would immediately be removed. This includes removals back to Mexico, and deportations to home countries. This would be a *massive* change from current policy, which is that once an illegal immigrant reaches US soil, they must be processed via Title 8 and allowed to claim asylum. Under this new authority – they are not processed, and they are mandatorily immediately removed once the “shut down” threshold is reached.
- This “shut down” also takes effect is there are 8,500 migrant encounters in a single day.
- The “shut down” would not lift the next day. It wouldn’t lift until daily encounters are reduced to under 75% of the 5,000 threshold for at least two weeks. This means the “shut down” authority would not lift until two weeks of an average of less than 3,750 migrant encounters per day.
- Some family units will be released with ATD (Alternatives to Detention, ankle monitors etc).
- New removal authority to immediately remove all migrants who do not have valid asylum claims, which will be determined within 6 months rather than the years long process we have right now.
- Any migrant caught trying to cross twice during “shut down” phase would be banned from entering US for one year.
- US will need agreement with Mexico for MX to take back non Mexican illegal immigrants. This hasn’t been ironed out yet.
- President Biden approves of the deal and is ready to sign it as is, right now, and implement the new authority it would give him.
Bill Kristol can stick that bulwark where the sun don’t shine.
the writer gets about all the facts wrong. So if he comes to wrong conclusions about his made up facts does that make him right? /s
"What’s the Matter with Texas? Secession cosplay is getting real. (NeverTrumper alert)"
Speaking of secession, Texas needs to lead all the states to effectively "secede" from the unconstitutionally big, tax-hungry federal government by leading the states to repeal the 16th (direct taxes) and 17th Amendments (popular voting for federal senators).
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
“ If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles [emphases added].” — Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
From the congressional record:
”Simply this, that the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Constitution, is in the States and not in the federal government [emphases added]. I have sought to effect no change in that respect in the Constitution of the country.” —John Bingham, Congressional. Globe. 1866, page 1292 (see top half of third column)
“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattetive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
Pelosi: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." (non-FR; 6 sec.)
Democrats [and RINOs] Are Terrified Of An Educated And Informed Public (3.12.23)
Don’t know who this assclown is, but in the last year we had around 3 million cross the border. That is about the size of the Russian Army (1.3 million) and the Chinese Army (2 million)
Since Biden came into office we have had over double the combined manpower of the Russian, Mexican, Chinese and Saudi Armies walk across our border.
Santa Anna attacked the Alamo with about 2000 soldiers. Several days this year 15-20k migrants crossed the border EACH DAY.
So yes, it is an invasion.
Tribal prejudices?
The progness is strong with this one.
(so is the stench...)
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And talking about something called “cosplay”. I looked it up.
What, the Balustrade is still around? I thought Jonathan Last, David French and Jonah Goldberg had all crawled under a rock.
Wow. We have a Freeper here with what appears to be an object truth in his tagline: "Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is."
They are being invaded. That is what is "the matter" with them.
If Mr. Last would think this through he would realise that if it is "getting real" then is is no longer "cosplay."
At least, not for Texas.
Such a mindset as the Texas Border is "cosplay" could be the root cause of the progs tripping over their d1(k$, pulling their collective heads out of the dirt and find themselves looking at a pair of size 12 pointy-toed boots about a foot in front of their face.
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The Bulwark
Remember the names.
Never forget who did this.
Never forget what they’ve done.
The time draws near.
Middle Eastern Illegal Alien: "Soon You Will Know Who I Am" Rumble 0:23
Whoa (Illegal alien in previous video identified) Rumble 0:22
Iranian Illegal Alien Warns About the Border Invasion Rumble 5:52
Jonathan Last is a 49 year old author, writer and editor of Bulwark, an opinion website started by the king of Trump haters Bill Kristol.
He has a BS in biology from Johns Hopkins, another communist inspired and populated university in the northeast.
As a confirmed Trump hater, why he thinks anyone would give a damn about his opinion is beyond me.
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The Bulwark (website) - Wikipedia
The Bulwark is an American anti-Trump conservative news and opinion website launched in 2018 by Sarah Longwell, with the support of Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes. [1] [2] [3] [4] It initially launched as a news aggregator, but it was revamped into a news and opinion site using key staffers from the
If you have a contract with someone, and that someone deliberately fails to carry out their obligations under the terms of the contract, are you not then released from the contract?
The RATS will never enforce this bill, no matter who signs it.
Interesting how the leftists and neocons running the Bulwark have praise for the leftist puppet The Potato yet flog Trump every chance they get.
Perhaps the Bulwark will soon go the way of its parallel, the now disgraced and irrelevant Linclon Project, which was formed specifically to help defeat Trump in 2020 and is now advertised as a vehicle with which to help defeat him in 2024. Its cofounder, John Weaver, (who was an advisor to McCain and Kasich), got bagged offering boys and young men political gigs in exchange for sex.
That fact well illustrates the "quality" of the people heading both of Kristol's nefarious projects.
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