Author Topic: Thankful: Texas Defending the Lone Star State Against Federal Overreach  (Read 1147 times)

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Texans have much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday. The Lone Star State has taken President Barack Obama to court over 45 times since he became president in 2009 and have fought for state sovereignty and against federal overreach when he has issued executive orders and federal policies.

Governor Greg Abbott, formerly the Texas Attorney General, and the current AG, Ken Paxton, take great pride in saying how many times they have sued the president and his administration, and Texas has frequently been joined by a coalition of states once it has filed suit.

When then-AG Greg Abbott was running for governor, he would frequently proudly tout that he had sued President Obama 31 times. He successfully fought to defend a monument to the Ten Commandments on the Texas Capitol grounds in Austin. He also led a coalition of all 50 states in defending the use of the words, “One Nation, Under God,” in our Pledge of Allegiance, and in defending the right to pray during the Presidential Inauguration ceremony.

Abbott also says he has saved jobs for Texans by fighting for our sovereignty against the “overreaching and unlawful regulations that the EPA has attempted to impose upon Texas.” He says the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency have killed jobs by burdening employers financially.

Probably the state’s most famous case against the federal government, in particular U.S. Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, ended successfully when Texas led a coalition of 26 states against Obama’s November 2014 executive amnesty order. The case originally filed by Greg Abbott, was argued in the U.S. Supreme Court by the Office of Texas AG Ken Paxton.

By Lana Shadwick24 Nov 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/11/24/thankful-texas-defending-the-lone-star-state-against-federal-overreach/

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Re: Thankful: Texas Defending the Lone Star State Against Federal Overreach
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2016, 01:23:09 am »
Very nice.

The more I see of Abbott, the more I like him.