Gov. Abbott Stands His Ground

[Elderberry]

Powerline by  Steven Hayward 1/24/2024

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is standing his ground in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s dreadful ruling on Monday to allow the Biden Administration to tear down the fencing Texas put up along its southern border to effect what the Biden regime refuses to do: Control the border.

Statement Here:https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/Border_Statement_1.24.2024.pdf

[Elderberry]

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-issues-statement-on-texas-constitutional-right-to-self-defense

Governor Abbott Issues Statement On Texas’ Constitutional Right To Self-Defense

January 24, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border.

"The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now," reads the statement. "President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. 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."

[berdie]

Biden will stir up Texit even more than it already is.

I'm very proud of Abbott.

[240B]

When? How much longer? Until Texas, Florida, Texarkana will be free!
Texas legislators would not allow a resolution on Texas secession.
Because they knew ... they knew it would pass.

[libertybele]

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-issues-statement-on-texas-constitutional-right-to-self-defense

Governor Abbott Issues Statement On Texas’ Constitutional Right To Self-Defense

January 24, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border.

"The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now," reads the statement. "President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. 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."

I'm hoping that TX continues to stand strong. 

[Smokin Joe]

Yeah I am too.  Here's hoping things don't get ugly before it's over.

Well, the view from the cheap seats is that Biden and Company are trying to provoke an incident and the SCOTUS is helping them. This bodes ill for the Republic.

[mystery-ak]

 Abbott doubles down on border ‘invasion’ declaration after Supreme Court blow
by Rafael Bernal - 01/24/24 4:08 PM ET

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday accused the federal government of breaking the compact with the states following a Supreme Court ruling on Monday that cleared the way for the Border Patrol to remove razor wire installed by Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border.

In a statement, Abbott said, “President Biden has refused to enforce [immigration] laws and has even violated them.”

It’s the latest escalation in a legal and political standoff between Texas and the federal government, though Abbott stopped short of announcing any specific measures.

He has been pushing constitutional boundaries on state versus federal jurisdiction of border and immigration enforcement for the better part of two years; his legal team, including state Attorney General Ken Paxton, first publicly toyed with the idea of formally declaring a border “invasion” in April 2022.

In that November, Abbott wrote Biden invoking a state’s constitutional right to wage war when invaded, but he only made his official invasion declaration public in September.

more
https://thehill.com/latino/4427387-abbott-texas-border-invasion-supreme-court-immigration/

[Hoodat]

The United States is Constitutionally bound to protect Texas from invasion.

[corbe]

   He should have done this years ago, as should've Perry and Bush.

[libertybele]

Well, the view from the cheap seats is that Biden and Company are trying to provoke an incident and the SCOTUS is helping them. This bodes ill for the Republic.

I'm not surprised @Roberts siding with the DEMS but I was somewhat surprised with Barrett.

[Hoodat]

[libertybele]

?????

Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Seize Control Of Texas National Guard

Two Democratic members of the House of Representatives urged President Joe Biden to federalize the Texas National Guard on Wednesday.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas issued a defiant statement after the Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration could cut concertina wire placed by the state on the border in which he said the National Guard was among agencies erecting barriers. Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar of Texas demanded Biden seize control of the National Guard in response to the statement...................

“Governor Greg Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border,” Castro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “If Abbott is defying yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now.”

Federalizing the National Guard is an action that has been undertaken by a president before. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard after Democratic Gov. Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas used it to prevent black students from attending Central High School in Little Rock in 1957................

https://www.conservativereview.com/dem-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-seize-control-of-texas-national-guard-2667080610.html

[240B]

The NorthEast government said to Texas <- No, you are not allowed to defend your own State or your people.
Texas said, OK ... come here and make me into a latte sucking stupid whimp like you. Let's see you do it.
Put your money where your mouth is.

[Elderberry]

Greg Abbott Uses 'Supreme Law' of Texas to Give Soldiers Power Over Biden

Newsweek by Rachel Dobkin 1/24/2024

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared his state's "right to self-defense," using "the supreme law of the land" to give soldiers power over President Joe Biden on immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Abbott issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing Biden for violating "his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress."

In his statement, Abbott said the Biden administration's failure to "protect each [State] against invasion," as stated in Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, "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 said that the "Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border."

Amid Abbott's legal battles with the Justice Department, which claims that the governor's deterrence tactics impede federal law, there have been calls for Texas to declare independence from the United States, a movement being coined as Texit.

More: https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-uses-supreme-law-texas-give-soldiers-power-over-biden-1863773

[Hoodat]

I'm not surprised @Roberts siding with the DEMS but I was somewhat surprised with Barrett.

Amy Coney Barrett Says Ruling For Open Border Has Nothing To Do With Landscaping Work She Needs Done This Summer

Jan 23, 2024



WASHINGTON, DC — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett fielded questions from reporters regarding her controversial vote to remove razor wire from the Texas border and claims it has absolutely nothing to do with her plans to re-landscape her yard this summer.

"My plans to have a nice row of Elm trees planted along the southern fence of my backyard has nothing to do with my vote to allow more gardeners, er, I mean illegal immigrants, into the country," Justice Barrett explained.

The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote against Governor Greg Abbott's efforts to stop the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States through Texas's southern border. Justice Barrett voted to allow border patrol agents to remove razor wire placed there by Texas officials, a move she said has nothing to do with her search for a landscaping crew that's affordable and will work for cash payments.

"My yard plans have nothing to do with my vote to allow the river of illegal migrants to continue to pour across the border," Justice Barrett said. "Now, if Governor Abbott happens to send a bus of hard-working cheap laborers up to the East Coast and I happen to pick up a few of those laborers in the parking lot of my local Home Depot and they happen to install a nice flagstone path between my deck and backyard veggie garden, so be it."

As of publishing time, Justice Barrett had downloaded the language-learning app Duolingo on her phone and was learning all the ways to say "I want Kentucky Blue Grass planted over there by the rock wall, please,"  .  .  .

https://babylonbee.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-says-ruling-for-open-border-has-nothing-to-do-with-landscaping-work-she-needs-done-this-summer

[rangerrebew]

BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas’ Constitutional Right to Defend Against Invasion Supersedes Federal Law, Says Governor
 
RANDY CLARK and BOB PRICE24 Jan 2024138
 
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott asserts Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as it relates to the ongoing border crisis gripping the state. His analysis comes in a statement issued on Wednesday while state and federal authorities square off over granting federal agents access to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. Governor Abbott ordered state authorities to seize the park in early January. The statement faults President Biden for refusing to enforce immigration laws in the state.

Abbott’s statement asserts in part:

President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress. Instead of prosecuting immigrants for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.

President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The effect is to illegally allow their en masse parole into the United States.

By wasting taxpayer dollars to tear open Texas’s border security infrastructure, President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legal entry points along this State’s southern border— bridges where nobody drowns—and into the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/24/border-showdown-texas-constitutional-right-to-defend-against-invasion-supersedes-federal-law-says-governor/

[mystery-ak]

President Biden Urged to Seize Texas National Guard - Joe Manchin Calls for National Emergency
By Ward Clark | 7:50 PM on January 24, 2024

On Wednesday, Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) called on President Biden to "seize" the Texas National Guard by calling them into Federal service, removing them from the command and control of the State of Texas. This is presumably in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's defiant tone towards the Biden Administration on closing the border.

A Texas congressman has urged President Biden to take the state's National Guard under federal control if Republican Governor Greg Abbott defies a Supreme Court ruling allowing federal agents to remove razor wire from a section of the U.S.-Mexico border.

    The call was made by Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro after Abbott posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying the Texas National Guard would continue to "hold the line in Eagle's Pass," a popular migrant crossing point, stating: "Texas will not back down from our efforts to secure the border in Biden's absence."

    Castro re-shared Abbott's post on his own X account, adding: "Governor Greg Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border.

This idea by Rep. Castro raises some interesting questions:

   

Were the President to activate the Texas National Guard under Title 10, what would their orders be? To assist federal officers in throwing open the gates?
    What happens if members of the Texas National Guard refuse activation and instead continue to follow the orders of TX-ANG officers and Governor Abbott?
    What if the Texas Guard splits, and former comrades end up facing each other across that red line?
    If the Pentagon sends federal troops, how willing are they going to be to confront other Americans to allow the continued invasion of the country?
    Is there any possibility that there may be open conflict between Texas and federal officials?

more
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/01/24/president-biden-urged-to-seize-texas-national-guard-joe-manchin-calls-for-national-emergency-n2169174

[bigheadfred]

The States would have never ratified the Constitution if it meant they couldn't defend themselves.

[Timber Rattler]

This is how civil wars start.  Does Castro and others actually expect Texas National Guardsmen to obey orders handed down from above by U.S. Army officers, at the behest of Biden?

[American Girl]

More will join. The federal government doesn't want any part of red states. They and blue states need to be very careful going forward.

I'm glad to see other states stepping up. I hope Abbott makes his needs known and that there are millions of Patriots in this country ready to help.
https://www.rightjournalism.com/as-national-guard-troops-from-across-the-country-begin-to-arrive-in-texas-heres-the-full-list-of-states-that-have-deployed-personnel-and-resources-to-operation-lone-star/

[Smokin Joe]

The States would have never ratified the Constitution if it meant they couldn't defend themselves.

That concept died on Pratt Street, and in a harbor in South Carolina, long ago.

[libertybele]

   Abbott is absolutely correct and I hope that he continues to stand his ground. I'm afraid things are going to get more ugly than they already are.

It's alarming that SCOTUS ruled as they did.

[240B]

TEXAS vs. DEEP STATE FEDERAL CORRUPTION



That shit might work on the coasts ... but it don't work in Texas.

[LadyLiberty]

https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1750531247095562247

[libertybele]

I am so relieved and glad to see resistance to the FEDS overwhelming push to allow the invasion of our country.

Kudos to the states helping out; Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Montana and Georgia.

All 50 states should be helping out and those that aren't should be ashamed.  Some are complaining that there are too many illegals yet they do nothing. They'd rather stand behind corruption and mayhem.

[Smokin Joe]

The plot thickens.

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1750531247095562247

Go Ron!!!!  He is absolutely correct and is standing by the Constitution and states' rights.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Plant endangered native thorny and poisonous flora and fauna along Texas border and declare it a state conservation preserve.

Let Fed Courts referee fights among environmentalists, CBP, and Mother Nature.

[bilo]

The plot thickens.

I love seeing States exercising their rights rather than submitting to the will of the Federal Govt.

[LadyLiberty]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
No he is not. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not be enjoined from cutting the razor wire, not that Texas had done something illegal in erecting the razor wire. As always, Beto has no idea what he's talking about.
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Beto O'Rourke
@BetoORourke
·
18h
Abbott is using the Texas Guard to defy a Supreme Court ruling.

When Gov. Faubus did this in 1957, Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas Guard to ensure compliance with the law.

[libertybele]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
No he is not. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not be enjoined from cutting the razor wire, not that Texas had done something illegal in erecting the razor wire. As always, Beto has no idea what he's talking about.
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Beto O'Rourke
@BetoORourke
·
18h
Abbott is using the Texas Guard to defy a Supreme Court ruling.

When Gov. Faubus did this in 1957, Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas Guard to ensure compliance with the law.

...and a middle finger salute to you Beto! 

[mystery-ak]

BORDER SHOWDOWN: Republican Governors Across U.S. Stand with Texas Against Feds

A growing list of Republican governors announced they stand with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the State’s showdown against the Biden administration over the seized border park in Eagle Pass, Texas.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/25/border-showdown-republican-governors-across-u-s-stand-with-texas-against-feds/

[mountaineer]

[mountaineer]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
Texas is right. Biden’s failure to secure the border leaves states no choice but to take matters into their own hands. As President, I will end this humanitarian crisis once and for all. I will secure the border and destroy the business model of the drug cartels. A country without borders is not a country at all. #Kennedy24
2:48 PM · Jan 25, 2024


John Cardillo
@johncardillo
It is troubling that Trump is not commenting on Gulf Coast states galvanizing against the illegal alien invasion in Texas, but instead ranted in 30 something Truth posts about E. Jean Carroll.
I would just like to see him act, even for one day, like it’s about America and not always about him.
10:37 AM · Jan 25, 2024

States joining TX:

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1750591567801602338

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1750612763779412183

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1750629364872421822

[mystery-ak]

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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Gov. Abbott is being very smart. The Supreme Court didn't actually order Texas to DO anything. The Court gave the Biden Regime permission to do something. Those are two very different things! Texas is simply laying more wire and moving in more resources. Also the court deferred on the majority of the case that is still before the 5th Circuit. Abbott is exploiting this window to rally more governors, more personnel, and to secure the moral high ground.

Good for Abbott, good for Texas, good for America.

HOLD THE LINE TEXAS!

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1750629364872421822

   Darn it.  DJT is NOT the leader of the GOP, nor is he president. These governors/states have already deployed their National Guard to help Abbott. He's acting like it's his idea -- far from it.  DeSantis especially has been helping with manpower for well over a year, maybe two.

Where the hell was DJT when he could have built the wall???  I'm tired of his 'I'm the almighty one' complex.

[libertybele]

17 governors....I'm waiting for blue state governors to come down to help out the FEDS.

It could get very, very messy.

[Smokin Joe]

This is how civil wars start.  Does Castro and others actually expect Texas National Guardsmen to obey orders handed down from above by U.S. Army officers, at the behest of Biden?

What's more is that those orders, to open Texas, and in so doing, the United States, to foreign invasion in violation of Federal Law, will BE ILLEGAL.

No soldier has any obligation to follow any illegal or unconstitutional order.

...enemies, foreign and domestic.

[libertybele]

This is how civil wars start.  Does Castro and others actually expect Texas National Guardsmen to obey orders handed down from above by U.S. Army officers, at the behest of Biden?

With Castro yes.  Remember his mother was/is a Chicana political activist who helped establish the Chicano political party La Raza Unida.  Currently she is on the city council in San Antonio.

What do you think she and Joaquin and Julian are working towards?  Taking back TX (LaRaza believes it is the Mexican people's land) and politically turning it blue.

As time goes on, I'm afraid we will see some sort of civil war. Perhaps before the election.

[libertybele]

What's more is that those orders, to open Texas, and in so doing, the United States, to foreign invasion in violation of Federal Law, will BE ILLEGAL.

No soldier has any obligation to follow any illegal or unconstitutional order.

...enemies, foreign and domestic.

Unfortunately the 'woke' generation will follow orders from the FEDS and the heck with the Constitution.  Are they even aware of what the Constitution says??

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1750635307442012207

[rustynail]

Obama could stop all this by declaring Martial Law?

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1750635307442012207

   That's another 8 governor's who have joined.  Truly important.  Half the country is now taking sides with TX.   

Civil war anyone??

[berdie]

That is 50 per cent of the states. So when do the biggest whiners, Ill. and NY, wake up and get a clue?

[Fishrrman]

A graphic for the times:

[libertybele]

That is 50 per cent of the states. So when do the biggest whiners, Ill. and NY, wake up and get a clue?

They won't.  They are so brainwashed and delusional that somehow they will be convinced that this is all Abbott's fault -- after all the SCOTUS ruled in the FEDS favor. 

I hope not, but I'm afraid we're going to see a civil war fought along the TX border.  Who'll jump in to help the red states?  No one. Who'll jump in to help the blue states?  The U.S. military by order, perhaps the U.N., Chinese nationalists, Mexican cartel ....

Yes, I hope I am wrong on this.

[libertybele]

A graphic for the times:

I'm not sure if that was mean to be humorous? Things are now very serious.  Red states either win this, or we lose our Republic.  That's pretty darn serious.

[Fishrrman]

Has the time come for this again?

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