Posted on 08/22/2004 9:19:07 PM PDT by John Jorsett
I doubt if there a lawyer or judge anywhere, regardless of his or her political orientation, who would agree with the opinion that any action of Texas voters could carve up that state in contravention of the U.S. Constitution. Our organic law declares its supremacy. No law of any sort can be enforced when found to contravene the provisions of the U.S. Constitution. A mere resolution of Congress, whether unilateral or joint, does not even have the force of law and, even if it did, it would violate the Supremacy Clause and thus would be a nullity.
Middie
I'd still be a Texan, so who cares whether it's one state or 5... and we'd still be better than the rest of y'all..
:)
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