Got any proof or sources on any of this?
Not to mention, I find it rather ironic that in two of your points, your arguing in favor of federal laws and regulations against what the local government and legislature decided was in their state’s best interest. You may not agree with what they decided, but saying that they don’t have that right in the first place? Seems like a rather odd stance to take.
No, actually when it comes to matters of protecting the rights of American citizens and defending America’s borders, the states do NOT have the right to subvert, undermine or violate federal law. God knows we need to resurrect the 10th amendment, and limit the commerce clause to regulations directly related to commerce. But defending our borders and protecting the rights of Americans against law-breaking foreigners being given preferential treatment are absolutely within the federal purview.
And that’s one of the issues where Perry reveals himself to be a sloganeering idiot. State’s rights are a protection of the people against an overzealous, intrusive federal government. But Perry uses the phrase the way neoconfederates do, as if government has the right to trample on the liberty of the people, so long as it’s the state government and not the federal government, as made clear by the Gardasil corruption, the Texas Corridor highway, and many other issues.