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DOJ letter:'TSA would likely be required to cancel any flight'(FEDs threaten air blockade of Texas)
The Lone Star Report ^
| 5/24/2011
| Andy Hogue
Posted on 05/25/2011 10:23:19 AM PDT by Roninf5-1
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to House and Texas Senate leaders Tuesday -- reportedly in person -- threatening a shut-down of airports if HB 1937 is passed.
The letter claims Rep. David Simpson's (R-Longview) anti-TSA-groping bill is against federal law and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. We include the text of the DOJ's letter, as well as a portion of Simpson's reply, below.
(Excerpt) Read more at lonestarreport.org ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 112th; bhodoj; democrats; doj; dojisajoke; ericholder; fourthamendment; govtabuse; hb1937; holder; injusticedepartment; liberalfascism; obama; obamalegacy; punishyourenemies; texas; texasvstas; texasvstsa; tsa; tsapervs; tsavstexas; tyranny
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
Roninf5-1
To: Roninf5-1
Looks like a Mexican standoff. I think the Texas legislature will fold since the Feds can shut down air travel whenever they feel like it.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:25:50 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Roninf5-1
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:26:13 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 853 of our national holiday from reality. - OBL Dead? The TSA can go away!)
To: Roninf5-1
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:26:51 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back.)
To: Roninf5-1
Rep. Simpson is gutsy. Bless the representative and Texas.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:27:30 AM PDT
by
madison10
To: Roninf5-1
Anyone doubt that our communists black Muslim King Obama is a really hard course communists and is currently a dictator with power to kill America any time he wants.
To: Roninf5-1
DOJ, sighting the Constitution?
I’d be callin’ the bluff, shut the dam air traffic down!
To: Roninf5-1
You know that you can excerpt more than two sentences in an article.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:29:41 AM PDT
by
BradtotheBone
(Moderate Democrat - A politician whose voting record leans left and whose vote can be bought.)
To: Roninf5-1
Texas has a wide variety of ways it can respond to this threat including those dealing with the interstate commerce of vital energy supplies used to support the regime in Washington, DC.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:30:39 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Roninf5-1
Bravo, Texas! I quit flying after being groped at the San Francisco airport last Christmas, and I’ll stay away as long as this policy is in effect.
To: null and void
Texas pulled the bill... the TSA won.
To: Roninf5-1
If all the states would only unite on this issue. DOT would fold.
12
posted on
05/25/2011 10:35:16 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Roninf5-1
Where’s Governor Gardasil on this?
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:36:20 AM PDT
by
Forgotten Amendments
(I'd rather be Plaxico Burress than Sean Taylor)
To: Jonty30
Its been pulled.. the fed bully wins again.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:36:27 AM PDT
by
Bidimus1
To: Forgotten Amendments
Perry is a clown. The only people who fall for his fake cowboy act are people who don’t know anything about Texas.
To: Roninf5-1
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:38:10 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
(Bibi to Odumbo: Its not going to happen.)
To: Bidimus1
It reminds me of an old saying I heard one time.
If you keep feeding the bear, it will eventually eat you.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:38:20 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: saganite
No idea why the federales would shut down airtravel. All they need to do is get one of the gropers arrested by Texas authorities and walk into court immediately and say "in the performance of his duties" and the judge will turn him loose.
The law is not enforceable as long as the TSA agent is a public employee. If he's a contract employee that might be a little different.
On the other hand if TSA lets the employee be arrested, tried and convicted, and simply shuts down air travel, ALL the TSA employees in the entire United States will WALK OFF THE JOB.
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:38:58 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: null and void
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:40:03 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Texas pulled the bill... the TSA won.Texas needs men like Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and Colonel Travis more than ever!
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posted on
05/25/2011 10:41:12 AM PDT
by
Roninf5-1
(If ignorance is bliss why are so many Americans on anti-depressants?)
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