Posted on 02/01/2024 4:04:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrat accomplice media have been misrepresenting nearly everything about Texas’ efforts to secure the border. But it’s time to separate fact from fiction.
For starters: No, Texas isn’t flouting the Supreme Court. Last week, the court vacated a lower court injunction that prohibited the federal government from removing razor-wire fencing that Texas had erected on the border. Coverage of both the decision and Texas’ response was replete with errors.
For instance, Vox inaccurately headlined its article on the high court’s decision, “The Supreme Court Says No, Texas Can’t Use Razor Wire to Restrain Federal Agents.” And soon after the court released its order and Texas vowed to continue using razor wire, the media began peddling the false narrative that the Lonestar State was ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision.
However, both assessments are wrong: The Supreme Court did not hold (or even imply) that Texas could not erect razor wire, and the state did not flout the court’s decision because the court didn’t order Texas to do anything.
Rather, the Supreme Court’s order merely removed the injunction a lower court had entered against the Biden administration, meaning the federal government could continue to remove Texas’ fencing — and Texas could keep installing it.
The media have also inaccurately presented the import of the supremacy clause. Members of the legacy press, politicians, and academics are framing the supremacy clause as bestowing on the Biden administration an automatic win in every disagreement with Texas. But the clause does no such thing.
The supremacy clause, which is found in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, provides that the Constitution and all federal laws are “the supreme law of the land.” The clause thus provides that federal law trumps state law, but...
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Joe Biden is a stupid, malignant man, and his administration is full of stupid, malignant people.
Go Texas!!!!
But even then, the Biden administration’s fight with Texas over border security is just beginning.
Article 4 Sec. 4
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
“There’s a reason they are called sovereign states!”
-Unattributed
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The clause thus provides that federal law trumps state law, but which state laws are trumped and when is a complex question. Thus merely invoking the supremacy clause says little to nothing regarding the propriety of Texas’ efforts to secure the border.
Further, those proclaiming that Texas’ every action is an attack on our constitutional system are also ignoring that our Constitution’s view of federalism recognizes that both the federal and state governments are sovereigns that the other must abide, however complex that line of state sovereignty might be.
Sovereignty, Supremacy, and the Standoff
Coverage of the Eagle Pass standoff provides an apt illustration of the inaccurate reporting surrounding the supremacy clause and the disregard for Texas’ sovereignty.
Eagle Pass is the border town in Texas where, earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott declared an emergency and seized control of Shelby Park. Under the governor’s directive, the Texas National Guard then limited access to the park, including by federal Border Patrol agents.
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