They will, states cannot interfere with navigable rivers… constitution is very clear. The barriers are in violation of the constitution as well as the treaty of gualdlupe etc.
Texas does not have a legal or constitutional leg to stand on.
They will lose.
The Rio Grande a navigable waterway? It is only navigable to swimmers, kayaks, canoes and small boats. Plus Abbott’s floating barrier does not impede such craft navigating the river on the US side of the border. It only impedes illegal traffic across the border.
Perhaps, they will lose. But if the Government refuses to discharge its responsibility to protect the state, does the state have the right to protect itself. That is the BIG ONE that the Supreme Court will have to decide.
Then roll the balls up on the north bank of the river and connect them to the powerlines.