I thought the problem is when the Fed gov comes to try to remove it
Who are they going to get to do it? The FBI? The Army Corp of Engineers?
If people follow the Constitution, the Biden administration cannot nationalize the Texas Guard. Only Congress can call up the state militias.
Article I Section 8 Clause 15:
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;Even then, the President might command the militia, but its officers still belong to the state.
Article I Section 8 Clause 16:
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;I'd love to see Biden try to take over the Texas National Guard and Abbott refuse citing that only Congress can call up the Texas National Guard. Then, I'd like to see Abbott appoint the officers who refuse the comply with Biden's orders.
If Biden goes the Army route, then who's a dictator?
If he tries the FBI, then we will have a stand-off: what authority does the FBI have in Texas? Will military officers stand down to FBI agents?
-PJ
They are barred from the entire park. The wire is along the river. They cannot approach it except from water.