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Related: About this forumTexas Sovereignty Act would allow Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Senator Bob Hall of Canton has introduced Senate Bill 80, allowing Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional.
Senator Hall has dubbed it the Texas Sovereignty Act.
We are an independent state, except for where the constitution gives the federal government specific authority to do something, said Hall.
The bill would create a bi-partisan joint committee to review federal actions. The bill lists federal law, agency policies, executive orders, court decisions, and treaties, as potential subjects.
If the committee reviews an action and declares it unconstitutional, the Texas Supreme Court, the full legislature, and the governor must agree.
https://www.kltv.com/2024/12/24/texas-sovereignty-act-would-allow-texas-declare-federal-actions-unconstitutional/
J_William_Ryan
(2,310 posts)The Texas Sovereignty Act is prima facie un-Constitutional (Cooper v. Aaron, 1958).
Not that Republicans care about the Constitution, of course.
bluedigger
(17,171 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(6,813 posts)Also, that Federal Presence along the border... we will need to move it to the OK, MS, AK, and NM borders. This time we need to re-examine the whole wall idea, since we certainly won't want any of them to cross into the US illegally.
evemac
(195 posts)Federal laws. This state v. centralized system "debate" has been around since the dawn of our country, beginning with Federalists v. Jeffersonians. The real aim of course it for states to protect whatever institution they want to keep - slavery, segregation, etc.
Side note: As a Texan (I do not live there now), geez, am I SO tired of the state thing. :/
BOSSHOG
(40,489 posts)Time outs unconstitutional.
MAGAs voted to make liberty and Justice for all unconstitutional.
We already have people who go by sovereigns that think they arent bound by the law. We have sovereign sheriffs who think they are the above all other law enforcement agencies. Now we have come to this.
Irish_Dem
(60,754 posts)Putin's dream. To make the US fall apart like the USSR did.
marble falls
(62,656 posts)sinkingfeeling
(53,405 posts)in2herbs
(3,247 posts)those decisions are not limited to TX.
70sEraVet
(4,273 posts)Give it back to Mexico, THEN build a wall.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,813 posts)GiqueCee
(1,584 posts)... let the assholes secede, then fence it off and let 'em eat each other. The Terrible Triumvirate (Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton) can be hors d'oeuvres.
LetMyPeopleVote
(156,275 posts)slightlv
(4,619 posts)Im sick to death of Texas and their cruel arrogance. Not following federal law, especially passing a law regarding such, is unconstitutional. There is only one way out... Texas needs to declare secession and takes it lumps, or the feds need to transfer every military person to other bases, take out all armaments, and close the bases after all assets are back in US hands. The fuck Texas. They can do whatever they want because they will no longer be part of the country. We will not open trade negotiations, anyone getting US payments for anything will be cut off. No Ss, no Medicare, no giving them anymore blue state taxes to help them through. We will help put electronic and physical barriers to any state that wishes them. The goal is to give Texas exactly what it wants... isolationist mad max world.
Understand, I lived in TX for 30 years. I used to call it home of heart. But even then we had these idiots. Enough is enough, and Texas has stepped over too many lines in the sand. To be honest, im not feeling very xmasy to any of these states that scream fuck the feds. I want them to face the music and either chart their own path or admit they need the Union... and then abide by our constitution and shut up. I know my thoughts hurt a lot of good Texans, and I would hope we could get them out of Texas b4 the crap hits the fan, but enough blackmail. Enough of the way they treat women and people of color. A Mexican family adopted me and my daughter after my divorce. I don't know how we would have made it without them. I hate the way Mexicans are treated and talked about down there. We could learn a lot from them if Texas gave up it's arrogance and hypocrisy.
Texas thinks it can flip us the bird anytime it wants, and its people keep putting the same politics back into office. At some point there's a price to be paid... and id say the same thing about my stupid state of ks, too... so it's not just Texas. They're just among the worst.
I almost didn't sign in today. Probably should have kept it that way. I apologize to those ive offended. But this was just too much. The dems I met when I lived there were beautiful people who loved and appreciated the diversity of people and cultures. But obviously, like here in ks, our parties are either not enough interested in us, or too poor to be invested in us. And I'm getting darned militant about it. I'm Native American and Irish for the most part, but I also have a Mexican bloodline, too. I'm a mutt... and everyone from Abbott to Paxton and all the rest are mutts just like me. Someone needs to rub their face in those facts. I have close family who love to for what it was when the democrats ruled, decades ago. I worry about them everyday, especially the younger nieces. But also my SiL who is two years older than me and my ultimate BFF. I can't help but worry. Again I'm sorry for those I've offended, hopefully you can understand where my anger and frustration comes from.