Governor Abbott Issues Statement On Texas’ Constitutional Right To Self-Defense

January 24, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border.

“The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now,” reads the statement. “President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.”

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Deliberately defying federal court orders and then bragging about it.

    Feds told Abbott to take down the razor wire. Abbott made the Texan Guard put it back up, then claimed Biden is violating the constitution. A stronger politician than Biden would arrest Abbott but nothing will happen because it’s all theater anyway. Abbott doesn’t truly give a shit and the razor wire is like 40 feet across a bridge that doesn’t have migrant crossings anyway.

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        5 months ago

        Abbot is hardly a political opponent on level with the president, but also unironically this dude legitimately defied orders from the federal government so yeah he should be arrested if Biden actually had the will to do it.