A clash between Texas and the Biden administration over who controls the Texas-Mexico border continues to escalate this week as federal officials once again demanded the state give Border Patrol agents access to a park that is a popular corridor for migrants to enter the United States illegally.

This comes in response to a recent Supreme Court decision, where the court allowed federal officials to dismantle a wire barrier along the border, prompting a legal battle initiated by Texas. Texas argued that this action, aimed at aiding migrants, infringes on state sovereignty and damages Texas security measures.

In response to this decision, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a letter arguing that Texas has a right to control the border and that it supersedes federal government control. Abbott’s accusation that the federal government has breached the Constitution by having “broken the compact between the United States and the States” is almost identical to South Carolina’s 1860 declaration of secession.

Furthermore, Abbott’s letter espouses the fringe theory of constitutional law known as “compact theory,” popularized by Confederate states during the Civil War era and supported by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

  • @crystalmerchant
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    65 months ago

    This is just more dumb political posturing in an election year. This happens so frequently it is nearly meaningless

    • @[email protected]
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      235 months ago

      Except the brinksmanship intensifies every year. For the longest time, during the regular years, Republicans never really considered shutting down the government, resulting in America defaulting on its loans. The House Freedom Caucus is trying to do exactly that and getting mad that they can’t.

      And Republicans mostly privately talked about getting rid of Medicare and Social Security. Paul Ryan would be like, “What?! No, I never said we’d get rid of it! We just to restructure it!” or some bullshit.

      And Republicans certainly never assaulted the administrative state the way they’re doing now. Project 2025 is an existential threat to the American we’ve come to know. It’s not an understatement to say that it will set us back almost every a century.

      Idk, I see this all as a ploy in a grand scheme to fuck shit up.

      • 6daemonbag
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        75 months ago

        And Republicans are the only one of the two major parties who has proven themselves able to both have a long term plan and commitment to see it through. This is a joke until it isn’t.

    • Bipta
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      45 months ago

      This is so much more dangerous and destructive than you suggest.