{"id":2166923,"date":"2024-02-03T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-texas-does-not-need-to-beg-the-feds-to-protect-its-interests\/"},"modified":"2024-02-03T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:22:27","slug":"why-texas-does-not-need-to-beg-the-feds-to-protect-its-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-texas-does-not-need-to-beg-the-feds-to-protect-its-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas doesn&#8217;t need to plead with the Feds for safeguarding its interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-texas-does-not-need-to-beg-the-feds-to-protect-its-interests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2166923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden\u2019s Failure to Secure the Southern\u2062 Border Sparks a Battle with Texas<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Biden\u2019s refusal to\u2064 enforce our \u2063southern border has wreaked havoc in Texas \u2062and \u2063it is spreading across the country. \u200bTexas has boldly\u200d taken\u200b matters into \u2062its own hands to protect \u2062its citizens. The\u200d conflict \u200dbetween Texas and the Federal government is coming to a head with the Supreme Court, \u2063at least initially, siding with the Biden administration.\u2063 No one can predict exactly what will \u2064happen, but we are certainly heading toward\u200d a tipping \u2062point in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last \u200cweek, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/25-republican-governors-band-together-to-support-texas-in-its-fight-to-secure-the-border\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 governors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from around \u200bthe country \u200bsigned a statement of solidarity with Gov. Abbott and\u2062 the state of Texas, supporting Texas\u2019 right and duty to secure the southern border with Mexico. It\u2019s \u2063been a long time since we\u2019ve seen anything\u2062 like this in American politics. Even the\u2064 very\u200c moderate Gov. Chris \u2063Sununu from New Hampshire signed \u200don to the letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to\u2062 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.nh.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/ehbemt336\/files\/inline-documents\/sonh\/20221219-biden-letter-public-health-emergency.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  signed by the governors and \u200dissued jointly:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Biden and his Administration \u200bhave left \u2064Americans \u2064and our country completely\u200b vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration pouring\u200b across the Southern border. Instead of \u2062upholding the \u2064rule of law and securing the border, the Biden \u2062Administration has \u2062attacked \u200band sued Texas for \u2063stepping up \u200dto protect \u2064American citizens\u2062 from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly\u2062 drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our\u200b country. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2064 is not just the states who are rising up to counter the\u2062 lawless Biden administration, there are\u200b confirmed reports of vigilantes engaging (and more forming) to stop this invasion.\u200c This is\u200c not simply an isolated incident of federal misuse of power bringing the country\u200b to the \u2063verge of coming apart. This travesty at our border, pitting states against a seemingly united front of federal and judicial power, may very well be the\u200b spark that will\u200c fracture our nation. Or can we avert this calamity?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Power of the\u2064 States and\u2064 the\u200b Constitution<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to\u200b the wisdom of\u200b our founders, who anticipated existential conflicts between Washington and the \u2063states, the answer lies in our Constitution. It may surprise some to learn\u200d that\u2063 our founders\u2063 believed in federalism and a system of checks and \u2063balances. That\u2019s why\u200c in Article V of the Constitution they gave \u200cthe states the ultimate authority to counter a \u2063tyrannical federal government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today,\u200c out of the 34 necessary states, \u206219 have passed an application\u200d for a \u200bconvention of states under Article V to adopt\u2063 amendments that would restrain the scope\u200c and power of the\u2062 federal government. Under this application, an amendment could (and\u2063 should) be proposed and ratified allowing\u200b the states \u2063joint jurisdiction over our\u2063 international borders with respect \u2062to border crossings. The states should be \u2062specifically enabled to pass and enforce laws to prevent people from entering their state \u200band the country \u2064illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under our Constitution,\u200c it is clear that the \u200cstates \u200bdon\u2019t need \u200bto beg the \u2064federal \u2062government to protect their legitimate\u2063 sovereign interests, like protecting the safety of their people. Article V of the Constitution gives \u2063the states the power to amend the Constitution to protect the \u200cpeople from both federal abuse or misuse of \u2064power without the permission\u200b or involvement of the \u200bPresident or Congress. If \u206215 more state legislatures would assert their authority, Texas could go from razor \u2063wire\u200b and\u2064 court pleadings\u200d to giving themselves \u200cthe power to protect their citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u2062 founders most feared an authoritarian central \u2063government, \u2062so they\u2064 created a Constitution where the states, not the federal government, were at the top of the food chain. They also realized that \u2063such steps should not be taken on a whim\u2062 or without broad \u200cconsensus, \u200cso any amendment proposed \u2063at\u2063 a convention\u200b of states would need to be ratified \u2064by 38 states to be\u200b added to the constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With all due respect to\u200c the states \u200csupporting Texas, a letter complaining to the president when the states hold the right to\u2064 correct this\u200d problem themselves, is being seen for what it is, weakness not strength. For decades, states have let the federal government run roughshod over them \u200cand their citizens. It should come as\u2064 no surprise \u200bthat the people are leading\u200c the\u2062 charge \u2064and forcing state politicians to finally push back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If all \u200dof those states were serious about\u2062 the letter they signed\u200d they would \u2063act and fire\u200b a shot across the bow of\u200c the massive federal ship of state and immediately pass a resolution to begin the process of securing our borders and our freedoms, while striking a \u200cblow against our increasingly\u200d authoritarian federal\u200b government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*\u2064 * *<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mark Meckler is \u200cthe co-founder and President of Convention of States Action. @MarkMeckler<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rick Santorum is \u200ba former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, two\u2064 time \u2062Presidential candidate and a Senior \u2063Advisor to Convention of\u2062 States Action. @RickSantorum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily \u200crepresent those of The Daily\u200c Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the implications for the balance of\u200b power between the\u200b states and the federal government if the Supreme Court\u200b rules in favor of Texas in the\u200d border security \u2062case?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Or more \u2063states call for a convention, \u200bthe Constitution can be amended,\u200c and the\u200c states can regain control over issues like border security.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Battle at the \u2063Southern Border<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The situation at the \u2062southern border is\u2062 nothing\u200b short of a crisis. A \u2064record number of illegal immigrants have crossed\u200c into the country, posing \u2063a threat to national\u2062 security and the well-being\u200b of American citizens. The Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border\/\" title=\"Rep. Mike Collins: The Southern Border Crisis is Incomplete\">lax enforcement policies<\/a> have only intensified the problem, sending a message to the world that our \u200bborders are open and there\u200d will be no consequences for breaking our laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Texas, as a border state, is at the forefront of this battle. Governor Greg\u2063 Abbott has taken decisive \u200baction to secure the border and protect his state&#8217;s residents. He has deployed the National Guard, authorized state troopers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-state-will-build-its-own-border-barriers-if-biden-wont-address-immigration-crisis\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says State Will Build Its Own Border Barriers If Biden Won\u2019t Address Immigration Crisis\">arrest illegal immigrants<\/a> for trespassing, and pledged millions \u2062of dollars to fund border security\u2062 efforts. However, the Biden administration has not only failed to support Texas&#8217; efforts, but they have actively hindered\u2063 them. The federal government has sued Texas and threatened to withhold funds,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-shreds-biden-democrats-put-interests-of-education-unions-ahead-of-wellbeing-of-our-children\/\" title=\"DeSantis Shreds Biden: Democrats Put \u2018Interests Of Education Unions\u2019 Ahead Of \u2018Wellbeing Of Our Children\u2019\">putting politics ahead<\/a> of the safety and security of American citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conflict between Texas and the federal government has now reached \u2063the Supreme Court. Texas has filed a petition asking the Court to intervene and allow\u2063 the state to enforce its own immigration laws. The Supreme Court, in what\u2062 could be a landmark decision, will determine whether the federal\u2063 government can override \u2062the states on matters of border security. The outcome of this case could have far-reaching implications for\u2064 the balance of power between\u200b the states and the federal \u200dgovernment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Future of American \u2064Federalism<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Biden&#8217;s failure to secure the southern border\u200d has sparked a battle with Texas, but \u200cit also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daring-faith-event-canceled-by-christian-college-after-mens-ministry-posts-no-nonsense-pride-month-statement\/\" title=\"Christian college cancels 'Daring Faith' event due to men's ministry's straightforward 'Pride' Month statement.\">raises broader questions<\/a> about the future \u200bof \u2063American federalism. Can the states assert their authority and protect their own \u2064interests\u200d in the face of\u2064 a federal government that seems\u2062 more interested in \u200bpolitical posturing than actual governance? Will the Supreme Court stand up \u2062for the rights of the states and uphold the principle of federalism?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The outcome of the legal battle between Texas and the federal government will have profound implications for the\u200b future of our \u2063nation. If the Court rules in favor of Texas, it could embolden other states to assert their rights and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-governor-stitt-wants-to-make-oklahoma-the-most-pro-life-state-in-the-country\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Governor Stitt Wants To Make Oklahoma \u2018The Most Pro-Life State In The Country\u2019\">challenge federal overreach<\/a> on a \u2063range of issues. If the\u2062 Court \u2064sides with\u2064 the federal government, it could further erode the power of the states and\u2062 consolidate power in\u2063 the \u2062hands of the central government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the battle over the southern\u2063 border continues to unfold, it is\u200d clear that we \u200dare at a tipping point in American history. The decisions made in the coming months and years will shape\u200d the future of our nation and determine whether we remain a union of sovereign states \u2062or become a centralized government with limited state autonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>In Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Biden&#8217;s failure to \u2063enforce the\u2063 southern border has ignited a battle between Texas and the federal government. The conflict\u200c has reached the Supreme Court, where the fate of American federalism hangs in\u200b the balance. The outcome of this case will\u2064 have far-reaching implications for the balance of power \u2064between the states and the federal government. Will the states \u200dbe\u2063 able to assert their authority and protect their own interests, or will the central government continue to erode their power? Only time will\u200c tell, but one\u2064 thing is certain &#8211; we are living in a pivotal moment in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden&#8217;s neglect of the southern border has caused chaos in Texas, now spreading nationwide. Texas has taken a proactive stance to safeguard its people. 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