People keep talking about "Federalizing the National Guard" and now you've got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image).
So is this what CW2 looks like?
P.S. I'm a Brit
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
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They were ordered to stop putting the fence up, ignored it, and continued to put the fence up. Yes, if the Texas National Guard is federalized they probably won't refuse orders but that has to be an active choice by Biden to do. Until then, they are under the Governor's orders which have been to ignore the supreme court ruling and federal law.
It is the definition of treason as the Governor is expected or trusted to obey federal laws.
Point of order: Nobody in Texas has been ordered to do anything. They're completely allowed to put up razor wire under whatever rule Abbot cited. The court order was to allow the federal border guys to cut the wire if they needed to.
Legally, Texas is allowed to put up wire, and also legally the feds are allowed to cut it. That's it. It's a literal Looney Tunes situation. The nonsense from Abbot and the rest of the Rs is just chest-puffing.
They've been ordered to allow the federal agents to carry out their duties but adding new wire has "effectively barred" the agents from doing what the supreme court has ruled they have the legal right to do. Yes, they're allowed to cut holes in existing wire but by constantly adding new wire and barriers, it's actively defying that ruling.
I know the ruling doesn't explicitly say "Texas can no longer put up razor wire" but this is like being told by your mom "your brother is allowed to play on the xbox" and you giving them an unplugged controller. They're allowed to play on the xbox, you're allowed to give them an unplugged controller, but you actively went against her ruling and earned a whooping.