Isn’t this against the US constitution? Razor wire along the state border and checkpoints on roads that cross the state border are kind of nuts. I read a comment joking that the wire and road checkpoints were to keep Texan women from escaping to New Mexico, which got a bitter laugh out of me.
- Kwakigra ( @Kwakigra@beehaw.org ) 33•1 year ago
It’s so strange to me how anti-authoritarian the rhetoric is in Texas despite having one of the most authoritarian and least democratic governments in the country. The executive branch has so few checks it’s ridiculous; not that I’d want most of the dumbasses in state congress to get their way.
- Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 12•1 year ago
The notion of the Texas law man roving around dispensing justice isn’t anti-authoritarian, it means they want to be the only authority. Real anti-authoritarians would eliminate hierarchies and restrictions.
- Kwakigra ( @Kwakigra@beehaw.org ) 5•1 year ago
True, the Libertarian version of “freedom” which is the freedom to oppress others if you have the power to do so. The rhetoric among Texas conservatives is Reaganesque which is ostensibly in support of a minimal level of government while leaving most things to private interests. The behavior of Texas conservatives in government is to exert governmental power on individuals and allow businesses to do whatever they want to individuals as well.
- Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
Reaganesque
Which is interesting considering how many Westerns he starred in.
- tjp ( @tjp@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
No see, that’s freedom razorwire, those are freedom checkpoints.
- Tin ( @Tin@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
“That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free!”
- Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English4•1 year ago
They’re being treaded on and they like it
- MisterD ( @MisterD@lemmy.ca ) 21•1 year ago
I bet this will also used to prevent pregnant women from escaping the state
- LostDeer ( @LostDeer@infosec.pub ) 12•1 year ago
Hmmm, which states allow aborrtion that also border Texas…
Probably just a coincidence 😉
- AndyLikesCandy ( @AndyLikesCandy@reddthat.com ) 1•1 year ago
Don’t worry, an MS13 member and a school shooter once walked across that border together so it’s okay because it’s definitely for everyone’s safety.
- Jaysyn ( @Jaysyn@kbin.social ) 15•1 year ago
- redimk ( @redimk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 9•1 year ago
Didn’t Texas say last year that they wanted to try being independent from the USA? I’m not from the US (anymore) so I’m not sure but I kind of remember that being said.
Isn’t this like testing the waters in some way?
- Chaser ( @Chaser@sopuli.xyz ) 11•1 year ago
The Texas GOP floats that idea every few years because they’re a bunch of whiny piss babies and think being rebellious is cool and edgy
- cduke23 ( @cduke23@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
I’ll help them pack. If I could never hear from that fucking state again, I’d be happy.
- TehPers ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
Maybe Texas and Puerto Rico can swap status. Puerto Rico can become a state in exchange for Texas freeing up the slot, then we don’t even need to change any songs or anything.
- ArtZuron ( @ArtZuron@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
I guess since they kept getting their asses kicked trying to put one on the Mexico border, they thought this might work. That being said, might this actually also be blatantly illegal, as it impedes free movement between states? The constitution explicitly provides for interstate travel without government abridgement.
- salarua ( @salarua@sopuli.xyz ) 3•1 year ago
not explicitly. the Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities clause is written assuming freedom of interstate travel, but the Framers thought the right to travel was so fundamental and obvious it did not need explicit enumeration. the right to travel was enumerated in article 4 of the Articles of Confederation however and the Supreme Court has upheld it several times on that basis
- HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English8•1 year ago
It depends on what the checkpoints are and if they are a drag on interstate commerce. For a while, California had staffed border checkpoints to look for produce that could bring pathogens to the state.
The Commerce Clause isn’t absolute.
- whatupwiththat ( @whatupwiththat@kbin.social ) 8•1 year ago
Its OK. Gawd told him to do it…
- whygohomie ( @whygohomie@reddthat.com ) English7•1 year ago
So, when will the right wing reactionaries start shrieking about the entire state being a FEMA camp?
- gullible ( @gullible@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
I say this a lot, but what the fuck, Texas?
- perviouslyiner ( @perviouslyiner@lemm.ee ) English3•1 year ago
“the people of each state shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other state”
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation
- jray4559 ( @jray4559@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•1 year ago
As if most of these migrants won’t just get into a getaway car group or even semi truck in New Mexico and cross Texas on I-10.
I appreciate the effort, but…