Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Accuses Biden of Creating 'Constitutional Crisis' After DOJ Lawsuit

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Newsweek

BY AILA SLISCO

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott accused President Joe Biden of starting a "constitutional crisis" after being sued over his order directing state troopers to pull over vehicles suspected of containing undocumented migrants.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas over Abbott's executive order on Friday. Within hours, Abbott issued a statement insisting that his order was aimed at protecting public health amid the COVID-19 pandemic while vowing that he has "no intention of abdicating" his "responsibility to protect the people of Texas."

"The Biden Administration has created a constitutional crisis between the federal government and the State of Texas," Abbott said. "This stems from the Biden Administration's refusal to enforce immigration laws and allow illegal immigrants with COVID-19 to enter our country."

Abbott alleged that the administration "knowingly imports COVID-19 into Texas from across the border," while maintaining that the president "abdicated his authority" to "protect and uphold our nation's sovereignty."


Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-accuses-biden-creating-constitutional-crisis-after-doj-lawsuit-1614875

[TexasTowelie]

1. Abbott is the one that created the constitutional crisis with his executive order.

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Too bad that the idiot fails to recognize his role in the crisis.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Should the GOP regain the House...

Impeach Biden will be on the lips of every member.

On what grounds? With what evidence?

The 2 impeachments of TFG was quite evident of malfiesceience.

[dalton99a]

5. +1. Too bad the tree didn't do a very good job

[TexasTowelie]

6. If it hadn't been for that tree then I doubt he would have his current job.

The financial resources that he received in that structured settlement allowed him the opportunity to get into politics.

[William Seger]

3. Given that Texas is Trumperland with rampant covid and guns for everyone

... Abbot would make more sense if he said he was trying to protect the immigrants.

[Mysterian]

4. Stupid asshole Abbot thinks he's a king

Just like his hero Trumpski the Traitor.

[Claire Oh Nette]

7. It's not a crisis just because they say it is....

Abbott passed blatantly unconstitutional search and seizure law to question and detain the Brown people. We have Border Patrol an dCustoms officials for that. He doesn't get to assign Federal duties to his state troopers. Nopety nope nope.

He creates a shitmess, then blames Biden for pointing out how illegal the shitmess is.

It's Crisis at the Border.
The country is in crisis because we were built on racist principals.
Crisis Pregnancy centers shame young women into surrendering their babies or forcing them to give birth.
Marriage equality is a Crisis.
Single parents are a crisis

Crisis is code word for the Base to be outraged.

It's all they have--outrage over changing society and laws that don't affect them that they have no intention of following anyway.

The GOP IS the Crisis.

[Ramsey Barner]

8. There's no Constitutional crisis when the Constitution contains a supremacy clause

"Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution is commonly referred to as the Supremacy Clause. It establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions."
[link:https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/supremacy_clause|

The only crisis is in Abbott's head.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. This is what the Constitution "says"

Article I

(snip)

Section 8.

The Congress shall have power... (snip)

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization... (snip)

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

(snip)

Section 10.

No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.

(snip)

No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

[AZLD4Candidate]

10. Hey, governor. . .watch out for snakes!

[machoneman]

11. Hey, he IS a snake!

[riversedge]

12. It's the other way around Greggy.

[BaronChocula]

13. Greg Abbott is like the white southern sheriff

of the Republican party which makes him the white southern sheriff of white southern sheriffs.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Show me your papers laws are illegal

[cstanleytech]

15. The only ones creating it will be Abbott and any Texas law enforcement officer that starts

acting like this is Nazi Germany any demands peoples papers.

[cstanleytech]

15. The only ones creating it will be Abbott and any Texas law enforcement officer that starts

acting like this is Nazi Germany any demands peoples papers because they think they might not be Aryan............err American enough.

[orangecrush]

17. Rump is gone

Welcome to our democracy, you fascist asshole.