Mr Abbott further invoked his own state’s “constitutional authority to defend and protect itself” for continuing to block federal agents from the border.
“That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary,” he added.
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I’m sorry, what?
I think he’s calling Texas law ‘the supreme law of the land.’
Motherfucker is essentially claiming Sovereign Citizen.
The Supremacy clause doesn’t apply to the free person Abbot. He’s is not succeeding, he’s traveling.