Post by pavel on Jan 17, 2016 3:20:47 GMT -6
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rocked the legal and political worlds recently when he issued a 70-page treatise (not including citations) that calls for a convention of the states to radically amend the U.S. Constitution.
Abbott’s “Texas Plan” proposes that two-thirds of the states call a convention to address nine constitutional amendments. They would shift significant power away from Washington and into the hands of the states. With the changes, a super-majority of states could overturn acts of Congress and even Supreme Court decisions.
We pressed the governor on several aspects of the plan. Following is the full email exchange between editorial writer Michael Lindenberger and the governor and his staff.
Gov. Rick Perry has called for additional constitutional respect for the 10th Amendment, which reserves to the states all powers not delegated to the federal government. Sen. Ted Cruz has made similar arguments, and called for an end to life tenure for Supreme Court justices. How much does your call owe to these ideas, and how is your view different than those represented by Perry and Cruz?
I commend both Gov. Perry and Sen. Cruz for their service to Texas and their leadership on matters involving the U.S. Constitution. The Texas Plan, however, differs significantly from their previous statements in several important respects. Two merit particular emphasis. First, the Texas Plan moves beyond criticizing the status quo and calls for states to take action that corrects the deviations from the true intent of the Constitution. The Constitution itself provides the path to achieve that goal in Article V by allowing the states to call for a convention of states to consider amendments to the Constitution.
Second, the Texas Plan is not premised on policy arguments about federalism or the need to correct one Supreme Court decision. Rather, the point of the Texas Plan is to restore the rule of law in this country by ensuring that all branches of the federal government are accountable to the people as designed by the authors of the Constitution.
Read more: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20160115-point-person-our-qa-with-texas-gov.-greg-abbott.ece
The one question missing from the Dallas Morning News interview is this:
Why are you such an asshole, Assbutt?
Alert on me if you must, but I'm certain that the administrator won't be offended by the question.
Abbott’s “Texas Plan” proposes that two-thirds of the states call a convention to address nine constitutional amendments. They would shift significant power away from Washington and into the hands of the states. With the changes, a super-majority of states could overturn acts of Congress and even Supreme Court decisions.
We pressed the governor on several aspects of the plan. Following is the full email exchange between editorial writer Michael Lindenberger and the governor and his staff.
Gov. Rick Perry has called for additional constitutional respect for the 10th Amendment, which reserves to the states all powers not delegated to the federal government. Sen. Ted Cruz has made similar arguments, and called for an end to life tenure for Supreme Court justices. How much does your call owe to these ideas, and how is your view different than those represented by Perry and Cruz?
I commend both Gov. Perry and Sen. Cruz for their service to Texas and their leadership on matters involving the U.S. Constitution. The Texas Plan, however, differs significantly from their previous statements in several important respects. Two merit particular emphasis. First, the Texas Plan moves beyond criticizing the status quo and calls for states to take action that corrects the deviations from the true intent of the Constitution. The Constitution itself provides the path to achieve that goal in Article V by allowing the states to call for a convention of states to consider amendments to the Constitution.
Second, the Texas Plan is not premised on policy arguments about federalism or the need to correct one Supreme Court decision. Rather, the point of the Texas Plan is to restore the rule of law in this country by ensuring that all branches of the federal government are accountable to the people as designed by the authors of the Constitution.
Read more: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20160115-point-person-our-qa-with-texas-gov.-greg-abbott.ece
The one question missing from the Dallas Morning News interview is this:
Why are you such an asshole, Assbutt?
Alert on me if you must, but I'm certain that the administrator won't be offended by the question.
