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Defiant Texas Governor Has Plan For States To Take Back Power From Feds

   DailyWire.com

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a fierce defender of states’ rights, wants nine new amendments to the Constitution that would protect the states.

On Friday, Abbott, who was formerly the Texas attorney general, called for a “Convention of States to fix the cracks in our Constitution.” Speaking at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation, he explained, “If we are going to fight for, protect and hand on to the next generation, the freedom that [President] Reagan spoke of … then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America,” adding, “The irony for our generation is that the threat to our Republic doesn’t come just from foreign enemies, it comes, in part, from our very own leaders.”

The Dallas Morning News reported that the changes Abbott he would like to implement through amendments include:

  1. Prohibit Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one state.
  2. Require Congress to balance its budget.
  3. Prohibit administrative agencies from creating federal law.
  4. Prohibit administrative agencies from pre-empting state law.
  5. Allow a two-thirds majority of the states to override a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
  6. Require a seven-justice super-majority vote for U.S. Supreme Court decisions that invalidate a democratically enacted law.
  7. Restore the balance of power between the federal and state governments by limiting the former to the powers expressly delegated to it in the Constitution.
  8. Give state officials the power to sue in federal court when federal officials overstep their bounds.
  9. Allow a two-thirds majority of the states to override a federal law or regulation.

“If we are going to fight for, protect and hand on to the next generation, the freedom that [President] Reagan spoke of … then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Passing an amendment to the Constitution requires the approval of three-fourths of the states for a change, but Abbott is undaunted, He asserted, “The cure to these problems will not come from Washington D.C. Instead, the states must lead the way. The Texas plan fixes this government run amok.”

Abbott has been leading the charge against the Obama Administration, heading the fight in court to block Obama’s executive order on immigration.

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