The Supreme Court's opinion concerning the use of razor wire along America's Southern border could be the trip wire that unites some states into a constitutional coalition.
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One of the most unique characteristics of the American system of government is that the people created the states, the states then, at the will and with the consent of the people created the federal government and provided its limited powers outlined in the Constitution. This means that the people then the states have the ultimate right and responsibility to do what is necessary when the federal government is in breach of contract by failing to fulfill its constitutional duties.
Chief among those failures today is its requirement to secure our national borders from foreign invasion.
Article IV, Section IV of the Constitution outlines the federal government's responsibility to protect the nation from invasion.
States are beginning to align with Governor Abbot of Texas after he sent a letter to Biden in defiance of the administration and the Supreme Court's opinion.
There are reports of multiple states aligning with Texas and more likely to follow. What remains to be seen is if these statements will be followed by meaningful action. Sending National Guardsmen to shuffle papers, watch cameras, or provide administrative support only provides more witnesses to the invasion, not a solution.
The 10th Amendment of the Constitution makes in clear that states have individual sovereignty to act on behalf of their citizens. This could include their banding together in coalitions to fight back against the federal overreach, and/or act when it fails. The crisis on the border could be what drives multiple states to band together and much like some states voted to make themselves sanctuaries for illegal alien invaders, these states could act to be constitutional sanctuaries and begin to pushback against federal overreach on a number of fronts. It is their right, as it is also the right of the people, to act.