Writing at Townhall, Spencer Brown reports Texas Governor Greg Abbott is "doubling down" on his effort to enforce the US border with Mexico. Abbot claims:
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other visionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution foresaw that States should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border. [That is] why the Framers included both Article IV, § 4, which promises that the federal government 'shall protect each [State] against invasion,' and Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which acknowledges 'the States’ sovereign interest in protecting their borders.
I regularly read two websites populated by attorneys - Power Line and Instapundit. I am hoping the guys who write there will comment on the extent to which Abbott has a good Constitutional argument. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.
