On Friday, August 11, 2023 at 4:06:11 PM UTC+1, Lawyer Daggett wrote:
As some may know, political battles in the US have included some inflammatory scare tactics about immigration, especially furtive immigration across the Southern border with Mexico.
Most recently, Texas Governor Abbott has installed some lethal
barriers midstream in the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
and this has led to at least two deaths, including a small child.
This has created a legal battle between the State of Texas and the
Federal Government about control of the river. For obscure reasons
the applicable laws hinge somewhat on whether or not the Rio Grande qualifies as a "navigable waterway".
A group of Republican Congressmen have joined a filing to the court
in support of Abbott's rights to install the lethal booby-trap barriers. In so doing, they try to discount the fact that boats can travel on the Rio Grande with the following:
. “Indeed, if one takes the Book of Genesis literally, then the entireJust to ruin your day completely, if I read the Texas brief correctly, they are arguing that (illegal) immigration is an invasion and triggers therefore Art 1 of the Constitution and allows measures that would otherwise be
. world was once navigable by boats large enough to carry significant
. amounts of livestock,” the proposed amicus brief reads. “Under the
. federal government’s theory, these anecdotes would render any
. structure built anywhere in Texas an obstruction to navigation
. subject to federal regulation.”
a violation of federal law (like putting floating booby traps on waterways)
But if the courts were to accept this interpretation, then also Article I, Sec. 9, Cl. 2 is triggered - which would give the President (or maybe congress
who knows...) the right to set aside the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
So I'd say both people from the left and the right should seriously ask themselves
if they want Biden/Trump/whoever you can imagine to have the power to arrest and indefinitely
detain also US citizens without trial...
So going back to the legal system of biblical times seems also on the cards...
Now, proper originalist judges would on historical grounds reject that interpretation, but
with the cafeteria originalists currently forming the SCOTUS majority, who knows...
As some may know, political battles in the US have included some inflammatory scare tactics about immigration, especially furtive
immigration across the Southern border with Mexico.
Most recently, Texas Governor Abbott has installed some lethal
barriers midstream in the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
and this has led to at least two deaths, including a small child.
This has created a legal battle between the State of Texas and the
Federal Government about control of the river. For obscure reasons
the applicable laws hinge somewhat on whether or not the Rio Grande qualifies as a "navigable waterway".
A group of Republican Congressmen have joined a filing to the court
in support of Abbott's rights to install the lethal booby-trap barriers.
In so doing, they try to discount the fact that boats can travel on the
Rio Grande with the following:
. “Indeed, if one takes the Book of Genesis literally, then the entire
. world was once navigable by boats large enough to carry significant
. amounts of livestock,” the proposed amicus brief reads. “Under the
. federal government’s theory, these anecdotes would render any
. structure built anywhere in Texas an obstruction to navigation
. subject to federal regulation.”
On Friday, August 11, 2023 at 4:06:11 PM UTC+1, Lawyer Daggett wrote:
As some may know, political battles in the US have included some inflammatory scare tactics about immigration, especially furtive immigration across the Southern border with Mexico.
Most recently, Texas Governor Abbott has installed some lethal
barriers midstream in the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
and this has led to at least two deaths, including a small child.
This has created a legal battle between the State of Texas and the
Federal Government about control of the river. For obscure reasons
the applicable laws hinge somewhat on whether or not the Rio Grande qualifies as a "navigable waterway".
A group of Republican Congressmen have joined a filing to the court
in support of Abbott's rights to install the lethal booby-trap barriers. In so doing, they try to discount the fact that boats can travel on the Rio Grande with the following:
. “Indeed, if one takes the Book of Genesis literally, then the entireJust to ruin your day completely, if I read the Texas brief correctly, they are arguing that (illegal) immigration is an invasion and triggers therefore Art 1 of the Constitution and allows measures that would otherwise be
. world was once navigable by boats large enough to carry significant
. amounts of livestock,” the proposed amicus brief reads. “Under the
. federal government’s theory, these anecdotes would render any
. structure built anywhere in Texas an obstruction to navigation
. subject to federal regulation.”
a violation of federal law (like putting floating booby traps on waterways)
But if the courts were to accept this interpretation, then also Article I, Sec. 9, Cl. 2 is triggered - which would give the President (or maybe congress
who knows...) the right to set aside the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
So I'd say both people from the left and the right should seriously ask themselves
if they want Biden/Trump/whoever you can imagine to have the power to arrest and indefinitely
detain also US citizens without trial...
So going back to the legal system of biblical times seems also on the cards...
Now, proper originalist judges would on historical grounds reject that interpretation, but
with the cafeteria originalists currently forming the SCOTUS majority, who knows...
As some may know, political battles in the US have included some inflammatory scare tactics about immigration, especially furtive
immigration across the Southern border with Mexico.
Most recently, Texas Governor Abbott has installed some lethal
barriers midstream in the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
and this has led to at least two deaths, including a small child.
This has created a legal battle between the State of Texas and the
Federal Government about control of the river. For obscure reasons
the applicable laws hinge somewhat on whether or not the Rio Grande qualifies as a "navigable waterway".
A group of Republican Congressmen have joined a filing to the court
in support of Abbott's rights to install the lethal booby-trap barriers.
In so doing, they try to discount the fact that boats can travel on the
Rio Grande with the following:
. “Indeed, if one takes the Book of Genesis literally, then the entire
. world was once navigable by boats large enough to carry significant
. amounts of livestock,” the proposed amicus brief reads. “Under the
. federal government’s theory, these anecdotes would render any
. structure built anywhere in Texas an obstruction to navigation
. subject to federal regulation.”
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