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Because TEXAS.
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See! There are good, sane people here in Texas too! We just donât elect them.
Bring it on Abbott. Texas would lose a legal battle here, as they have no authority over people moving into their state, and I highly doubt there is a clause in this companyâs contract that states that working with Syrians is grounds for termination. Texas would lose the suit and be liable for breach of contract. Of course, with AG Ken Paxton facing the very real possibility of hard time in the near, predictable future, the state of Texasâ legal advice is shaky at best.
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See, this is why I canât work for the governmentâŚmy reply would have been âStop being a dick. You know youâll lose. Refugees arenât terrorists no matter what kind of political BS you are trying to spin.â
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So who is trampling on the constitution and not abiding by the laws of this country now ?
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âFailure by your organization to cooperate with the state of Texas as required by federal law may result in the termination of your contract with the state and other legal action,â
Soooooooo who wants to tell them that the Feds have ultimate authority over immigration. Also when a government entity sends a letter with the language quoted above, they typically cite the statute thatâs being violated, they may even send along some supporting case lawâŚbut I havenât been a first year law student for some time nowâŚmaybe industry standards have changed
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He knows heâll lose, just as he will lose big time on the immigration lawsuit, but they(the GOP governors) need to spend millions in taxpayer funds just to make a point that they stood up to Obama. He has to show the smart people of Texas who elected him that he is defending their rights even when its a losing proposition.
Why do politicians not understand that the refugee route is the least likely way bad guys will get here?
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There is zero legs legally Abbot can stand on. If someone has legal entry into the United States, they are free to enter any state in the country.
Do these morons even read the Constitution?
Hell, this legal right predates even the Constitution and was in the Articles of Confederation and was clearly argued in the Federalist papers. Specifically James Madison discussed that provision of the Articles of Confederation in Federalist No. 42. Madison wrote: âthose who come under the denomination of free inhabitants of a State, although not citizens of such State, are entitled, in every other State, to all the privileges of free citizens of the latter; that is, to greater privileges than they may be entitled to in their own StateâŚâ
Fucking amazing.
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Abbot is seemingly unaware of the fact that written in stone over the door of the Supreme Court are the words âEQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAWâ and it directly references (I think) the 14th amendment. And that phrase applies to anyone in the country irrespective of citizenship status.
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Small government conservatism in action: the Governor gets to tell non-profit agencies how to do their jobs, and punish them if they donât fall in line.
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Lack of understanding is not the problem when youâre dealing with sociopaths.
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Whatâs that old saying about never underestimate a manâs inability to understand something when his paycheck depends on not understanding something?
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Iâll need some advil after working that one out 
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standards probably havenât changedâŚ
Texas standards seem to be âahâm the Sheriff⌠do wut yeâre told sonââŚ
This is really how you deal with Teabaggers. When you IGNORE their threats, you would not believe the howls of helpless rage it provokes. They really believe that since they got elected any disagreement with them is treason. Plus when you point out that their losing, incomptent efforts to âmake a pointâ cost all of us moneyâlike Alabama having to shell out 50K to the Planned Parenthood clinic it foughtâthey get EXTREMELY depressed and start losing votes like a bucket with a hole in the bottom loses water.
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Itâs why our former-Governor Goodhair is currently facing criminal charges.
Abbott is an effing tinfoil-hatted puppet
This has Lt Gov Dan Patrickâs RWNJ fingerprints all over it-- and Abbott will be the one who looks the idiot.
Recall Abbottâs Jade Helm15 martial-law takeover actions?
jw1
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The bad guys are already here. You can tell by their names. Example: Bob Smith-ÂŽ.
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We were attacked by a terrorist. Friday. In light of this, republicans trying to paint refugees making a new life as dangerous makes me sick.
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There they go! teaPubs creatinâ jobs for lawyersâŚ