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Inspecting incoming vehicles sounds a lot like the job of customs to me, so you don't have to squint very hard

by 8note 5y ago

nomel 5y ago
Does a state have no control of its international borders, especially if it can be proved that customs is performing insufficient inspections? I would imagine Texas could claim that they have to pay for these people, to some extent.
- gowld 5y ago
  > Does a state have no control of its international borders. Generally, no, and not in usurpation of Federal law. That's what the Commerce Clause literally says -- regulating foreign trade is a Federal role. They or Congress can sue the Federal executive in Federal court.
  - nomel 5y ago
    > can sue the Federal executive in Federal court. How does it work the other way around? Does the federal court sue Texas?
- shadowgovt 5y ago
  Generally, no. "... and [the United States] shall protect each of them [the States] against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." This plus the 10th amendment makes the division of responsibility (and authority) pretty clear. If the federal government is doing a poor job, the remedy is to vote the bastards out, not subsume a federal obligation. This was made even clearer after the Civil War, because States had attempted to use such authority to disregard federal law regarding anti-foreign-competition tariffs.
- Spooky23 5y ago
  No. But there are some complex laws about motor carrier safety, etc. Ultimately Texas benefits greatly from Mexican trade, so even by the dim bulb standard set by modern Texan officials, this is a really stupid measure.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Does a state have no control of its international borders States have very little control of their borders, either interstate or international or internal with Indian reservations, and that which they do have is what they are granted by Congress, to which the Constitution grants authority “[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”

Inspecting incoming vehicles sounds a lot like the job of customs to me, so you don't have to squint very hard

by 8note 5y ago

Inspecting incoming vehicles sounds a lot like the job of customs to me, so you don't have to squint very hard

Does a state have no control of its international borders, especially if it can be proved that customs is performing insufficient inspections? I would imagine Texas could claim that they have to pay for these people, to some extent.

gowld 5y ago
> Does a state have no control of its international borders. Generally, no, and not in usurpation of Federal law. That's what the Commerce Clause literally says -- regulating foreign trade is a Federal role. They or Congress can sue the Federal executive in Federal court.
- nomel 5y ago
  > can sue the Federal executive in Federal court. How does it work the other way around? Does the federal court sue Texas?
shadowgovt 5y ago
Generally, no. "... and [the United States] shall protect each of them [the States] against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." This plus the 10th amendment makes the division of responsibility (and authority) pretty clear. If the federal government is doing a poor job, the remedy is to vote the bastards out, not subsume a federal obligation. This was made even clearer after the Civil War, because States had attempted to use such authority to disregard federal law regarding anti-foreign-competition tariffs.
Spooky23 5y ago
No. But there are some complex laws about motor carrier safety, etc. Ultimately Texas benefits greatly from Mexican trade, so even by the dim bulb standard set by modern Texan officials, this is a really stupid measure.
dragonwriter 5y ago
> Does a state have no control of its international borders States have very little control of their borders, either interstate or international or internal with Indian reservations, and that which they do have is what they are granted by Congress, to which the Constitution grants authority “[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”