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You’re playing word games. The 2024 Texas GOP platform says: “Limiting government power to those items enumerated in the United States and Texas Constitutions.”

by rayiner 10mo ago

You’re playing word games. The 2024 Texas GOP platform says: “Limiting government power to those items enumerated in the United States and Texas Constitutions.” Limiting government power to enumerated areas is different than “small government.” The Texas constitution grants the legislature and the supreme court with power over judicial administration. That includes governing the practice of law in the courts of the state. There’s no enumerated powers problem with the Texas Supreme Court Court deciding what law schools qualify to be admitted to its own bar.

5upplied_demand 10mo ago
If you keep reading to point #9 on Constitutional Issues, they say "Limiting Overreaching State Government: We recognize that the sovereignty of this State and its citizenry has been imperiled and threatened by the ongoing overreach of state elected officials and agencies." It's pretty clear that they only mean "overreach" where they don't politically agree. They are perfectly fine when the Governor overrides local rules and ordinances [0] [1] [2], because it furthers their political goals of consolidating power with the Executive rather than the stated goal of limiting government. This action expands the scope and role of government in Texan's lives, that is a fact. > There’s no enumerated powers problem with the Texas Supreme Court Court deciding what law schools qualify to be admitted to its own bar. No, it's a political powers problem, which is one of the main things they claim to be against increasing. [0] https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/07/texas-republicans-cities-local-control/ https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/07/texas-republicans-ci... [1] https://www.allensworthlaw.com/legal-updates/governor-overrules-disparate-local-rules-banning-numerous-construction-projects/ https://www.allensworthlaw.com/legal-updates/governor-overru... [2] https://fedsoc.org/scdw/supreme-court-of-texas-holds-governor-can-preempt-local-mask-orders https://fedsoc.org/scdw/supreme-court-of-texas-holds-governo...

by rayiner 10mo ago

5upplied_demand 10mo ago

If you keep reading to point #9 on Constitutional Issues, they say "Limiting Overreaching State Government: We recognize that the sovereignty of this State and its citizenry has been imperiled and threatened by the ongoing overreach of state elected officials and agencies." It's pretty clear that they only mean "overreach" where they don't politically agree. They are perfectly fine when the Governor overrides local rules and ordinances [0] [1] [2], because it furthers their political goals of consolidating power with the Executive rather than the stated goal of limiting government. This action expands the scope and role of government in Texan's lives, that is a fact. > There’s no enumerated powers problem with the Texas Supreme Court Court deciding what law schools qualify to be admitted to its own bar. No, it's a political powers problem, which is one of the main things they claim to be against increasing. [0] https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/07/texas-republicans-cities-local-control/ https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/07/texas-republicans-ci... [1] https://www.allensworthlaw.com/legal-updates/governor-overrules-disparate-local-rules-banning-numerous-construction-projects/ https://www.allensworthlaw.com/legal-updates/governor-overru... [2] https://fedsoc.org/scdw/supreme-court-of-texas-holds-governor-can-preempt-local-mask-orders https://fedsoc.org/scdw/supreme-court-of-texas-holds-governo...