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“This is absolutely unprecedented, what they’re trying to do here,” one law professor said of the bill.

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[–] Peruvian_Skies 52 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This is ridiculous. Checks and balances are in the Constitution. A state law can't just exclude itself from judicial review any more than a mayoral edict can.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are they in the Texas state constitution specifically? Or just the federal? Because these people don't care about the Feds unless it benefits them to do so. And, how do you plan to challenge it? In the courts?

Unless there's enforcement, courts mean nothing. If the cops want it to be a law, it's a law, no matter how much anyone says otherwise. And if the legislature has the cops on their side, the courts don't matter.

[–] Peruvian_Skies 3 points 2 weeks ago

Then democracy is well and truly dead.

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