The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a Convention of States Resolution, becoming the eleventh. Article V of the U.S. Constitution allows for a Convention of States to restrict the power of the federal government.
“For decades, the federal government has grown out of control. It has increasingly abandoned the Constitution, stiff-armed the states and ignored its citizens,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott told legislators and those gathered for his State of the State address on Tuesday. He declared legislation supporting an Article V Convention of States to be an emergency item for the session.
Three Republican Texas state legislators pre-filed legislation on Tuesday that if passed, would make the Lone Star State the eighth state to call for an Article V convention of states.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined parents on Monday to protest Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Dr. Kent Paredes Schribner’s student transgender policy. The policy allows students of the opposite sex to use facilities that they “gender identify” with at the moment.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently called on the Lone Star State to join other states in calling for an Article V Convention of States.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently called on the Lone Star State to join other states in calling for an Article V Convention of States.