Restoring The Rule Of Law With States Leading The Way<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nAbbott, who was the longest serving attorney general (AG) in the state prior to becoming governor, and served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, and as a civil district court judge before he became AG, says his detailed plan gives \u201cWe the People\u201d the power to \u201creign in the federal government and restore the balance of power between the States and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says the Texas Plan accomplishes this by offering nine constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n
Abbott urges that as it did when the nation was founded, the \u201cconstitutional problem [in our country today] calls for a constitutional solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going back in American history, he said the various states stepped up and offered their plans for what would be the nation\u2019s new Constitution. \u201cVirginia\u2019s delegates offered the \u2018Virginia Plan,\u2019 New Jersey\u2019s delegates offered the \u2018New Jersey Plan,\u2019 and Connecticut\u2019s delegates brokered a compromise called \u2018Connecticut Plan.\u2019 He says, \u201cWithout those States\u2019 plans, there would be no Constitution and probably no United States of America at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
To those who would ask what happens to the U.S. Constitution as it is written, Abbott writes, \u201cThe Texas Plan is not so much a vision to alter the Constitution as it is a call to restore the rule of our current one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo those who complain that this part of the Texas Plan is extreme, again, the Constitution supplies the reply,\u201d Abbott writes. \u201cFrom the beginning, the people acting through their respective States were supposed to have control over the Constitution.\u201d Article V allows the state legislatures to propose a constitutional amendment, and it can be ratified by a three-fourths vote of the state legislatures or state ratifying conventions.<\/p>\n
The Texas Governor says, \u201cThe problem is that we have forgotten what our Constitution means, and with that amnesia, we also have forgotten what it means to be governed by laws instead of men.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says, \u201cThe solution is to restore the rule of law by ensuring that our government abides by the Constitution\u2019s limits.\u201d The courts used to serve that function he says, but today there are judges who actively subvert the Constitution rather than uphold it.<\/p>\n
Because \u201cWe the People\u201d can no longer rely on our nation\u2019s leaders to enforce the Constitution, the people, acting through the States, can amend \u201ctheir Constitution\u201d to force leaders in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to be constrained by \u201crenewed limits on federal power.\u201d<\/p>\n
This article is Part 1\u00a0in a series that goes through Governor Abbott\u2019s 92 page \u201cTexas Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
All of the articles in the series will follow Governor Abbott\u2019s \u201cTexas Plan\u201d in the order and way (headings and sub-headings) it has been written. Future parts of the series will discuss: the Texas Plan for fixing Congress; the President; the federal judiciary; how the Texas Plan will reclaim the States\u2019 rights \u201cfrom a federal government bent on abrogating them;\u201d and the process for implementing the Texas Plan.<\/p>\n
The \u201cTexas Plan\u201d in its entirety will be attached to each part of the series so it can be readily consulted.<\/p>\n
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