Texas Floating Barriers Illegal?

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  • Verdicts

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Constitution is clear: Section IV Article 4 says the federal government “shall protect each of [the states] against Invasion.”

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 65 %
    Supporting Text:
    The federal claim probably outweighs the state claim. But the Lone Star people feel that they are being "invaded" and that the (current) administration is doing nothing or far from enough to defend them. So they ask: if the federal government has to authority to defend Texas, but chooses no to do so, wouldn't Texans be justified in doing so?

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Constitution is clear: Section IV Article 4 says the federal government “shall protect each of [the states] against Invasion.”

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 100 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Constitution is clear: Section IV Article 4 says the federal government “shall protect each of [the states] against Invasion.”

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Constitution is clear: Section IV Article 4 says the federal government “shall protect each of [the states] against Invasion.”

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is obfuscating the facts in order to promulgate his authoritarian vision.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    There are whole areas of debate about the meaning of "defend our borders" and of "against invasion"..

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is obfuscating the facts in order to promulgate his authoritarian vision.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is obfuscating the facts in order to promulgate his authoritarian vision.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is obfuscating the facts in order to promulgate his authoritarian vision. And his dreams of being President.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is another example of Texas's regime of xenophobic immigrant intimidation.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 65 %
    Supporting Text:
    There is the gap between "has the authority to defend" and "has the obligation to defend", with all the shades of "how vigorously" and "what kind of attack".

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is another example of Texas's regime of xenophobic immigrant intimidation.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is another example of Texas's regime of xenophobic immigrant intimidation.

    Answer: No
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    There are political factors being border control that are driving Abbott's behavior. In reality, the Texas economy would collapse without immigrant labor.

    Answer:
    The deceit is that Texas is within its rights to install this structure, when in fact it is not.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Mexican government has also filed a complaint, stating that the the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty with the US.

    Answer:
    The deceit is that Texas is within its rights to install this structure, when in fact it is not.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Mexican government has also filed a complaint, stating that the the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty with the US.

    Answer:
    The deceit is that Texas is within its rights to install this structure, when in fact it is not.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Mexican government has also filed a complaint, stating that the the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty with the US.

    Answer:
    The deceit is that Texas is within its rights to install this structure, when in fact it is not.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Mexican government has also filed a complaint, stating that the the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty with the US.

    Answer:
    The deceit is that Texas is within its rights to install this structure, when in fact it is not.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Mexican government has also filed a complaint, stating that the the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty with the US.

    Answer: Yes
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is an obvious authoritarian move that is politically motivated. There are other, better ways to deal with illegal immigration in this area.

    Answer: Yes
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is an obvious authoritarian move that is politically motivated. There are other, better ways to deal with illegal immigration in this area.

    Answer: Yes
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is an obvious authoritarian move that is politically motivated. There are other, better ways to deal with illegal immigration in this area.

    Answer: Yes
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is an obvious authoritarian move that is politically motivated. There are other, better ways to deal with illegal immigration in this area.

    Answer: Yes
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    This is an obvious authoritarian move that is politically motivated. There are other, better ways to deal with illegal immigration in this area.

    Answer:
    The movie is to hide Texas's xenophobic and anti-immigration stance.
    Answer Confidence: 100 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas stance is foolish and foolhardy. American industries would greatly suffer if immigration from the south was curtailed

    Answer:
    The movie is to hide Texas's xenophobic and anti-immigration stance.
    Answer Confidence: 100 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas stance is foolish and foolhardy. American industries would greatly suffer if immigration from the south was curtailed

    Answer:
    The movie is to hide Texas's xenophobic and anti-immigration stance.
    Answer Confidence: 100 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas stance is foolish and foolhardy. American industries would greatly suffer if immigration from the south was curtailed

    Answer:
    The motivation is to make you like someone.
    Answer Confidence: 100 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas stance is foolish and foolhardy. American industries would greatly suffer if immigration from the south was curtailed

    Answer:
    The movie is to hide Texas's xenophobic and anti-immigration stance.
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    And for the MAGA Republicans the cruelty is often the point.

    Answer: Unacceptable
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is willfully violating federal law, and he knows it.

    Answer: Unacceptable
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is willfully violating federal law, and he knows it.

    Answer: Unacceptable
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is willfully violating federal law, and he knows it.

    Answer: Unacceptable
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is willfully violating federal law, and he knows it.

    Answer: Unacceptable
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    Abbot is willfully violating federal law, and he knows it.

    Answer:
    This is factually untrue.
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas governor is lying: his state has no such 'sovereign authority.'

    Answer:
    This is factually untrue.
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas governor is lying: his state has no such 'sovereign authority.'

    Answer:
    This is factually untrue.
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas governor is lying: his state has no such 'sovereign authority.'

    Answer:
    This is factually untrue.
    Answer Confidence: 95 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas governor is lying: his state has no such 'sovereign authority.'

    Answer:
    This is factually untrue.
    Answer Confidence: 90 %
    Supporting Text:
    The Texas governor is lying: his state has no such 'sovereign authority.'