By A. Dru Kristenev ——Bio and Archives--November 26, 2024

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A number of democrat governors have decided to take a stand against President Trump’s call for deportation of illegal entrants to the United States that the Biden-Harris (as “Border Czar,” i.e. ‘welcoming committee’) administration aided in breaching the nation’s perimeter.

The question is whether they can invoke states’ rights to protect non-citizens from removal. The short answer is “no.”

Readers know that this author has written multiple pieces, strongly referenced, regarding the application of states’ rights to maintain authority of a state’s citizenry over its land and resources. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments clarify what power is delegated to the federal government and cannot override that of the states and their constituency. Where a line is drawn is when a state’s administration works in opposition of the federal government in order to aid and abet those who commit federal crimes.

It must be remembered that each state, upon admittance to the Union, was required to institute a “Republican Form of Government,” a constitution that was in agreement with the Constitution of the United States of America (Article IV). Keeping this in mind, any state whose government officials defy the U.S. Constitution, and thus its own constitution, is in violation of the law.

According to Article IV Section 4, “...and [the........

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