Summary Of Your Crumbling Way Of Life By Greg Abbott

In the article “Introducing Greg Abbott’s ‘Texas Plan,’ the Best Plan for Your Crumbling Way of Life,” Patrick Michels summarizes a speech done by Gregg Abbott at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s annual policy summit. Due to the fact that Abbott believes that the three branches have strayed from their original constitutional design and that the government is not responsive to the need of the American people, he proposed the “Texas Plan.” Which is 92 pages long and contains both, Federalist and Anti-Federalist ideas. Furthermore, it has nine propositions to amend the U.S. Constitution for the 28th time. The whole purpose is to recreate America the way it was created and to repair the damage done to our government. With this in mind, “fix[ing] the fractured

Examples include, the exceeding of executive powers by Former President Obama and the abandonment of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. Such examples demonstrate how “increasingly frequent departures from constitutional principles are destroying the rule-of-law foundation on which this country was built,” Abbott said. Michels then continues by describing how Abbot was able to encourage the audience to fight for our liberties from the corruption in Washington. After that, the plan is summarized by the author. The nine new amendments proposed by Abbott are the following:

1. Prohibit Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one State.

2. Require Congress to balance its budget.

3. Prohibit administrative agencies — and the unelected bureaucrats that staff them — from creating federal law.

4. Prohibit administrative agencies — and the unelected bureaucrats that staff them — from preempting state law.

5. Allow a two-thirds majority of the States to override a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

6. Require a seven-justice super-majority vote for U.S. Supreme Court decisions that invalidate a democratically enacted