For GOVT 2306 2IN02: Describe a Conflict between the State of Texas and the United States

This is the 1000 word essay topic for GOVT 2306 2IN02

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Part of our subject matter is the conflict between the legitimate powers of the states and those of the national government. There are many ways to approach this conflict. One way is to look at the specific legal actions taken by the Texas Attorney General's office against the national government. 

I've given each student the assignment of looking at the issues raised in one of the press releases below.

I'll post relevant info as the semester proceeds

For a link to all of the Texas Attorney General's press releases: News Releases.

These have been highlighted: 

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Stops Biden’s Unlaw­ful Ban on Liqui­fied Nat­ur­al Gas Exports.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Leads 19-State Coali­tion Chal­leng­ing the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment for Over­step­ping Author­i­ty and Forc­ing Cost­ly ​“Green Ener­gy” Tran­si­tion on States.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Stay from Texas Supreme Court Stop­ping Har­ris County’s Unlaw­ful ​“Guar­an­teed Income” Scheme.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Injunc­tion Stop­ping the Biden Administration’s Unlaw­ful Attempt to Ban Pri­vate Firearms Sales.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Depart­ment of Labor to Pre­vent Attempt to Grant For­eign Labor­ers More Rights than Amer­i­can Workers.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Major Win Block­ing Biden Administration’s Attempt to Force ​“Trans­gen­der” Poli­cies Into Schools, Secur­ing Nation­wide Relief Against Unlaw­ful Agency Actions.

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Leads Mul­ti­state Coali­tion Reach­ing Land­mark $700 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment Against John­son & John­son Over Mis­lead­ing Safe­ty Claims Regard­ing Its Talc-Based Baby Powder

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden’s Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices to Stop Rule Forc­ing Health­care Providers to Per­form ​“Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Procedures

- State­ment from Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton on Bor­der Lit­i­ga­tion Against Biden Administration

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Stops Unlaw­ful Attempt By The Biden IRS To Impair Texas Child Sup­port Programs

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Depart­ment of Labor for Attempt­ing to Revive Ille­gal Oba­ma-Era Mandate

- In 75th Legal Action Against the Biden Admin­is­tra­tion, Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Over Ille­gal EEOC Reg­u­la­to­ry Guid­ance Man­dat­ing ​“Gen­der Iden­ti­ty” Accom­mo­da­tions in the Workplace

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Tem­po­rary Restrain­ing Order Against Biden Admin­is­tra­tion, Stop­ping Unlaw­ful ATF Rule from Tak­ing Effect

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Impor­tant Win in Cen­sor­ship Law­suit Against Biden Administration

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Leads Mul­ti­state Coali­tion Suing Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Unlaw­ful Ban On Pri­vate Firearms Sales

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Expe­dit­ed Process In Con­certi­na Wire Law­suit, Point­ing to Major Prob­lems With Fed­er­al Government’s Claims

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden to Stop Unlaw­ful Ban on LNG Exports

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Pre­vails Over Biden’s Unlaw­ful Attempt to Redi­rect Mon­ey Away from Bor­der Wall Construction

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Stop New Rad­i­cal Emis­sions Rule

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Stop New Cli­mate Pol­i­cy Expansion

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Wins Case Chal­leng­ing $1.7 Tril­lion Fed­er­al Fund­ing Bill Passed Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al­ly With Less Than Half of U.S. Con­gress Phys­i­cal­ly Present

- Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion for Over­reach­ing Trans­porta­tion Emis­sions Rule

- Pax­ton Files Law­suit Against IRS Over Biden Plan to Impair Child Sup­port Program

- Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Their Ille­gal Use of a Mobile Phone App to Bring Count­less Ille­gal Aliens into the Country

- Pax­ton Files Supreme Court Ami­cus Brief to Pro­tect States’ Sov­er­eign Immunity

- Pax­ton Fights to Uphold Con­sti­tu­tion­al Rights of Reli­gious Institutions

- Pax­ton Chal­lenges Biden Administration’s Efforts to Remove First Amend­ment Pro­tec­tions for Reli­gious Stu­dent Orga­ni­za­tions in High­er Education

- Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin to Safe­guard Texas’s Med­ic­aid Program

- Pax­ton Files Brief With the U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Reli­gious Orga­ni­za­tions from Inva­sive Gov­ern­ment Interference

- Pax­ton Peti­tions U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm the Role that States Play in Reg­u­lat­ing Their Own Environment