Governor Perry leads the way for revolt

Last fall, when the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) ratcheted up its efforts to “protect” us from terrorism on airliners, they also grossly violated the people’s 4th Amendment rights to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures…

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The TSA took it upon itself to molest babies, young children and the elderly, without probably cause. They looked at every traveler as a possible terrorist. Texans had had enough. The Texas legislature introduced a bill to criminalize any searches and seizures without probable cause. The bill sailed through the House with a unanimous vote but died before it got to the Senate after several key lawmakers received a letter from U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy. The letter threatened to halt all flights to and from the State of Texas if the law passed. The Texas Senate backed down. Since then, Texan Wesley Strakbein met Governor Rick Perry (R) at a book signing. Strakbein asked the governor to bring it up in the regular session. Perry said he wouldn’t bring it up unless he had enough votes in the Senate for passage, besides, he didn’t think he had enough time. Since then, things have changed. (Video) Perry has called a special session and he has learned he just may have enough support in the Texas Senate to pass it. On Monday morning, the author of the bill, David Simpson (R-Longwood), released an open letter to Perry asking the governor to get the bill on the agenda of the special session.

“Texans overwhelmingly support this measure as I am sure your office can attest. And the Legislature is ready to pass it as soon as you call the bill,” Simpson wrote. “Governor Perry, there remains only for you to call the bill. Any concerns for time would be quickly wiped away if you would take the bull by the horns and provide leadership on this bill.”

In response, yesterday, Perry introduced legislation into the special session that would ban the intrusive TSA pat-downs. The bill will be taken up as part of the Special Session as HB 41. In the meantime, the Tenth Amendment Center reports that at least 10 other states are considering similar legislation in the 2012 legislative session. Utah and Michigan have already joined in. Should the Justice Department impose no-fly zones on every state that passes such legislation, it would have an adverse impact on the economy of every state in the nation. Given such circumstances, I don’t see how Obama could possibly win his re-election bid in 2012.