It All Starts with Texas...

One of the truly great things for those NOT living in Texas is watching what the Supreme Court (or voters) will change in 10-20 years. Without George W. Bush, America would not have had the guts to elect Barack Obama. Democrats, you're welcome. Republicans, blame Obama.

Today, the SCOTUS opened the doors to the remaining humans wishing to get married. I can remember anti-sodomy laws in Texas getting struck down in Lawrence v. Texas right before I arrived. With smirks, the legislators just left the law in place. Over a decade later, the legislature still chooses each session to keep that law on the books.

That wasn't the only thing that happened this week. Texas is currently using federal housing money to encourage or even inflict segregation in Dallas. It's called "disparate impact," and mighty Texas lost to the The Inclusive Community Project, Inc. yesterday. This will become more and more significant in the coming months. Mark my words--or mark the words of today's article from Kimberly Reeves.

Texas was involved in fighting Obamacare as a plaintiff, and lost that, as well. In all, our governor has sued the Obama administration over 25 times.  I can only think of one time he was truly "successful."

Yep, we got us a LEGAL statue on the capitol grounds. Probably spent $3 million defending this rock. Texas has a fifteen-story building filled with attorneys, and far too many of them spend their days defending whacky rules and laws coming from the Texas capitol. On the bright side, they lose a lot.

New regulations against abortion led to Wendy Davis becoming a household name in Texas. I look for them to be struck down soon. The immigration challenge against DACA/DAPA comes out of Brownsville, Texas--a fine city.

And in perhaps the most ironic response to today's decision, the kingpin of voter suppression (the Texas Lt. Gov.) had this to say:

I look forward to the day when ALL Texans vote. At that point, Texas will become one of the most progressive states in the Union.  And I will laugh.

Any ideas for laws we could make in Texas that would spur progress in America and the world? Perhaps a ban on flying cars. Mandatory global warming. We could start the ball rolling! Let me know your thoughts.