AG Report 2.1.2024

Activists and Media Misrepresent SCOTUS Decision

There’s been a continuing standoff between Texas and the federal government on how to manage the border crisis. One dimension of this conflict has been CBP agents cutting barbed wire that was installed by state officials to discourage crossing. Texas recently sued the federal government claiming that removing the wire is illegal. A lower court issued an injunction preventing CBP from cutting the wire except in cases of a medical emergency. Then last week the Supreme Court stepped in and eliminated the injunction while the case is continuing.

Nothing in the Supreme Court decision addressed what Texas can or can’t do at the border. However, many activists and some members of the press have mis-portrayed the SCOTUS ruling and wrongly asserted that Texas is defying The Supreme Court by continuing to put up wire. CNN’s Dana Bash claimed Texas “is ignoring the highest court in the land,” while PBS News suggested the Texas Governor was defying the ruling. That framing is not only factually false, but it also undermines the legitimacy of the Supreme Court by suggesting it’s being ignored.

Full-Time Activists Leading Pro-Hamas Protests  

There is clear evidence that the weekly pro-Hamas protests are astroturfed activism and that the associated criminal activity is being enabled by the lack of consequences from authorities in cities like New York City. For clear evidence of that, just look at known full-time protestor Rudy Martinez: