Daily Dispatch 1/23/24: SCOTUS (Barely) Sides With Federal Border Patrol, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed federal Border Patrol agents to cut or move razor wire placed on the Texas border by Operation Lone Star: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-immigration-texas-razor-wire-9daef6bd316211b6633ece718e505187 ...Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton vow to keep on fighting: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/22/supreme-court-ruling-razor-wire-border-texas-greg-abbott-ken-paxton-attorney-general/72318043007/ ...While we note that four SCOTUS Justices, including two of the three picked by Donald Trump, just decided AGAINST federal supremacy: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/1/22/24047314/supreme-court-texas-homeland-security-razor-wire-eagle-pass-biden New studies show that teen fertility rates have jumped for the first time in years since new bans on abortion went into effect in Texas: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/texas-teen-birth-rate-sees-first-rise-15-years-18621083.php ...While President Biden blasts Texas for our abortion laws: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12993375/Biden-calls-outrageous-Texas-doctors-life-sentence-performing-abortions-rips-extreme-Supreme-Court-50th-anniversary-Roe-v-Wade.html A coalition of LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups have petitioned the United Nations to look into the violation of international treaty by seven Texas' anti-LGBTQ laws: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4422306-texas-petitioned-at-united-nations-over-laws-targeting-lgbtq-communities/ ...All considering that treaties ratified by the U.S. are considered federal law: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lgbtq-advocates-letter-united-nations-texas_n_65aed552e4b0f55c6e30740c Dallas and Lockhart see new marijuana decriminalization efforts that have seen success in several other Texas cities: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-activists-launch-signature-drive-for-local-marijuana-decriminalization-ballot-measures-in-dallas-and-lockhart/ Join Progress Texas on Saturday (1/27) for a debate series featuring candidates for the U.S. House and the Texas Senate: https://www.mobilize.us/richardsonareademocrats/event/598402/ Thanks for listening! Learn more about how to support Progress Texas' ongoing mission at https://progresstexas.org/.