Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told a right-wing radio host that thereās only one tool the state isnāt using to stop migrants from crossing the border into Texas: gun violence, because it would prompt a response from the pesky federal government.
āThe only thing that we are not doing is weāre not shooting people who come across the borderābecause, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,ā the Republican governor toldĀ former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch on her radio show last week.
No it wouldnāt. The president isnāt part of the judiciary.
But they certainly tried , example being President Buchanan and his attempt to interfere in the Dred Scott Case.
The Judiciary doesnāt decide prosecution, the Attorney General does.
In this case, that would be Merrick Garland, who was appointed by Biden, and serves on Bidenās Cabinet.
Do remember that the President of the United States is the head of the Executive Branch, of which the Department of Justice is a part. This is basic High School civics stuff.
The AG acts independently of the president. This issue will never land on the presidentās desk. The only recourse he has is to fire the AG if he does (not) prosecute. If he does that he should be impeached.
That āindependenceā is mostly a fiction.
Itās not actually enforced by any law.