Engage Texas today! @dbongino
In Luther v. Borden (1849), the Supreme Court again acknowledged the right of a state to use military force in its own defense: “Unquestionably, a State may use its military power to put down an armed insurrection, too strong to be controlled by the civil authority. The power is essential to the existence of every government, essential to the preservation of order and free institutions, and is as necessary to the States of this Union as to any other government” (emphasis added). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/48/1/#:~:text=unquestionably%20a%20State,any%20other%20government.