The mission of the Texas Public Policy Foundation is to defend liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise, and limited government in Texas and in the nation as a whole. Because these goals will be particularly undermined by a finding that the federal government may force the state of Texas to assist in the implementation of the Endangered Species Act against its will, in violation of the liberty that federalism secures for the people, the Texas Public Policy Foundation has an interest in this Court’s determination.
Border Security
Immigration and the Moral Limits of Federalism
Lincoln’s natural rights statesmanship should be our guide. If Hayek taught us to inquire about who ought to decide and Lincoln taught us to ask to what end, then the question of immigration compels us toward a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? The principles of subsidiarity and federalism demand that matters should be resolved...
February 4, 2026