Dan Branch, Ken Paxton, Barry Smitherman ~ Candidates for Texas Attorney General. I Have Questions for You

To: Dan Branch, Ken Paxton, and Barry Smitherman

　
Good afternoon. It is good to be a Texan.

Actually, being a Texan is a recent phenomenon for me. I just moved to Texas. I think I have been a Texan in spirit for a long time. I was born and raised in Illinois when it was still a politically competitive State. Spent much of my adult live in Arizona and then moved back to Illinois because of family. I could have moved anywhere in the country and selected Texas for many reasons including my belief that Texas may be one of the few States willing to stand up for State sovereignty and have the resources, people, and will to be successful. Politically, we, as a country, need that to happen.

I am a social and economic conservative. I grew up a Democrat and ran for office in Arizona as a Democrat. As Ronald Reagan said, I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me. I believe the current Democrat Party leadership wants to fundamentally destroy the United States and I will do what I can to prevent that from happening.

Given the federal government’s attack on Texas, the Attorney General race is the most important one in the 2014 election cycle. I want to do my small part to select the candidate that will best serve Texas and its people in that fight. I was an early member of the Tea Party in Illinois and currently write 5 blogs, 6 days a week.

http://christiangunslinger.blogspot.com—pro-life
http://christiangunslinger1.blogspot.com—political
http://christiangunslinger3.blogspot.com—political
http://christiangunslinger5.blogspot.com—pro-family   
http://christiangunslinger7.blogspot.com—political

I have also written a Constitution workbook and a Constitution answerbook that covers the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments sentence by sentence and paragraph by paragraph.

I have checked out each candidates’ political profile and website and have found each to claim to be conservative and be willing to fight the federal government’s incursion against Texas sovereignty. I am an issues voter and supporter. I supported Marco Rubio and Jeff Flake and am disgusted by their support for amnesty for illegal immigrants. I don’t want to make the same mistake in who I support for Attorney General.

Therefore, I have a few questions to ask each to help me to decide who to support and for whom to work. I believe, given the candidates, that this may require a runoff election.

The questions:

1) When a State is a party in a federal court case, where does the case begin according to the Constitution of the United States?

2) If you are elected Attorney General, will you insist in the name of the State of Texas that the case begins in the proper court as required by the Constitution and not participate if the Constitution is not obeyed?

3) Please explain why or why not.

4) Will you make this position a major part of your campaign from the beginning of the campaign emphasizing the importance of obeying the Constitution as written?

5) Please explain why or why not.

Thank you for your time. I ask that if there is a response coming, that it occurs quickly realizing that your time is valuable. Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Don L. Vance

(My address which I have deleted)

Christian
Tea Partier
Pro-life
Pro-family
Social conservative
Economic conservative
Political activist

I have sent similar requests to other candidates while living in Illinois including candidates for our village election, county elections, State, and federal elections. As is my practice, I am posting this e-mail on my blog today—http://christiangunslinger1.blogspot.com. I will also post any and all responses as presented by you on the blog unless specifically asked not to post. I will identify any candidate who does not respond.