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SkilurosThat sounds like an argument for abolishing the fundamental parts of the united states.
It would be very bad thing if every governor and attorney general suddenly became as subject to Republican malfeasance as local mayors in Texas.
Also, there are some federal rules for what counts as special “birth certificates” to efficiently prove that a US citizen asking for a passport was born in the USA. But states don’t have to follow them if they choose, and depending on their reason could presumably go to court to get the federal rule adjusted or discarded.
When I lived in the US, I didn’t find this sort of logic convincing.
If you want to address “Republican malfeasance”, the US is going to have to address corruption and criminality and take on the oligarchs.
And let’s be real, that’s very unlikely to happen in the next 20-30 years.