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sovereign interest in protecting their border. does he have a defense here for not doing what doj told them to do? >> he has a defense. it will not work. the rivers and harbors act of 1899, before the invention of the out board motor, this is a law that requires a permit from the army corps of engineers for the installation of any structure in navigatable waters. i think you saw some roll of a boat going over the waters, therefore we can check the box for navigatable if a boat is riding on it. more, if the river is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide or feeds into the ocean. these are things that will lead to the conclusion that this is a navigatable water, and if you put a structure in it, the united states government can sue and successfully get you to remove the structure. the idea that texas has a sovereign power, it does, but generally speaking, if something federal overrides or overlaps

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