TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY; DOES HE THINK THE STATE HAS SECEDED FROM THE OTHER 49?

Gov of Texas - Rick Perry

In my several decades of following American politics and government, I am not able to recall a time when governor's of the state have acted like dictators.  Rick Perry's decision, as governor of Texas,  on 7-7-11, refused to follow American law and signed treaties on an international level, and had an inmate on death row put to death.  He did not allow the man's country to help him as required by treaty or though our laws dictate that it should have happened.  Death cannot be undone which means that the consequences of Perry's decision also cannot be undone.  The cost to our reputation in the world means that now we cannot claim that any American citizen in another country who is accused of a crime, may also have the United States reach out in any consular way.

There has been much discussion as to whether this execution should take place and yet Perry decided to ignore requests for a stay until issues could be ironed out as to foreign ramifications, he refused a stay and the man was executed at 7 PM. An article in The Atlantic writes: " If Governor Perry were president of the United States, responsible for protecting the interests of all Americans when they travel abroad, he would see this issue very differently," said John Bellinger, a lawyer at Arnold & Porter in Washington who served as legal adviser for the State Department in the second term of the Bush administration. Bellinger said the Bush administration took a long and hard look at complying with the international law before finally taking an unpopular position to do so, especially because it involved Mexican nationals convicted of committing heinous crimes."  The article contains extremely interesting views of the entire problem.  Click here.

It seems that ther4e are several Republican Governors today who do not act as though they are part of the country and not an autonomous state.  It is hard to believe that people will vote them into office again,,,,but will they have done enough irreparable damage by then to really have messed us up more for years to come?  What part of United States is he misunderstanding?