True or False: The Texas Department of Public Safety has independent authority to investigate and designate organizations as terrorist threats based on state law alone.

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Yes, Texas DPS can investigate under state law. However, the scope and consequences of designation are limited by constitutional due process. DPS must follow legal procedures and cannot arbitrarily designate based on protected speech or religious identity. The issue isn't whether Texas has authority to investigate—it's whether the investigation followed due process and whether the designation is narrowly tailored to actual threats rather than political or religious targeting. DPS directed to investigate CAIR on November 20 creates a timing problem: three days after Chip Roy's "No Tax-Exemptions for Terror Act" proposal and just after Texas's designation. The investigation may be pretextual—designed to justify an already-made designation rather than to discover facts.

True or False: The Texas Department of Public Safety has independent authority to investigate and designate organizations as terrorist threats based on state law alone.

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