Most of the people who complain about stolen lands have a very selective view of history. The truth is if you covet what your neighbor has you will inevitably lose what you have.
When Mexico was stealing the land called Mexico from the country called Spain, who had stolen it from the Aztecs, who had stolen from the people they conquered and enslaved and killed,[1] the Comanche still claimed and controlled much of what would eventually be called the United Mexican States. Since the Comanche had arrived there from the plains to steal said land there were some people who were trying to settle, dress, and keep it(the land) but had not yet formed a nation according to the Jus Naturale.
NATURAL LAW. "A rule or conduct arising out of the natural relations of human beings, established by the Creator, and existing prior to any positive precept. The foundation of this law is placed by the best writers in the will of God. discovered by right reason, and aided by divine revelation; and its principles, when applicable, apply with equal obligation to individuals and to nations.." 1 Kent, Comm. 2, note; Id 4, note. See Jus NATURALE. </Ref>
Americans were some of the few people who did not perpetually steal land from others. This was in part because of common moral values found predominating in their culture and religion which included the true Judeo-Christian values of thou shalt not steal.
Did Texas or the United States steal land or was there an agreement to occupy and protect the Right of Self-determination upon land with an intent to own by right of improvement of property, with a purchase price offered, paid, and accepted?
From 1824 to 1830 they, the new Mexicans which included multiple people from a variety of nations, were drafting constitutions that would eventually prohibit slavery, allow juries to interpret the facts and laws, and even included universal suffrage.
Constitutive Act in the first month of 1824, outlined initial state formations but by October the Federal Constitution established 19 states. Those states would write their own constitutions as we see with Coahuila y Tejas.
The convention of 1833 was part of this idea of writing constitutions as the beginning of social contracts. By 1835 The State of Coahuila and Texas was split into two governments until until Antonio de Padua María Severino López deSanta Anna y Pérez de Lebrón abolished the constitution.
Both would declare their independence from Mexico followed by Yucatán, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Tabasco.
After the murderous attach on the Alamo the Texan would when their right to self determination as the Republic of Texas.
The term “jury nullification” was not commonly used, acquittals could—and did—occur when jurors felt the law or punishment did not align with moral sensibilities.
In United States v. Dougherty, Texas courts argue that instructing or even encouraging jurors to ignore the law would undermine the rule of law producing unjust and arbitrary verdicts through bias acquitals.
Texas courts cannot "eliminate the underlying possibility that some juries may vote their conscience rather than the statute’s letter."[2]
"Outside the courtroom, smaller activist or civic groups occasionally circulate materials about jury nullification, framing it as a check against governmental overreach. These organizations may hand out pamphlets or run online campaigns, drawing parallels to historical examples like the Fugitive Slave Trials. However, these efforts generally remain on the fringes, and courts or prosecutors frown upon any attempts to directly influence jurors with non-official literature—sometimes interpreting such actions as encroaching on jury tampering."[2]
They could be asked to take an oath so that by swearing that oath they bind their conscience to decide a case by the letter of the statute and thereby waive their unassailable right to "vote their conscience".
Even though, to take such an oath would be turning from the way instructed by Christ many people choose to do so even while they claim to follow Him.
Footnotes
↑As an example the Arikara were the first tribe to inhabit the Black Hills as far as we know. But they were forced out through bloody wars and were followed by the Crow, the Pawnee, then the Kiowa, and then Cheyenne, before the Lakota Sioux took it from them. This is the story has been repeated everywhere in the world of men throughout history.