On August 5, Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the State Supreme Court to declare that one of the Democratic legislators who has fled the state to stop the redistricting bill is no longer a member of the legislature. In re Greg Abbott, 25-0674. Here is the Governor’s filing.
The case is weak because precedent makes clear the Governor doesn’t have standing to do this. Thanks to Jim Riley for the case number.
In order to see newer filings in the case, use this link.
This needs to be done.
The case is strong because these fugitive felons abandoned their jobs and fled the state! I’m looking forward to these runaway getting dragged back in chains and being put to work in the cotton fields while getting bullwhipped by White men on horseback!
There should be a Congressional hat draw whereby two states are randomly paired to configure each other’s districts. Yes, there will be some red-on-red and blue-on-blue matches, but there would be plenty of blue-on-red pairs which will level each other out.
Tex, even the Texas Attorney General agrees that the Governor doesn’t have standing. He has filed his own separate lawsuit but he probably doesn’t have standing either.
We need a new census without illegal invaders to account for all the folks who moved during the scamdemic/insurrectionist burn loot murder riot era.
So who has standing?
FBI is hot on the trail of the dangerous Texas fugitives who fled to heavily gerrymandered demon-rat run cities in order to revictimize central Texas flooding survivors. These rats can run, but they can’t hide!
Yet another reason not to give lazy minorities important jobs.
move O-U-T of district or State = disqualified = vacancy ???
Of course they are disqualified. They are not doing their jobs.
Job abandonment is a legitimate reason to expel.
They are defective. Put them in jobs they are more naturally suited to, such as on chain gangs picking up trash, breaking rocks, picking cotton, making license plates, and or sewing ICE uniforms. And put them under guard by White men with bullwhips, guns, large hungry dogs, tasers, and bear spray in shackles and leg irons.
I don’t know about Texas, but the Constitution gives each House of Congress the right to expel any members. It does require a 2/3s vote to do that, but it doesn’t require a reason.
Presumably, if the Texas constitution has similar provisions, they may do likewise to any member or members.
But, as the article rightly points out, the Governor doesn’t have standing; the legislature does.
Lock them up!