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Texas Supreme Court refuses to remove Democrats who fled state
Key takeaways
- Greg Abbott s (R) effort to penalize the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state last summer in an attempt to block a rare mid-decade redistricting effort.
- Abbott asked the all-Republican court in an emergency petition last August to find that the Texas House s Democratic leader, Houston Rep.
- In a Friday opinion, authored by Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, the Lone Star State s high court rejected the request.
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Greg Abbott s (R) effort to penalize the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state last summer in an attempt to block a rare mid-decade redistricting effort.
Abbott asked the all-Republican court in an emergency petition last August to find that the Texas House s Democratic leader, Houston Rep. Gene Wu, had vacated his office when he and more than 50 other Democrats refused to return to Texas to pass a new GOP-drawn congressional map.
In a Friday opinion, authored by Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, the Lone Star State s high court rejected the request.
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