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Texas, Abbott and Supreme Court

USA TODAY on MSN · 16m

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sues to remove House Democratic leader amid redistricting battle

Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu removed from office.

Associated Press News on MSN · 3h

Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

Texas Democrat Reacts as Abbott Asks State Supreme Court to Remove Him

The chair of the Democratic Caucus in Texas' House of Representatives called Governor Abbott's move "purely insanity."

Texas Attorney General, Democrats

UPI on MSN · 1h

Texas AG will seek to vacate congressional seats of fled Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he will ask the court to declare the seats of the absent Democrats vacant.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 4h

Texas Attorney General Paxton will ask courts to vacate Democratic lawmakers’ seats

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.

Full Interview: 3 Democratic Texas lawmakers on fleeing state amid GOP redistricting push

CBS News' Ed O'Keefe speaks with Texas State Representatives John Bucy, Ann Johnson and James Talarico about their move to flee the state in order to block a vote on a redrawn Congressional map that would favor Republicans.

News Nation on MSN5h

Texas Dems have legal right to leave state: State party chair

Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats ...

12h

DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with 'every option on the table'

Texas House Democrats taking refuge in Illinois to break a legislative quorum in their home state, along with Democratic ...

4h

Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...

8hon MSN

Will Texas Democrats’ walkout work?

For months, Democrats have been urging their party to play more hardball in fighting back against President Donald Trump’s ...

2h

Texas Republicans blocked again from moving forward with their redistricting plan

Trump administration live updates: House members face rowdy town halls; Texas GOP back arrests of absent Democrats Attorney ...

1hon MSN

Trump's redistricting fight could broaden and last a while with Texas and California as epicenters

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

1don MSN

Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

6hon MSN

‘Butter knife to a gunfight': Democratic lawmaker rips his party's strategy in redistricting battle

Texas, urged his party to fight harder against Republican gerrymandering efforts in his home state, saying Democrats need to match GOP tactics.

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