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Celtics Re-Sign Coach Joe Mazzulla to Contract Extension Amid Historic Start to Career

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Mounting Debt Taking a Toll on Health, Nearly Half of Americans Say

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Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents

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Zelenskyy Rules Out Ceding Land to Russia Ahead of Trump-Putin Meeting

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Aug. 8, asking the court to declare the House seats of 13 Texas Democrats vacant due to “unlawful absences.” Paxton filed the lawsuit shortly after Democrats broke a deadline set by Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows to return to the Capitol on Friday. “I have asked the Texas Supreme Court to declare what has been clear from the beginning: that the runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House,” Paxton said in a press release. Story continues below advertisement The lawsuit is aimed at 13 Democratic members who stated publicly they refused to return, “confirming in their own words the very grounds for this legal action,” according to the press release. Those named include the following Texas Democratic representatives: Ron Reynolds, Vikki Goodwin, Gina Hinojosa, James Talarico, Lulu Flores, Mihaela Plesa, Suleman Lalani, Chris Turner, Ana-Maria Ramos, Jessica Gonzalez, John Bucy III, Christina Morales, and Gene Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chairman. Paxton said Texas law gives him the authority to represent the state in “quo warranto actions” and to appear before the Texas Supreme Court in matters of direct state interest. Related Stories Texas Governor Aims to Remove Absent Democrats With Emergency Petition to State High Court The Epoch Times Texas Holds Legislative Session After Democrat Lawmakers Depart The Epoch Times More than 50 state Democrats fled the state to derail Republican plans to redraw the state’s Congressional map before the midterm elections. “When members of the legislature disregard arrest warrants, refuse to perform their duties, and announce that they intend to prevent the legislature from exercising its constitutional responsibilities, they have, through words and conduct, demonstrated an intent to relinquish and abandon their offices,” the lawsuit states. Such legal action is rarely used. Warranto petitions are typically used to challenge a person’s right to hold a public or corporate office or to revoke a corporation’s charter. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also filed a warranto petition on Aug. 5 with the state’s high court, naming Wu as a respondent. The governor’s lawsuit alleged that House Democrats abdicated their official duties by refusing to show up for work. Story continues below advertisement The state justices gave Wu until Friday to respond. Paxton and Burrows took steps to enforce arrest warrants in other states, while the attorney general also began investigations into Powered by People and Texas Majority PAC for allegedly “operating an illegal financial influence scheme to bribe Democrats into breaking quorum.” Also, the fleeing Democrats potentially face felony charges and fines of $500 per day that must be paid from their own funds. The fight between Democrats and Republicans started when the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent Abbott a letter on July 7 raising concerns that four congressional districts in the Houston and Dallas areas were unconstitutional because of “racial gerrymandering.” Current boundaries run afoul of the Voting Rights Act by relying on racial demographics to group minority voters into “coalition districts,” where no single racial group forms a majority, according to the DOJ. Abbott added redrawing the congressional map onto the special session agenda, prompting the Democrats to purposefully break quorum and grind the legislature to a halt.

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Texas AG Files Suit With State Supreme Court to Declare Seats of 13 Absent Democrats Vacant

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Trump to Meet Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15

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Winter Freeze Could Chill Iowa Caucus Turnout

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House Judiciary Committee Launches Inquiry Into Fani Willis’ Special Trump Prosecutor

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Texas Gov. Takes ‘Full Control’ of Eagle Pass Park After Border Chaos

By Caden Pearson Texas state authorities have taken control of a public park fronting the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, a southern border town that ...

Trump 14th Amendment Challenger Arrested on Federal Tax Charges

By Jack Phillips A man who filed a number of lawsuits in different states to try to prevent former President Donald Trump from appearing on ...

Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Charges

By Jill McLaughlin and Zachary Stieber LOS ANGELES—President Joe Biden’s son on Jan. 11 pleaded not guilty to nine tax charges, in an arraignment in ...

Hunter Biden Appears on Capitol Hill as Republicans Move to Hold Him in Contempt

By Zachary Stieber President Joe Biden’s son appeared at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Jan. 10 as lawmakers consider holding him in contempt ...

Controversy Erupts After New York Democrat Said Illegal Immigrants Needed for Redistricting In Resurfaced Clip

By Tom Ozimek Amid the massive influx of illegal aliens into New York City that has filled up shelters and prompted the mayor to declare ...

Trump Says Georgia Case ‘Totally Compromised’ After Allegations of DA Fani Willis’s ‘Improper’ Romantic Relationship

By Tom Ozimek Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the Georgia election interference case against him “totally compromised” and insisted it should be dropped ...

New Hampshire AG Says Democrats Engaging in Voter Suppression, Violating Election Law

By Alice Giordano The New Hampshire attorney general’s office has accused the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of unlawful voter suppression and violating state election laws ...

Court Interference With Trump Will Incite Violence

By Alice Giordano As dangerous as he sees former President Donald Trump, Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) says it would be more dangerous ...

FBI: Illegal Aliens Tried Nearly 48,000 Times to Purchase Firearms Over Past 25 Years

By Allan Stein PHOENIX, Ariz.—The FBI logged more than 47,000 attempts by illegal aliens to purchase firearms at gun shops over the past 25 years, ...

Trump Files Motion to Dismiss Georgia Election Case, Argues He Has Immunity

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump on Jan. 8 filed several motions to dismiss his election case in Fulton County, Georgia, where he and ...