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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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Lake Pulls Ahead of Robson in Heated Race for Republican Nomination for Arizona Governor

By Allan Stein Kari Lake pulled ahead of Karrin Taylor Robson in a heated five-way battle for the Republican nomination for governor of Arizona in the ...

‘America First’ Candidate Mark Finchem Wins Republican Nomination for Arizona Secretary of State

By Allan Stein Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem has won the Republican nomination for Arizona secretary of state in the Aug. 2 primary election. Finchem defeated ...

‘Resist, Wake Up, Stop Obeying’: Holocaust Survivor Draws Parallels in Current Society to Nazi Germany

By Matt McGregor Vera Sharav was only 3 years old when her world collapsed. She and her family were chased out of Romania and herded into ...

Senators Paul, Hassan to Lead First Ever Congressional Hearing on Gain-of-Function Research

By Cathy He Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Maggie Hassan (N.H.) are set to lead the first congressional hearing on gain-of-function research as part of his ongoing ...

Why Military Enlistments are Plummeting

By Oliver L. North & David Goetsch One of the reasons the U.S. has been the world’s superpower since World War II is the size, ...

The Power of the Trump Endorsement: Myth or Magic?

By Patricia Tolson News Analysis Several polling outlets are predicting that Republicans will take control of both the House and possibly the Senate in the 2022 primaries. While some individuals are attributing ...

Subpoenas Going to Return ‘Treasure Trove’ of Documents From Biden Administration: Louisiana AG

By Zachary Stieber and Jan Jekielek The subpoenas and discovery requests sent out as part of a lawsuit against the federal government are going to bring back reams ...

LA School District Faces Lawsuit After Son Bribed Into Getting COVID-19 Vaccination: Mother

By Linda Jiang LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the United States, is facing a lawsuit from ...

US Postal Service Makes Announcement on Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterm Elections

By Jack Phillips The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) confirmed it has created a division that will oversee mail-in ballots in future elections. Adrienne Marshall, executive director of the ...

House Incumbents Who Voted to Impeach Trump Face Tough Primary in Washington

By Frank Fang Two of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump last year are seeking to stay in Congress, when they ...

Sen. Johnson Expects ‘Deal’ to Conceal Indictment of Hunter Biden

By Jack Phillips Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday that he expects there to be an agreement to conceal an indictment of Hunter Biden. Johnson predicted in ...

Michigan Citizens’ Initiative to Outlaw Private Elections Funding, Require Voter ID Headed for Passage

By Steven Kovac A citizen-initiated bill to ban private funding of elections, prohibit the secretary of state from sending out unsolicited applications for absentee ballots, ...