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Democrats, Greg Abbott and Texas

Greg Abbott is testing new legal ground in his push to expel absent Democrats

A constitutional law expert says the governor and the attorney general are treading upon separation of powers doctrine .

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 6h

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Texas Democrats from office. Can he legally do that?

DALLAS — Texas Republicans have threatened to remove from office dozens of Democrats who fled the state to fight a Republican redistricting plan. More than 50 Democrats left Texas to block a quorum, preventing lawmakers from voting on the plan pushed by President Donald Trump.

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Texas Gov. Abbott claims FBI is going to search for Texas House Democrats

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that he had heard that the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state in protest of proposed new congressional maps.

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Does Gov. Abbott have the power to remove Democratic lawmakers?

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu from his seat, arguing that Wu abandoned his office by fleeing the state.

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Law scholars say Gov. Abbott’s bid to oust Rep. Wu is unprecedented, lacks legal basis

Quorum breaking has a long history in Texas; however, Gov. Greg Abbott's Tuesday petition to the state's Supreme Court is ...

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Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) defended his state’s controversial redistricting move as necessary, given the Democrats’ own ...

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