Texas Supreme Court rejects Greg Abbott request to oust Democrats who broke quorum

Texas Supreme Court rejects Greg Abbott request to oust Democrats who broke quorum

The Texas Supreme Court rejected on a Friday a request from Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to oust Democratic lawmakers who fled the state legislature last summer to protest their Republican counterparts’ mid-decade redistricting efforts, which were ultimately successful. Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that by breaking quorum, Democrats “abandoned or forfeited their […]

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