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Democrats, Supreme Court of Texas and Ken Paxton

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 22h

Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff

Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the governor’s authority to make the request.

Texas AG files petition with Supreme Court to vacate 13 House Democratic seats

Reversing course, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits in courts in Illinois and Texas in response to House Democrats absconding six days ago to prevent a vote on Congressional redistricting.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 20h

Ken Paxton petitions Texas Supreme Court to remove quorum-breaking Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the state's highest court to vacate the seats of more than a dozen Texas House Democrats that left the state to break quorum in an attempt to prevent a vote on redrawn congressional maps.

Texas, Democrats and GOP redistricting

Texas AG says he's filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight

Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward with their controversial redistricting.

The Washington Post on MSN · 13h

Texas attorney general sues to remove 13 absent Democrats from office

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the state's high court Friday to expel 13 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas this week in an effort to prevent the GOP-controlled legislature from redrawing congressional district maps to create five new safe seats for Republicans.

Texas Democrats remain out of state to block Trump’s redistricting scheme

Democratic Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa joins MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart with an update on Democrats’ battle to stop Republicans' gerrymandered Texas congressional map.

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Multiple briefs filed with Texas Supreme Court in Abbott lawsuit against Wu

Multiple individuals have filed amicus briefs with the Texas Supreme Court in response to an emergency writ of quo warranto ...

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What Supreme Court justices said about gerrymandering

The Texas showdown has revived gerrymandering fears as the Supreme Court's 2019 Rucho ruling left redistricting power ...

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Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state

The order came at the request of AG Ken Paxton, whom O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a "fishing expedition ...

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A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting

For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints, but the court has also signaled it could further weaken the landmark ...

Opinion

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The Founders would abhor Trump’s call to send the FBI after Texas Democrats

The last remnant of the Constitution’s system of checks and balances is the one that remains partly in Democratic hands ...

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Supreme Court could end race-based voting districts. Good. They're antiquated. | Opinion

A redistricting war between red and blue states has erupted – and it's bigger than Texas. Here's what to know about Louisiana ...

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Texas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?

When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s ...

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Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas AG seeks to oust absent lawmakers

The redistricting standoff in Texas has taken a sharp legal turn. On Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a sweeping ...

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