Texas Supreme Court refuses to remove Democrats who fled state

Source: The Hill News · Bias: Center

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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday shut down Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) effort to penalize the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state last summer in an attempt to block a rare mid-decade redistricting effort.  Abbott asked the all-Republican court in an emergency petition last August to find that the Texas House’s Democratic leader,…

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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday shut down Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) effort to penalize the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state last summer in an attempt to block a rare mid-decade redistricting effort.  Abbott asked the all-Republican court in an emergency petition last August to find that the Texas House’s Democratic leader,…