Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Texas, seeking judicial declarations that 13 Texas House seats have been vacated due to the ongoing unlawful absences of Democrat legislators who did not meet the return deadline set by Speaker Dustin Burrows.
“The rogue Democrat legislators who fled the state have abandoned their responsibilities, leaving their seats unoccupied,” Paxton stated in a press release. “These individuals have intentionally undermined the constitutional process and breached the oath they pledged to uphold.
“Their rebellion from out of state cannot be ignored, and the operations of Texas must continue. I have requested the Texas Supreme Court to affirm what has been evident from the outset: that the runaway members have officially vacated their positions in the Texas House,” he further remarked.
