When Texas House Democrats fled the state to stall a vote on a new congressional map, Gov. Greg Abbott made the extraordinary move of petitioning the Texas Supreme Court to remove their caucus leader from office.
Abbott initially urged the court to act within 48 hours of his filing, but the court rejected that compressed timeline and set a hearing for September 4.
Still, Abbott touted the court’s decision as a victory, posting on social media that the briefing schedule brings the “ring leader of the derelict Democrats … closer to consequences.”
