Posted on 08/15/2014 3:57:33 PM PDT by bgill
The Republican governor is accused of abusing his official powers by publicly promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit at the Travis County District Attorney's office. He was indicted by an Austin grand jury Friday.
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.........anyone that thinks for a moment that this Grand Jury, consisting of Austin Liberal Democrats, are above indicting a Republican ANYBODY is smoking and snortin!
They will do the bidding of the Democrat District Attorney. This is a cesspool, no septic tank, and needs to be cleaned up.
The problem really truly is AUSTIN. It is about 70% radical liberal. Future such grand juries must be completely removed from Austin. I suggest Williamson County next door to the north.
That is a conservative county yes but they can be counted on to indict ANYBODY if the facts justified it including a Governor.
That just applies to Republican’s. When a Democrat is indicted it’s considered to be a new qualification for office.
Something needs to be done.
The Delay fiasco should have been this guy’s final play.
Somebody from DNC Headquarters gave the marching orders.
Thank you for that...I really needed a good giggle.
He looks more like a bologna sandwich, like most politicians.
I doubt it Tofu. Perry should get this thrown out in fast order because there is nothing here.
No Sir! They gave the donations!
In the Texas Capitol, money talks and bullshit walks!
http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/1_printable.html
As in the U.S. Constitution, the only legal method of removing a governor from office is through the process of impeachment and conviction. Impeachment is the process of accusing an official of misconduct in office and is similar to the process of indictment by a grand jury. Impeachment is only a formal accusation - it is not a determination of guilt or innocence. This judgment requires a trial.
Efforts to remove a governor begin in the Texas House of Representatives, which must cast a majority vote in favor of impeachment. Such a vote amounts to bringing formal charges against a governor. The Texas Constitution, however, does not provide any specific grounds for impeachment, leaving such judgments in the hands of the Legislature. Again, this is similar to the national constitution; impeachment is based on the commission of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but after more than two hundred years there is still no consensus what this phrase means in practice.
Impeachment is followed by a trial in the Texas Senate. The House is charged with prosecuting the case, with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (an elected position) presiding over the proceedings (i.e., acting as the judge in the case). Conviction requires a two-thirds vote of the senators present. If convicted, a governor is removed from office and disqualified from holding any other state office. James Ferguson (1915-1917) is the only governor to be impeached and convicted. Any member of the executive or judicial branch can be impeached and tried.
Like the impeachment and removal procedure at the federal level, the state constitution provides for a process that is an amalgam of judicial and political elements. Elected officials initiate and carry out the process, but the procedures have a judicial flavor to them that invites elected officials to sit in objective judgment akin to the role played by a jury in a court proceeding. Given the difficulty political actors may have judging objectively, the Constitution ensures that the process will be used rarely.
I’ll bump it to show what the Travis county DA’s office is capable of and what they do to anyone with an (R) behind their name.
he’ll get his day in court.. in ten years when it’s thrown out like Delay’s was.
Ronnie Earle is no longer Travis County DA but his “system” is. I knew a guy who was campaign manager for Jim Mattox who was running against Ann Richards when Kay Bailey Hutchison was indicted. Mattox say “Ann Richards’ first campaign volley always to have Ronnie Earle indict somebody.”
Perry has been making Obama look bad. Don’t be surprised if Cruz is next.
Perry wouldn't support Cruz for the Senate. I doubt he will for POTUS.
Texas ping
Done?
Not in my eyed. They did the same to scott walker and it didn’t stick. If fact the prosecutors are the ones being sued.
Grow a pair and support your governor.
Since when can someone be INDICTED for exercising his Constitutional powers????
Perry isn’t perfect but he’s better than 99.9% of the politicians out there.
I think that DeLay beat all of the charges and convictions-
Guilty verdict and its reversal on appeal-————————
On September 19, 2013, a Texas appeals court overturned Delay’s conviction, ruling that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain his convictions. The current DA’s office has said it will appeal the decision before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Wikipedia
Democrats: the party of drunken driving.
He was acquitted. Sure, he had to drop out of his reelection bid, but Perry isn’t running for reelection, and if he decides to run for president it won’t be for another year, by which time this silly case will be over.
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