The Texas legislature needs to strip county DAs from pursuing election law prosecutions. That authority should reside entirely with the Attorney General's office, or at the federal level if it involves federal campaign violations.
At the very best, little ronnie will soon find out that his powers to disrupt the national GOP have dropped to zero.
The Texas legislature needs to strip county DAs from pursuing election law prosecutions. That authority should reside entirely with the Attorney General's office, or at the federal level if it involves federal campaign violations. It will take a Constitutional Amendment. The Texas Constitution gives authority for prosecution of statewide public officials and federal elected offices to the District Attorney of Travis County.
Sam Houston had no idea that a guy like Ronnie Earle could ever get elected in this state.