Posted on 05/29/2023 12:59:46 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
In a Facebook Live on Thursday afternoon, State Rep. Steve Toth (R–The Woodlands) quoted from the code:
“It’s really clear. You can’t remove a statewide officeholder under an alleged accusation that occurred before the person was elected, and that’s exactly what they are doing right now,” said Toth. “This is an illegal act.”
Texas Government Code 665.081 states, “An officer in this state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.”
On Friday night Attorney General Paxton was interviewed by Matt Gaetz on Newsmax TV. Paxton explained to viewers how the Texas GOP lawmakers engaging in an illegal impeachment with the move.
(Excerpt) Read more at republicbrief.com ...
All the serious Articles of Impeachment refer to alleged offences committed prior to his being reelected to office for his third term in 2022. The key question is if the "may have committed before the officer’s election to office" refers to the most recent election or to when he was first elected in 2014. If the former, then the impeachment appears to be illegal and should be thrown out.
If this is tr7e the Speaker of theHouse, Phelan needs to go.
Boom!
Rule of law?
Or Rule of men?
"It's really clear. You can't remove a statewide officeholder under an alleged accusation that occurred before the person was elected, and that’s exactly what they are doing right now," said Toth. "This is an illegal act."
Lex Rex, not Rex Lex.
We need to get rid of Phalen and the other RINOS.
VOTE RINOS OUT.
Whether true or not Phelan needs to go. He is a treasonous rat collaborator.
Some good may come out of this.
At least the Texas voters can see who needs to be replaced.
#1 Rinos
#2 Politicians that can not or will not follow the law.
Agreed, but if the impeachment was illegal there is a reason to do so immediately
The legal qeustion concerns whether or not the AG’s “elected” terms are, as a matter of law, considered contiguous, or if each is separate, indpendent of each other and does not constitue a legally contigous office holding.
If all the terms are considered contiguous, then matters concerning terms before his recent “re-election” are matters within the law’s scope of scrutiny concerning “while in office”.
I think Abbott could lose on that legal question. He is and he was AG, contiguously.
This guy needed to go long ago. Among the many people who control him are the professional sports commissioners who nix all ideas of keeping female sports single sex.
Laws these days are useless
Toth is dead wrong on this.
When the Republicans in the State House voted to convert our freeways to toll roads, I simply voted against my incumbent in the Primary, and then voted Democrat in the General, as that was a red line for me. As for federal elections, I still have a PERFECT RECORD of voting Republican, regardless of how pathetic some of the candidates were.
(for you Ukraine Supporters keeping files on us, feel free to log the above and use it in the future against me)
My point being that Texas Republicans are PATHETIC - we still don’t have a school voucher program, even though, at times we had VETO PROOF majorities in both the State House and the State Senate (and a Republican governor).
Recalls should begin on everyone who voted in favor of the impeachment. If anything, they should be aware of the content off existing laws.
It’s like the 3 strikes law. It’s not the 3 crimes. It’s the inability to count to 3-that’s the crime.
Has Phelan heard of Lynn Cheney?
“refers to the most recent election or to when he was first elected”
A plain text question, or a Political question is the determining factor-
Plain Text - if he lost, they couldn’t do it - you hold office and title when elected, so it’s the current election-
Political - RINOs don’t like him so they can do whatever they want. They Are The Law.
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