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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.”

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.

1 posted on 05/29/2023 12:59:46 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
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To: JeepersFreepers

If this is tr7e the Speaker of theHouse, Phelan needs to go.


2 posted on 05/29/2023 1:02:48 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Boom!


3 posted on 05/29/2023 1:02:49 PM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Rule of law?
Or Rule of men?


4 posted on 05/29/2023 1:04:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: JeepersFreepers

We need to get rid of Phalen and the other RINOS.

VOTE RINOS OUT.


7 posted on 05/29/2023 1:09:36 PM PDT by Pearfect
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To: JeepersFreepers

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.


11 posted on 05/29/2023 1:17:56 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: JeepersFreepers

Laws these days are useless


13 posted on 05/29/2023 1:20:48 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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14 of the articles of impeachment literally state “disregard of official duty” All of those acts allegedly occurred while he was in office. Another three articles state that Paxton, while in office made false statements in official records.

Toth is dead wrong on this.

14 posted on 05/29/2023 1:22:18 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: JeepersFreepers

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).


15 posted on 05/29/2023 1:25:57 PM PDT by BobL
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To: JeepersFreepers

“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.


20 posted on 05/29/2023 1:46:11 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: JeepersFreepers
interviewed by Matt Gaetz on Newsmax TV

Members of Congress are "interviewing" other politicians?

22 posted on 05/29/2023 2:05:19 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: JeepersFreepers

I’m of mixed mind on this. Whilst I think I understand the point, the man did apparently cheat on his spouse.

Sympathy, I do not have.


23 posted on 05/29/2023 2:05:53 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: JeepersFreepers

What’s the political makeup of the TX Supreme Court?


24 posted on 05/29/2023 2:06:46 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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ARCHIVE
https://archive.is/KY6TQ


27 posted on 05/29/2023 2:40:08 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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