[MikeD]

This article was buried on the front page of the "B" section of the SAEN. I also had to do an extensive search on the website to find it. Nice to know the precedent for expulsion has been set.

MD

[snopercod]

Nice to know the precedent for expulsion has been set

The Texas Constitution provides for replacing vacancies, too. The Governor needs to declare those seats vacant and start the wheels in motion to find some people who will do the job for which they were hired - representing their constituents.

[MikeD]

PING

Anyone up for FReeping our illustrious San Antonio Senator when/if she comes back?

MD

[justlurking]

The "Radical Republicans" had the absentees arrested, then excluded from their seats all but four necessary for a quorum, according to the Handbook of Texas Online. The term radical was applied to those who "were more willing to accept black suffrage" and take action against postwar violence, Moneyhon said.

Did anyone else notice this? This was about voting rights for blacks in the wake of the War Between The States. The article doesn't say the quorum-breakers were Democrats, but if the "Radical Republicans" had them arrested, it's not likely they were members of their own party.

I don't have a complete time-line of the period, but this must have been during Reconstruction. Resentment against Reconstruction is what made Texas predominantly Democrat shortly thereafter, and it remained that way for 130 years.

[solo gringo]

My post the other day read in part it is time for Gov.Perry and L/Gov Dewhurst stop dancing around the issue and file suit and declare the senate seats abandoned and hold a special election to fill the vacant seats.This senate will never be able to work with rhe state capitol for the good of Texas and Texans.The devides are to deep and there is no trust or respect on either side.It is time for the stupid eleven to go.

[thackney]

Texas History, precedent for expulsion from Texas Senate Ping