Its illegal and the District Attorney should be dismissed for exceeding his statutory powers.
10-1 he is a Democrat.
10-1 he is a Democrat.
Of course, she is a Democrat. She's the DA of Travis County. Which means she is completely within her statutory powers.
As posted on a previous thread:
For the benefit of non-Texans, they need to know that the state's constitution grants the Travis County District Attorney legal jurisdiction over every elected official in the state -- including those elected to federal office.Travis County is home to the capitol, Austin, and generally populated by moonbats -- government workers, lobbyists, university faculty, techies, artists & musicians & dopers and their hangers-on. It's San Francisco-on-the-Colorado.
As a consequence, Travis County elects far left local politicians -- and their DA happens to exert statewide power. And they have no trouble finding a grand jury that's ready to indict a Republican for chewing gum on the wrong side of his mouth.
Tom Delay was one example. Even the inoffensive Kay Bailey Hutchison was a target of some trumped up charges that were dropped one second after the court was gaveled to order.
Lehmberg's action against Perry is nothing more than partisan harassment designed to complicate his presidential run.
And, no, I don't know why the state legislature hasn't gotten around to posing a constitutional amendment that would end this petty scourge.