Not only that, but McCrum's legal theory demands that money appropriated by the legislature be considered property under the governor's possession or control which he then deprives the government of by his veto. That's completely illogical.
Needless to say the department which might get funded by the legislature isn't funded until such time as the legislation is either enacted into law by the governor, or the legislature overrides the governor's veto.
Whaaaaat - no wacky indictments against the complicit Texas legislators?! They are just as guilty as Perry for not overriding his veto. /sarc
Bingo. You do not illegally coerce someone by doing something perfectly legal.
You see this is what comes of a soulless society. In a decent society you couldn’t get McCrum to even consider this indictment.
But in modern day America you have people looking at the statute and talking themselves into it.
Mr. McCrum strikes me as an absolute egotist. Any thinking person would have to acknowledge all the huge political (as in political authority) and constitutional problems raised by this indictment. McCrum comes out with a straight face and says yeah, we should threaten governors with 100 years in jail for vetoing a bill because he has a problem with a unit’s personnel.