Under your logic, Texas should just abolish the office of governor period. You see in the real world, every decision a governor makes is coercion. A governor threatens vetos all the time to get the legislature to do what he wants. It is all part of the negotiations of crafting legislation. So under your logic, if Perry threatens to veto a state income tax, he should be hauled off to jail. What the law the partisans are using against him is meant to prevent people from threatening public officials. For example, do this or I will kill all your cats. That is what is meant as coercion. What Perry did is not coercion but pure simple legislating.
“Perry did is not coercion but pure simple legislating.”
Yeah OK.