Texas AG Files Suit With State Supreme Court to Declare Seats of 13 Absent Democrats Vacant
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 01, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Aug. 8, asking it to declare 13 Texas House seats vacant “due to continued unlawful absences by Democrat legislators who failed