Texas Republicans pressure court to reverse decision blocking attorney general from prosecuting elec

[TexasTowelie]

by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune


Texas' highest criminal court is facing intense pressure from fellow Republican elected officials to revisit a recent ruling that gutted the attorney general's ability to unilaterally prosecute election cases.

In recent days, the state's top GOP leaders — including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — have weighed in on the matter and sided with those imploring the Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider the decision. The all-GOP court issued an 8-1 opinion last month that struck down the attorney general's power to go after election cases without the permission of local prosecutors, saying it violates the separation-of-powers clause in the Texas Constitution.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has been vocal in his criticism of the decision and has filed a motion for rehearing. And in recent interviews with conservative media, he has called on supporters to pressure the court to reverse the ruling.

"Call them out by name," Paxton said in an interview on the show of Mike Lindell, the My Pillow CEO and prominent Donald Trump supporter. "I mean, you can look them up. There's eight of them that voted the wrong way. Call them, send mail, send email."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/26/texas-ken-paxton-court-election-prosecution/

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. What the fascists mean is terrorise the judges, badger them etc...normal operating procedure...

one problem...judges don’t use Twitter and Facebook so…good luck.

Incredible isn’t it how much they hate democracy and the rule of law and don’t care if u know it.

How do they get away with this?? Media? How, I wonder.

[House of Roberts]

2. What they want is to take hostages,

and prosecute them at the state level in retaliation for what the Dems are doing to the real traitors.

It's also a form of witness intimidation, as well as prosecutor intimidation, aimed at the DoJ.