Texas Supreme Court delays decision on Abbott and Paxton’s request to eject Democrats from office

The Texas Supreme Court requested more information from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to expel several House Democrats from the state legislature.

In a filing Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court said it anticipates final responses to be filed on Sept. 4, about two weeks after the special session is set to end. The court’s request pushes the case’s timeline back weeks, as the court set a three-week period of briefings from both sides.

Abbott and Paxton, in unprecedented moves, bypassed lower courts and directly asked the state Supreme Court to remove 31 Texas House Democrats who left the state to deny Republican lawmakers a quorum to vote on new congressional maps. The effort to redraw the state’s maps mid-decade came amid

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