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Clearly this was a good move by the Texas Legislature, and now all prosecutions will be instigated by a special unit of the Texas Rangers and the prosecutions will be conducted by the local county prosecutor in the hometown of the accused, which for Rick Perry is Paint Creek, Texas.
So the Democrats will no longer be in a position to instigate the sort of outrageous partisan witch hunts, that we have seen with Tom Delay (exonerated) and currently with Rick Perry (likely to be exonerated soon).
It is not clear what happens with the current case against Perry, with the Travis County DA no longer having authority to instigate or oversee these matters. Ideally, the state of Texas will drop the charges, freeing Rick to pursue his presidential ambitions.
Wednesday’s ruling brought an abrupt end to the politically charged legal troubles that have dogged Perry for 18 months, looming over the closing months of his 14 years in office and casting a pall over his second unsuccessful run for president.
Good News for Rick Perry ...... really good news is that is the last time the Leftist Political Machine in Austin, TX will be able to pull this sort of nonsense. An end to an Era of phony court cases.
Because the evidence wasn't there and the other side kept stalling hoping something would magically appear.
There were no constitutional restrictions placed on the Governor's right to veto.
Personally I think Perry was right. That DA should have been fired by Travis County after her arrest.
From the judge:
“The governor’s power to exercise a veto may not be circumscribed by the Legislature, by the courts, or by district attorneys,” Keller wrote. “When the only act that is being prosecuted is a veto, then the prosecution itself violates separation of powers.”
The reaction, both locally, and nationally is hilarious. Posters on the left leaning outlets have their collective heads imploding with allegations of corrupt courts, favoritism, etc. I can't quite grasp how they cannot see the lack of merit in this case. It's extremely simple. The Travis county DA was arrested for DUI, at nearly three times the legal limit, and with an open bottle of vodka in her vehicle. Following her arrest, she became hostile, and was both physically, and verbally abusive to the arresting officers, and jail employees. Following release of the video, and her subsequent conviction, Perry asked her to resign. She refused. Perry then used his legal line item veto power to cut funding to her office. There is no doubt that the case she brought against Perry was anything more than political retribution.
Headline should be "Corrupt Court follows Texas Constitution".
Please explain how the suit filed by Lehmberg had any shred of merit? She got arrested, and convicted of DUI. Perry asked her to resign. She refused. He legally used his power of line item veto to defund her office. She sought retribution via a lawsuit. The court determined Perry acted within his constitutional powers regarding his use of line item veto. But, I suppose if you'd rather side with the Travis county DA, that was convicted of DUI at nearly three times the legal limit, and was both physically and verbally abusive to the arresting officers, and jail employees, over a governor acting within his constitutional rights, that's your choice.
Originally Posted by Kibby
Headline should be "Corrupt Court follows Texas Constitution".
Sorry you didn't "get" the sarcasm. The Leftist are all whining about "corrupt GOP court" that just followed Texas Law. The case against Perry had ZERO merit and those that participated in it should face massive fines for wasting Taxpayer Dollars.
As I said in my update to this thread - this will never happen again. The Texas Legislature passed a Law to take this Ethics Court away from the Corrupt Leftists that control Travis County.
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Originally Posted by TXStrat
Please explain how the suit filed by Lehmberg had any shred of merit? She got arrested, and convicted of DUI. Perry asked her to resign. She refused. He legally used his power of line item veto to defund her office. She sought retribution via a lawsuit. The court determined Perry acted within his constitutional powers regarding his use of line item veto. But, I suppose if you'd rather side with the Travis county DA, that was convicted of DUI at nearly three times the legal limit, and was both physically and verbally abusive to the arresting officers, and jail employees, over a governor acting within his constitutional rights, that's your choice.
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