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The highest court in Texas rejected efforts by the Republican Party and Governor Greg Abbott to severely punish 50 Democrats who fled the state last year in an attempt to block a vote on new congressional maps.<\/p>

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An all-Republican bench sided with the state lawmakers, who left for New York, Illinois, and other states, finding they did not abandon their seats as Abbott and other local GOP leaders claimed, leading to calls for the Democrats’ arrests.<\/p>

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Governor Greg Abbott and other GOP leaders had accused Democrats of abandoning their seats during a protest last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nRepublican Judges Side with Texas Democrats Who Fled State - US Relocation Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=29\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Republican Judges Side with Texas Democrats Who Fled State - US Relocation Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Greg Abbott and other GOP leaders had accused Democrats of abandoning their seats during a protest last year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=29\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"US Relocation Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T16:07:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7eba8eabc5b82681501b223406aa7a51.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e0d67e3b0d3c1ffefd8ff92add2033bd\"},\"headline\":\"Republican Judges Side with Texas Democrats Who Fled State\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T16:07:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7eba8eabc5b82681501b223406aa7a51.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usrelocationpost.com\\\/?p=29\",\"name\":\"Republican Judges Side with Texas Democrats Who Fled State - 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