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What's going on in Texas, where Democrats have walked out of the state legislature in an effort to thwart (or at least postpone) handing Donald Trump five more congressional seats in the 2026 midterms. Is it a crime? Does it break norms? And most importantly: will it work? And we check back in with the administration's efforts to keep Alina Habba on a job she's not legally entitled to have and for which she has zero qualifications. What could possibly go wrong??
Links:
Texas HB4
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HB4
Texas HB4 Map
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/texas-redistricting-congressional-maps-house-republicans/
Texas Constitution
https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf
Texas House Rules
https://www.house.texas.gov/pdfs/resources/House-Rules.pdf
US v. Giraud
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69409922/united-states-v-giraud-iii/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
Show Links:
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/
BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod
Threads: @LawAndChaosPod
Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What's going on in Texas, where Democrats have walked out of the state legislature in an effort to thwart (or at least postpone) handing Donald Trump five more congressional seats in the 2026 midterms. Is it a crime? Does it break norms? And most importantly: will it work? And we check back in with the administration's efforts to keep Alina Habba on a job she's not legally entitled to have and for which she has zero qualifications. What could possibly go wrong??
Links:
Texas HB4
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HB4
Texas HB4 Map
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/texas-redistricting-congressional-maps-house-republicans/
Texas Constitution
https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf
Texas House Rules
https://www.house.texas.gov/pdfs/resources/House-Rules.pdf
US v. Giraud
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69409922/united-states-v-giraud-iii/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
Show Links:
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/
BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod
Threads: @LawAndChaosPod
Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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