<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1gh41K_1H0bYmpf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1gh41K_1H0bYmpf00" width="233" height="233" ></figure>RUSK COUNTY — The Rusk County Republican Party has passed a resolution asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a special session to limit the powers of the governor’s office. On Tuesday, the Rusk County GOP chair Rachel Hale shared the adopted resolution, which asks for a special session “without delay” to reform the governor’s office’s use of emergency powers.The emergency powers are a part of the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, which allows the governor to declare a state of disaster and suspend laws and issue executive orders without limit.The resolution states that the county party opposed Abbott’s previous use of the powers, including in 2020, when he used them to “close Texas businesses” and “override local and individual decisions.”“The protection of our constitutional rights should never be a partisan issue,” Hale wrote on social media. “No governor, Republican or Democrat, should have unchecked power to suspend the laws or bypass the Legislature. This resolution calls for accountability, constitutional limits, and the protection of Texans’ freedoms now and for generations to come.”Last week, State Rep. Brian Harrison also asked Abbott to call a special session to revoke the emergency powers by passing HB 911, which Harrison authored in 2022.Officials identify man arrested for aggravated assault during UT Tyler Turning Point USA event“Due to Texas’s absurd (and almost certainly unconstitutional) emergency powers laws, Gov. Hinojosa will literally inherit the power to modify laws, ignore laws, or create and enforce laws — including criminal laws — on a whim!” Harrison wrote to Abbott on Nov. 4. “I warned years ago that no governor, Republican or Democrat, should have these broad emergency powers.”In the resolution, the Rusk County GOP says they would support the following legislation:“Prohibit the Governor from suspending or modifying any statute”“End any emergency order after 30 days unless the Legislature votes to ratify it”“Prohibit the Governor from reissuing an order that has expired or that the Legislature has rejected”“Require every emergency order to be narrowly tailored to the emergency it addresses; and”“Give emergency orders expedited review in the courts.”The 90th State Legislative session is set to begin on Jan. 12, 2027.</div></body>

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RUSK COUNTY — The Rusk County Republican Party has passed a resolution asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a special session to limit the powers of the governor’s office. On Tuesday, the Rusk County GOP chair Rachel Hale shared the adopted resolution, which asks for a special session “without delay” to reform the governor’s office’s use of emergency powers.

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RUSK COUNTY — The Rusk County Republican Party has passed a resolution asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a special session to limit the powers of the gov

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