>>He was indicted and arrested Kevin - there is no mystery here.
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>>So the specific laws he broke were:
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>>1) Abuse of official capacity - section 39.02 of the Texas Penal Code
>>2) Coercion of a public servant - section 36.03(a)(1) of the Penal Code
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>>Surely you are not trying to suggest there is no legal precedent for these 2 types of charges are you?
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>He was not arrested. There was not going to be an arrest. The judge who otherwise would have issued the warrant stated Monday morning that Perry would receive a summons. But Perry decided to turn himself in.

Yes he was arrested and booked. He will be arraigned Friday morning..

>The first one (abuse of official capacity to harm or defraud) is pure B.S. That will get tossed out immediately.
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>The second one is going to come to blows with the governor's authority to veto. Perry's legal defense might include a counter-charge that his state constitutional right to veto is being violated. Trust me, no Democratic governor who understands their state constitutions will want to see Perry indicted on this charge.
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>Think about this for a minute - clearly the majority of those who back this charge are Democrats. It's going to be very hard to argue that executive powers are broad when a Democratic president uses them to defer action against illegal immigrants, but narrow when a Republican governor uses them in a line item vote to cut state funding for a County DAs office. You really want to make that argument? Good luck and god bless.
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>I admit that Perry isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and doesn't know when to keep his mouth closed - but I can't see this sticking. This indictment isn't even corrupt - it's moronic.