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The Southern Independence Party of Texas
59 Democratic Texas Legislators Flee to Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Mexico Abdicating their Legislative Offices Federation of States - May 12, 2003 - In a conspiracy to disrupt, circumvent and/or violate Texas law and alter our form of government by not only refusing to act as Representatives in the Texas House, but by an obvious attempt to stall and bring the government to its knees by fleeing from the State and thus effectively abdicating their offices. This has created a Constitutional crisis of forcibly preventing a quorum to a called session of the Legislature. The illegal and revolutionary action of these radicals Democrats borders on sedition as defined under Texas Government Code §§ 557.001 which would be a felony of the first degree with a 20 year prison term. It is a conspiracy under §§ 551.143 to violate the Texas Open Meetings law, a contempt of the Legislature under §§ 301.027 and a brazen attempt at Legislative Bribery under §§ 302.033 in an effort to solicit by coercion preferential treatment on legislation. These laws define felonies punishable by incarceration in prison. These radical legislators are, in fact, fugitives from justice and the State of Texas. Texas Governor Rick Perry has ordered the Texas Rangers to arrest the fugitive lawless legislators, but they have mostly fled to New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Texas Constitution, Article III states: The Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick, having been made fully aware of the failure of the fugitive Democrats to appear must now certify these fact to the Travis County District Attorney in Austin, Texas to seek indictments under §§ 302.026-027 which could result in sentences of a fine and 30 days to 12 months imprisonment. Also, Under §§ 302.033-034 these 53-62 fugitive legislators could be each be sentenced to 2 - 5 years in prison if convicted. Under §§ 301.027. Prosecution for Contempt of Legislature, the law states:
While these Democrats may have an ax to grind politically speaking against the Republican majority in the House, all things are not acceptable in love, war and politics as they sometimes state, for the Texas Constitution guarantees the people a republican form of government, meaning a government of law, not men or politics. The ends do not justify the means which is to say that attempting to coerce and bribe the Texas Legislature into being fair according to their liking by violating Texas law to accomplish that end is not justified. The Southern Independence Party of Texas deplores these wrongful Democratic Party actions even while we sometimes differ with the controlling Republicans over various issues. We feel that the facts in the case should be exposed to the people not only in Texas, but throughout the country - that upholding the law should be above group interests and preclude illegal or forceful actions.
What we need are a few elected representatives of the Southern Independence Party of Texas to bring a State's Rights/Confederate statesmanship view point into the picture and break the loggerhead between the Democrats and the Republicans. We find that we often support the better legislation of both major parties at different times and issues of course.
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