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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > The State of Texas vs. Rick Perry - A Discussion Thread
 
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Phyzzle
Jan 26, 2008

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Sec. 36.03. COERCION OF PUBLIC SERVANT OR VOTER.
(a) A person commits an offense if by means of coercion he:
(1) influences or attempts to influence a public servant in a specific exercise of his official power or a specific performance of his official duty or influences or attempts to influence a public servant to violate the public servant's known legal duty;

Just going by a literal reading, I don't see how he violated the is law. Which "specific exercise" of official power was Perry trying to influence? Or which "specific performance" of official duty was Perry trying to influence? Resigning is is not an official duty. The power to resign is not an official power. Resigning is what you do to relieve yourself of official duties. I haven't found a list of duties for DA's in Texas, but I'm pretty sure "the duty to resign" or "the duty to not resign" isn't on it. Those would be incoherent as duties.

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Phyzzle
Jan 26, 2008

hobbesmaster posted:

The official duty he was trying to influence was the investigation of his dealings.

Ah, but he did not threaten to veto funding unless the investigation is dropped. So the threat he explicitly did make was legitimate?

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