Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Obviously Politically-Motivated Indictment of Rick Perry

From The Texas Tribune via H/T at Ace of Spades HQ: Texas has to move the state DA out of this damn hyperliberal county.

Sure he was cleared. A year later. But this phonied up political sham indictment haunted him through his abortive presidential bid -- as it was designed to do.

People should be fired, departments should be defunded.

The state’s highest criminal court dismissed the remaining indictment against former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday morning, apparently ending the case that started with his threat to veto state funding for a local prosecutor if she refused to quit her office.

After Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, Perry threatened to veto state funding for her office unless she first resigned. The Travis County DA's office was home to the state's public integrity unit, which is charged with investigating and prosecuting state corruption.

Lehmberg, who served a short jail term, refused to quit. Perry followed through on his threat to veto state funding for her office.

And arrested for abuse of process.

America’s Future -- California Or Texas?

From Chuck Devore at The Federalist:

What’s remarkable (or not, depending on your worldview) about the huge disparity in poverty rates between California and Texas is that the states are diametrically opposed in their taxing, spending, and regulatory policies. California, featuring America’s highest marginal income-tax rate, ranks as the fourth-most taxed state in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation, while no-income-tax Texas came in at forty-seventh. In a broader survey of economic freedom that includes labor law and regulation, Canada’s Fraser Institute rated Texas and South Dakota as tied for first with California lagging far behind at forty-third, just ahead of New Jersey at forty-fourth.

So two States have similar populations, but vastly different poverty rate.