Editor's Note: The video attached to this story originally aired on August 4, 2025. KXAN Anchor Will DuPree talked to Mark Jones, a political science professor at the University of Houston, about the latest developments with the quorum break in Texas over Republican efforts to redraw political maps.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Legal scholars called Gov. Greg Abbott's petition to the Texas Supreme Court, which seeks to remove Rep. Gene Wu, "unprecedented and said it lacks a legal basis." One of the experts said he's doubtful it will succeed, but could envision the court siding with the Governor.

Quorum breaking has a long history in Texas; however, Gov. Greg Abbott's Tuesday petition to the state's Supreme Court is unprecedented and lacks evidence, legal experts tell KXAN.

Abbott's counsel filed a "

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