AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday night to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, chairman of the Texas House Democratic caucus, from his seat, arguing that Wu abandoned his office by fleeing the state.

Several legal experts, in interviews with ABC News, questioned the strength of Abbott's case to remove lawmakers.

Wu, alongside other Democratic legislators, left the state on Sunday to delay a Republican redraw of the state's Congressional districts by denying the House enough legislators to conduct business.

In an emergency petition for writ of quo warranto, Abbott argued Wu "forfeited" his office by fleeing the state, creating a vacancy that Abbott would then have the authority to fill.

A quo warranto is "a process by which it can be said that somebody is i

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