In response the to petition for writ of quo warranto issued by Governor Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a letter stating that he agreed with the Governor's central goal of returning the Democrats who fled the state in order to prevent the redistricting vote, however disagreed that the Governor had the legal power to request a write of quo warrant as the court had previously stated that such filings "can only be brought by the attorney general". ^[1] The Attorney General also requested that the court not dismiss the Governor’s petition until the speaker of the house’s Friday deadline at which time he will take action. ^{[1] [2]}

1: Re: In re Greg Abbott, No. 25-0674 2: Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Action in the Texas Supreme Court Against Run­away Demo­c­rat Who Aban­doned Office to Break Quorum