Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.

If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ask state judges to declare their seats vacant. More than 50 House Democrats left the state on Sunday,

Paxton is pursuing a court ruling that says lawmakers leaving the state and denying quorum amounts to abandonment of office, making their seats vacant.