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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember the DeLay days when the Dems left TX to protest gerrymandering?
Repukes just love to hate democracy
bottomofthehill
(8,317 posts)ananda
(28,831 posts)I've never had my vote for Congress count since.
Delay gerrymandered my district strictly for Mike McCaul.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,414 posts)From what I heard this morning, and when that happened, there's no authority to act outside TX. And it's not a crime, so there's no provision for extradition. It is a rule violation, and should be referred to as "detain" not "arrest". It's not up to Gov. Asshole no matter how much chest-thumping he's been doing. The TX House Speaker has to order them detained at the capitol.
FBaggins
(26,714 posts)They were subject to arrest, but Texas law enforcement doesn't have jurisdiction in Oklahoma.
In that case, our minority was a little smaller and it only took one returning Democrat (John Whitmire) to meet the quorum requirement. It took about six weeks.
iemanja
(53,010 posts)back then?
Rebl2
(13,447 posts)to remember republicans doing the same thing a few years ago, but dont remember what state it was.
herding cats
(19,558 posts)AllaN01Bear
(17,944 posts)sent the state police after them , but the mounties stopped them cold from going into canada .?