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In reply to the discussion: Texas Supreme Court rules quorum-breaking Democrats can be arrested, returned to House chamber [View all]FBaggins
(26,721 posts)34. On what grounds?
The Texas constitution couldn't be clearer:
Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE. Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
And what are the constitutionally sanctioned manners that the state house has provided?
Section 8. Securing a Quorum When a call of the house is moved for one of the above purposes and seconded by 15 members (of whom the speaker may be one) and ordered by a majority vote, the main entrance to the hall and all other doors leading out of the hall shall be locked and no member permitted to leave the house without the written permission of the speaker. The names of members present shall be recorded. All absentees for whom no sufficient excuse is made may, by order of a majority of those present, be sent for and arrested, wherever they may be found, by the sergeant-at-arms or an officer appointed by the sergeant-at-arms for that purpose, and their attendance shall be secured and retained.
Every single Democrat voted for the rule.
So what would they be asking the US Supreme Court to do?
They don't have a legal leg to stand on. They may have a moral leg to remain outside the jurisdiction of anyone within the state who might try to arrest them... but they have no legal appeal.
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Texas Supreme Court rules quorum-breaking Democrats can be arrested, returned to House chamber [View all]
SouthBayDem
Aug 2021
OP
But...bipartisanship! Reaching across the aisle! Looking forward, not back! /sarc
NullTuples
Aug 2021
#16
I get that! But I am saying roadblocks do thwart a Democrat from getting in.
Smackdown2019
Aug 2021
#48
As each House provides but I do not see where it gives the power to them to issue a warrant
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#20
You think its time on the federal side of this small d democratic country should
turbinetree
Aug 2021
#15
Question: what would the legal basis be for ignoring an extradition request?
brooklynite
Aug 2021
#39
The key to this question is understanding what "extradition" and "arrest" mean
FBaggins
Aug 2021
#46
This should now be appealed before the federal courts as its an issue where one of the Houses
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#21
I never said I claimed to support that action and in fact I did not even though
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#30
To paraphrase that genocidal madman Andrew Jackson: "The Texas SC made its decision
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2021
#40