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FBaggins

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34. On what grounds?
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 11:23 AM
Aug 2021

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.
fuck the Texas SC Skittles Aug 2021 #1
A liberal Justice would have had to vote the same way Polybius Aug 2021 #35
THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT EXCUSE Skittles Aug 2021 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2021 #2
Damn! elleng Aug 2021 #3
Well then, if that's a precedent, grumpyduck Aug 2021 #4
But...bipartisanship! Reaching across the aisle! Looking forward, not back! /sarc NullTuples Aug 2021 #16
It might be a precedent, but....... joshdawg Aug 2021 #19
Texas is NOT a Red State! Smackdown2019 Aug 2021 #24
Well, when we have two republican Senators, joshdawg Aug 2021 #25
Texas had a Democratic Governor who was a woman in 90s Smackdown2019 Aug 2021 #45
Electing a Democrat thirty years ago does not make a state "blue" FBaggins Aug 2021 #47
I get that! But I am saying roadblocks do thwart a Democrat from getting in. Smackdown2019 Aug 2021 #48
And I'm saying that that's not even close to being true FBaggins Aug 2021 #50
Um... no. FBaggins Aug 2021 #31
zero surprise DetroitLegalBeagle Aug 2021 #5
As each House provides but I do not see where it gives the power to them to issue a warrant cstanleytech Aug 2021 #20
That would be an argument for the police to make. Not the Democrats FBaggins Aug 2021 #23
Priorities in that State right now! Traildogbob Aug 2021 #6
Good thing TSC jurisdiction ends at the state line bluevoter4life Aug 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2021 #8
i absolutely DID hear you like you're tom bodell! lol nt orleans Aug 2021 #9
If you love authoritarianism, just go to Texas. sinkingfeeling Aug 2021 #10
Oh the hypocrisy ripcord Aug 2021 #27
Unable to see the relevant differences, eh? LanternWaste Aug 2021 #53
what's the penalty AlexSFCA Aug 2021 #11
No penalty (apart from losing a vote) FBaggins Aug 2021 #36
The Court ruling is justified... brooklynite Aug 2021 #12
Would they be safe in an embassy in DC? ArizonaLib Aug 2021 #13
Texas rso Aug 2021 #26
All? FBaggins Aug 2021 #32
Texas rso Aug 2021 #38
Thanks! ArizonaLib Aug 2021 #54
Back in the late 70s the first time Jerry Brown was Governor Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #14
You think its time on the federal side of this small d democratic country should turbinetree Aug 2021 #15
Texas LEO's have no authority in DC- can't lay a hand on them. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #17
Question: what would the legal basis be for ignoring an extradition request? brooklynite Aug 2021 #39
DOJ could order US Marshals to stand down pending court appeals Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #41
The key to this question is understanding what "extradition" and "arrest" mean FBaggins Aug 2021 #46
Which is exactly what I presumed- Texas cant touch them in DC. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #49
The nine GOP assholes on the Texas Supreme court need to be voted out LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #18
That may be true... but not because of this decision FBaggins Aug 2021 #22
This should now be appealed before the federal courts as its an issue where one of the Houses cstanleytech Aug 2021 #21
Like when Oregon Democrats ordered the same actions? ripcord Aug 2021 #28
I never said I claimed to support that action and in fact I did not even though cstanleytech Aug 2021 #30
Yes, appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court... stat! machoneman Aug 2021 #29
On what grounds? FBaggins Aug 2021 #34
What a quaint idea, forced to participate in "democracy." n/t malthaussen Aug 2021 #33
The same rules apply in the US House... brooklynite Aug 2021 #37
Why make it personal? malthaussen Aug 2021 #43
To paraphrase that genocidal madman Andrew Jackson: "The Texas SC made its decision AZLD4Candidate Aug 2021 #40
Doesn't quite fit here FBaggins Aug 2021 #44
Round 'em up and send 'em home. twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #42
Arrest yourselves assholes. Nt BootinUp Aug 2021 #51
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