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Home Front: Politix
Texas Supreme Court rules runaway Democrats CAN be arrested after returning from D.C. if they don't show up for GOP session on voting bill
2021-08-11
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Tuesday ruling overturns a lower court's emergency restraining order preventing the governor from arresting the loose politicians

  • As of Monday 95 state lawmakers were at the Texas House of Representatives

  • A hundred state representatives are needed for the vote to go on

  • The number of progressive holdouts is likely not enough to stop the session

  • Texas is one of several states trying to pass election security legislation

  • The Lone Star Democrats have been on the lam since mid-July
Courtesy of Besoeker, Western Journal comes at the story from a different angle:
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan had filed a petition to overturn the order, according to KVUE-TV.

"In this case, there can be little doubt that the Plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent transport back to the Capitol falls comfortably within the Legislature’s (and the Speaker’s) broad power to compel the attendance of its members," the petition said.

"Plaintiffs are 19 state legislators who sought and obtained public office and swore an oath to uphold the Texas Constitution — the very same Constitution that authorizes each House to compel the attendance of its members," it continued.
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Posted by:Skidmark

#8  I want them charged with additional criminal charges related to ILLEGAL immigration.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-08-11 18:29  

#7  They might have to go to Portugal for some.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-08-11 11:01  

#6  The law's an ass, but it's all about who's getting c*rnholed...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-11 10:28  

#5  Breach of Contract they swore an oath and "took the King's shilling".
Posted by: magpie   2021-08-11 09:52  

#4  Round them up.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-08-11 08:28  

#3  Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for absent Democratic lawmakers
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-11 06:37  

#2  Rumor has it the court refused to consider a motion to allow the fleebaggers to be hunted for sport.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-08-11 01:03  

#1  Arrest them & make them suffer.
Posted by: Raj   2021-08-11 00:47  

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