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Texas Supreme Court rules fleeing Democrats
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/18/2021 3:05:36 PM

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Democrats who left the Capitol to deny the legislature the quorum needed for an elections bill can be arrested. The court also ruled that lower courts rescind temporary restraining orders that blocked the arrests of Texas House Democrats. The order is significant because it indicates that it is constitutional in Texas to require members of the legislature to return to the state Capitol, which can include compelling members by arrest, The Texas Tribune reported. “The legal question before this Court concerns only whether the Texas Constitution gives the House of Representatives the authority to physically compel

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bad-hair 8/18/2021 3:07:47 PM (No. 883988)
The flight out with the beer cases looked like fun. Last couple of months have sucked.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Omen55 8/18/2021 3:12:39 PM (No. 883991)
Book dem, Danno!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Skinnydip 8/18/2021 3:16:08 PM (No. 883997)
Excellent. I needed some good news for a change.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Come And Take It 8/18/2021 3:22:01 PM (No. 884004)
I thought this was settled weeks ago. How many more times do they have to rule upon this?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Starboard_side 8/18/2021 3:45:18 PM (No. 884023)
Presume since they left without notice, or any official business, they aren't being paid, or accruing any time towards their pension or vacation time. And, all of their expenses should be paid personally, not by some PAC, since again it had nothing to do with any official business, and if someone is paying for them, do they have any business interests where it could be considered influencing them?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 8/18/2021 3:46:56 PM (No. 884027)
Stop yapping and do it. These beer-guzzling buffoons have failed the people who elected them. Oh, actually fulfilling that promise is not a requirement?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 8/18/2021 3:56:45 PM (No. 884042)
Let's just see the clicking of handcuffs on these dims. And take lots of pictures of them all chained together.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: formerNYer 8/18/2021 4:15:37 PM (No. 884055)
I still say let them rot in DC - strip them of their seats and let the republican governor appoint new house members.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: usawatcher 8/18/2021 4:51:21 PM (No. 884086)
Let us all know if it actually happens....
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Reply 10 - Posted by: RedLegLeader68 8/18/2021 5:21:03 PM (No. 884115)
Ooooo .... I really like #8's idea ... A LOT!!
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Reply 11 - Posted by: TXknitter 8/18/2021 8:37:17 PM (No. 884337)
So far, sorry, its been all Hat and no cattle. This is the second ruling by a high court proclaiming arrests can be made. Days go by and we wait. Governor Abbott has no intention of doing it. Retired Border Patrol agent Ruiz at Eagle Pass, Texas at site of a place that months ago Abbott said a fence was going up. No sign of a thing. BP have been told they are still “planning.”
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Reply 12 - Posted by: lakerman1 8/18/2021 8:55:30 PM (No. 884359)
Will a federal judge get involved? Ordinarily, a state constitutional issue will not be reviewed by the federal courts, but this is the age of Chief Judas John Roberts.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: MickTurn 8/18/2021 10:33:00 PM (No. 884446)
Let the Party Begin...Arrest them, chain them to their desks in the house, if they need to use the bathroom give them a bucket...Have Fun Crooks!
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