Texas dems flee state to avoid vote on election bill

[phylodog]

Abbott should begin proceedings to seize their abandoned homes, auction them off and use the money to conduct new elections for the seats which have apparently been vacated.

 

[foszoe]

Strategy work at the national level?

 

[actaeon277]

Arrest them on what charge?

 

[BugI02]

AWOL?

 

[tbhausen]

Here’s more:

Texas House OKs arrests for absent Democrats; Senate takes up GOP elections bill

The Texas House on Tuesday voted to send for the Democrats in the chamber who left the state for Washington D.C., using arrest warrants if necessary.

www.statesman.com

I hope every one of them gets nailed as soon as they get back to Texas.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Strategy work at the national level?

Good question. Maybe republicans should play their game.

 

[CampingJosh]

Strategy work at the national level?

Yes. This is functionally a filibuster: it's a political move that keeps the elected majority from making progress toward in their platform.

 

[tbhausen]

Tucker is doing a great monologue about this right now.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Yes. This is functionally a filibuster: it's a political move that keeps the elected majority from making progress toward in their platform.

The filibusters require showing up at work, and not crossing State lines.

 

[JAL]

Good question. Maybe republicans should play their game.

Both houses of Congress have the power to pursue, hunt down, and arrest members using all means necessary to drag them in to the Capitol - in shackles if needed to subdue them - and dump them onto the "floor" to create a quorum to conduct business. Most if not all state legislatures have similar provisions in the state constitutions to prevent - or end it - so that a group cannot prevent a session from conducting business. A filibuster is much harder to sustain over time than a group going off and hiding somewhere. IIRC this was tried in Illinois a while back and it didn't play out very well for them. Came across like a bunch of two year olds throwing tantrums.

 

[JAL]

The filibusters require showing up at work, and not crossing State lines.

I'd like to see Texas put out warrants for their arrest and pursue extradition when they find out where these yahoos are hiding.

 

[JAL]

Arrest them on what charge?

Most . . . if not all . . . state constitutions have provisions similar to the US. Elected members of both houses can be pursued by law enforcement, arrested using the force necessary to do so, and dragged in shackles if needed, onto the floors of both houses. It's not being arrested on criminal charges at the federal level. It is, however, an enforcement power, to stop a group from preventing the legislative branch from conducting business. In Congress, US Federal Marshals can be used to go find them, and it's been done in the past. I believe this was attempted in Illinois a while back (I may be wrong about which state). When they were found, they were arrested and dragged kicking and screaming into the state house, some of them in shackles. It has also been done in Congress - albeit quite some time ago

 

[jwamplerusa]

The U.S. Constitution:
1. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

That "compel attendance" part is where the absent members can be arrested and dragged to the chamber.

Ted Cruz has said the Texas Constitution uses the same language.

When one party has a majority, and is rapidly getting p***** off, is probably not smart to poke the hornets nest. I'm willing to bet that there are some Texas politicians watching the Mexican cartels stream across the southern border that have lost just about all of their tolerance for political grandstanding!

 

[JAL]

The U.S. Constitution:
1. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

That "compel attendance" part is where the absent members can be arrested and dragged to the chamber.

Ted Cruz has said the Texas Constitution uses the same language.

When one party has a majority, and is rapidly getting p***** off, is probably not smart to poke the hornets nest. I'm willing to bet that there are some Texas politicians watching the Mexican cartels stream across the southern border that have lost just about all of their tolerance for political grandstanding!

^^^
This

 

[Leadeye]

I'm curious about who funded the private jet to take them to of all places dc. Texans, who these folks are supposed to represent, deserve that info as I would bet that the cash isn't coming from a Texas source if it's even inside the US.

I also find it interesting that these people always flee to the most corrupt big cities they can find. Puts another angle on...

...always follow the money.

 

[printcraft]

Yes. This is functionally a filibuster: it's a political move that keeps the elected majority from making progress toward in their platform.

I was told that was sedition and terrorism on Jan 6.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Most . . . if not all . . . state constitutions have provisions similar to the US. Elected members of both houses can be pursued by law enforcement, arrested using the force necessary to do so, and dragged in shackles if needed, onto the floors of both houses. It's not being arrested on criminal charges at the federal level. It is, however, an enforcement power, to stop a group from preventing the legislative branch from conducting business. In Congress, US Federal Marshals can be used to go find them, and it's been done in the past. I believe this was attempted in Illinois a while back (I may be wrong about which state). When they were found, they were arrested and dragged kicking and screaming into the state house, some of them in shackles. It has also been done in Congress - albeit quite some time ago

I'd love to see video of this

 

[Tombs]

Yes. This is functionally a filibuster: it's a political move that keeps the elected majority from making progress toward in their platform.

We have a fillibuster.

They are more than welcome to utilize it.

This isn't it.

 

[STEEL CORE]

Flee Bags!

 

[jsx1043]

Flee Bags!

I see what you did there...