Put a lien on the 26 legislator's houses and assets. This has went on for too long and is nothing but obstruction.



Texas Supreme Court Rules Deserting-Democrats Can Face Arrest Upon Return

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...e-arrest-upon-return

The entirely politicized judicial system in America strikes again.

In July, fifty-seven of the state's Democratic lawmakers abandoned Texas to prevent a Republican elections bill that they call claimed would restricting voting rights in the state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbot (R) called for their immediate arrests in order to re-establish a quorum for a vote on the bill.

A temporary restraining order from State District Judge Brad Urrutia, a Democrat, on Monday prevented authorities arresting the deserting Democrats from being arrested for 14 days, claiming that Democrats would suffer “imminent and irreparable harm” if Republicans were not barred from ordering arrests.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) quickly asked the state Supreme Court to stay the ruling, calling it an abuse of judicial power, and a spokeswoman for Abbott predicted the judge’s order would not stand.

“The ruling by the Travis County judge is contrary to the Texas Constitution and violates the separation of powers between the different branches of government,” Renae Eze, Abbott’s spokeswoman, said in a statement Monday.

“We are confident that this overstep will be overturned. Texas Democrats need to stop the charades and get back to work.”

And today, the Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday halted that ruling that protected absent Democratic lawmakers from arrest, raising the possibility that lawmakers who recently returned from Washington could be detained and brought to the House so Republicans can pass new voting restrictions.

Police now have the authority to arrest the Democratic Texas legislators who broke quorum.

Perp walk time!!

However, in anticipation of possible action by the state Supreme Court, Texas House Democrats announced Saturday that 26 of them would maintain an “active presence in Washington … for as long as Congress is working and making progress” on the issue of voting rights.

issue warrants for their arrest and have the Marshal's hunt them down like feral pigs

Dunno, I was totally with the GOP in Oregon when they walked out. I wish they would have stayed out. Instead we got more gun control that we did not need.

The D's were crying and moaning about it in Oregon, yet the D's in Texas did the same thing. Double Standard. Go figure.

here is an article comparing the 2 walkouts. The D's have a total double standard on this. The D's see the walkout in Texas as just, but the GOP walkout in Oregon an R's not doing their jobs.

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Originally posted by radioman:
Dunno, I was totally with the GOP in Oregon when they walked out. I wish they would have stayed out. Instead we got more gun control that we did not need.

The D's were crying and moaning about it in Oregon, yet the D's in Texas did the same thing. Double Standard. Go figure.

It's a tactic that the Democrats started using some years ago in various states. The Republicans in Oregon were just responding in-kind because, you know, when Republicans do it only then it's bad.

Geez. I wish these people would just grow up. I mean, it's unbecoming to have such childish behavior in the ranks of the most powerful governments ever on earth.

We're in these socio-political-economic disasters these days because of fucking children, in behavior and likely intelligence level, holding office.

they should be fired for failing to do their duties

If you didn't show up for work, your pay and benefits would stop.

Someone please tell me that these Dems are not being paid wages and benefits, or at least tell me that Texas residents are demanding they not be paid.

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Originally posted by dmpl:

Someone please tell me that these Dems are not being paid wages and benefits, or at least tell me that Texas residents are demanding they not be paid.

Everyone I speak to about this childish game the dems are playing are in agreement-they should be fired. But because they are elected they can’t be fired.

And the guys who are doing their jobs can’t ammend the rules to replace them because they still need a quorum to pass rules.

Not sure how much is theatrics, but county judge (the emergency manager for a county) posted on FB today that due to the douchecrats being out of state that the state legislature doesn't have a quorom so they can't vote to allocate federal money for hospitals to bring on contract nurses for the surge in COVID hospitalizations.

My county is ponying up $1M per week for extra nurses. Some may say we should pay our own way, but people from other counties use our hospital beds and ER.

These dipsticks could not make it in the real world. Lazy ass ticks…people are getting pissed, no accountability…these MFs work for us, this has got to be brought home.

Texas House authorizes arrests of AWOL Democrats after state Supreme Court intervenes

https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

The Texas House of Representatives voted 89-12 on Tuesday evening to authorize state law enforcement to corral and potentially arrest AWOL Democratic members who fled Austin to stop passage of election integrity legislation.

The vote allowed the House sergeant-at-arms to send law enforcement officers to force the attendance of missing Democrats “under warrant of arrest, if necessary.”

House Speaker Dade Phelan subsequently signed arrest warrants Tuesday that were to be served on Wednesday morning.

Phelan spokesman Enrique Marquez said the warrants targeted 52 Democrats who failed to return during the fifth day of the House’s second special session, leaving the chamber eight members short of a quorum.

The dramatic escalation occurred hours after the Texas Supreme Court handed Gov. Greg Abbott a win, temporarily suspending a court order that had prevented the arrest of state legislators who fled the state.

The ruling created a 48-hour window for the Democrats to respond, meaning lawmakers who returned to Texas but continue to break quorum in a new special legislative session could be arrested.

"Relators' emergency motion for temporary relief granted, stay order issued, response requested due by 4:00 p.m., August 12, 2021," the court wrote in a brief order that issued a stay of Travis County District Judge Brad Urrutia's order.

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SCOTX-ArrestStay.pdf
Urrutia's ruling Sunday barred Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan from "issuing any warrant or other instrument" and "detaining, confining, or otherwise restricting a Texas House Democrat's movement without his or her consent."

The justices still must decide the broader issue. Their stay came less than 24 hours after they handed Abbott another win, upholding his veto of funding for the Legislature to punish the Democrats who fled the state to avoid doing their job.

The state’s highest court ruled Monday that Democratic lawmakers who sued to protest the veto could have taken action to overrule it had they not skipped town.

“While the interference by one branch of government with the effectual function of another raises concerns of separation of powers, the issue presented here is primarily one of differences among legislators,” the justices wrote. “Although the Governor certainly seeks to advance legislation he favors, the majority of the members of the Legislature support the same legislation. Relator House members oppose that legislation and have broken quorum to further their opposition.

“It appears from the record of the special session that they could have restored Article X funding for the Legislature had they been present to vote to do so. … The Legislature was free to use the special session to reinstate Article X funding,” the justices wrote.

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Originally posted by dmpl:
If you didn't show up for work, your pay and benefits would stop.

Someone please tell me that these Dems are not being paid wages and benefits, or at least tell me that Texas residents are demanding they not be paid.

If I didn't show up for work for two weeks, my boss would tell me not to bother showing up. And look for a new job.

Now that there's arrest warrants, can Texas extradite them from D.C.? Fly them back in irons, I say.

^^ Whether there is or is not legally, as a practical matter it would still take the cooperation of DC authorities - which ain't likely to happen.

As it stands now, the strategy is to just wait them out and be standing by with warrants if they return to the state but not the Capitol.

I'd watch a few episodes of dog the bounty hunter chasing after theses dems.

I can't see anyone in DC lifting a finger to assist in extradition back to TX. If anything, Pelosi will come up with some special privilege claim that immunizes the TX Dems and probably gives them federal taxpayer money for their legal fees. Rest assured, whatever screws regular taxpayers and TX residents the most, that's what the feds will do.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
issue warrants for their arrest and have the Marshal's hunt them down like feral pigs

The Marshals are federal, though, so it wouldn't be them.

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Originally posted by marksman41:

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Originally posted by radioman:
Dunno, I was totally with the GOP in Oregon when they walked out. I wish they would have stayed out. Instead we got more gun control that we did not need.

The D's were crying and moaning about it in Oregon, yet the D's in Texas did the same thing. Double Standard. Go figure.

It's a tactic that the Democrats started using some years ago in various states. The Republicans in Oregon were just responding in-kind because, you know, when Republicans do it only then it's bad.

Part of the Texas Republican delegation did the same thing many years ago, so this isn't a new trick here.

It is a deplorable trick, but not a new one.

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Originally posted by dmpl:
If you didn't show up for work, your pay and benefits would stop.

Someone please tell me that these Dems are not being paid wages and benefits, or at least tell me that Texas residents are demanding they not be paid.

They probably wouldn't care too much, Texas legislators only sit in session every other year, and are paid $7,200 per year. This isn't their full-time job.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Part of the Texas Republican delegation did the same thing many years ago, so this isn't a new trick here.

It is a deplorable trick, but not a new one.

When did this occur and what were the circumstances?

Here's what I was able to find about these types of walkouts-

https://ballotpedia.org/Notewo...ative_walkouts#Texas