miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agoTexas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escortwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down2·2 months agoOr what? What actually, realistically, happens if they get in their car and leave?
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoHow can you get in your car and leave when you’re locked in?
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoIf the house voted on rules that allow for this escort crap, then the sergeant at arms can enforce it. The Texas Constitution empowers the legislature to compel the attendance of its members using whatever means each chamber may enact in its own rules.
minus-squareIDraw4u@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoThey’ll get arrested. They have “active arrest warrants”
Or what?
What actually, realistically, happens if they get in their car and leave?
How can you get in your car and leave when you’re locked in?
If the house voted on rules that allow for this escort crap, then the sergeant at arms can enforce it.
The Texas Constitution empowers the legislature to compel the attendance of its members using whatever means each chamber may enact in its own rules.
They’ll get arrested. They have “active arrest warrants”