miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 30 days agoTexas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escortwww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down10
arrow-up1181arrow-down1videoTexas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escortwww.cbsnews.commiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down2·29 days agoOr what? What actually, realistically, happens if they get in their car and leave?
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·29 days agoHow can you get in your car and leave when you’re locked in?
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·29 days 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-up18·29 days 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”