Posted on 08/13/2025 6:02:43 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
An Illinois judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce arrest warrants against derelict state House Democrats.
The Democrats fled to Illinois last week to block the Republicans from voting on a new congressional redistricting map.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office if they didn’t return to the Capitol.
Judge Scott Larson said Paxton failed to “present a legal basis for the court to obtain subject matter jurisdiction over this cause of action…”
The Hill reported:
An Illinois judge on Wednesday declined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request to hold Texas Democrats who fled there in contempt.
Paxton reached across state lines to seek a ruling that would effectively force the blue state to comply with efforts to arrest the lawmakers and return them to Texas to end their quorum breaking that has blocked Republicans’ redistricting push.
“As the Petitioner has failed to present a legal basis for the court to obtain subject matter jurisdiction over this cause of action, this court is without jurisdiction to grant petitioner’s emergency motion to rule on pleadings,” Judge Scott Larson wrote in a brief order posted on the case docket.
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As a matter of law, he may be right.
Aren’t these pricks coming back anyway
Isn’t that out of his jurisdiction?
Find homeless drug users and allow them to run for these positions and a SPECIAL election would be held next Tuesday. Then their removal by the these missing idiots would show how mean they are.
How? It’s called reciprocity and states are supposed to honor and enforce each others warrants.
The judge’ only legal reasoning here is “I don’t feel like it.”
It’s a texas thing and a texas law. Texas nees to handle it. If texas can’t vacate the offices due to absence then they are stuck.
Well, there goes full faith and credit. Be the first to punch am Illinois Dem in the nose and then run to Texas. Illinois doesn’t have to respect their warrants, then why would Texas honor Illinois?
They’ll return right before the Texas Supreme Court boots Wu Wu
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.Those warrants are not any of those.
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.These warrants are not for treason, a felony; in fact, they don't allege a crime. So as a matter of law I don't think the judge is wrong.
States are obligated to honor arrest warrants of other states.
Fine. They they abdicated and the vacated seats need to be filled with someone who will show up.
Can Abbott appoint someone until the next election?
Why does wheels need a judge’s permission?
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