ad hoc redistricting to consolidate power
Last edited by Winehole23; 08-20-2025 at 08:44 PM. Reason: wrong term, sorry for perplexity!
could backfire by increasing the number of compe ive districts in play overall in a wave election
it looks likelier that (R)s win up to five more congressional seats in keeping with the conventional wisdom, however the elections are still 14 months away -- a political eternity
can't recall who coined this
it's called a "dummymander"
chicken Republicans doing a chicken flex
WILD situation in Texas right now: The House Speaker has required Dems, who just returned from their out-of-state quorum break, to have police escorts once they leave the chamber. One Dem is refusing to leave the House floor with escort, and GOP leaders have blocked press access to the chamber.
an update on this says the permission note and the DPS escort are for leaving the Capitol grounds, not the building
I don't believe there's anything legal or consitutional that gives Texas (R)s the power to assign LE detail to their political opposition, but such are the times
https://www.chron.com/politics/artic...t-20822989.phpA Texas lawmaker found herself effectively stuck in her seat Monday, planted on the House floor after refusing to sign a political "permission slip"—a GOP-mandated form requiring Department of Public Safety escorts for Democrats who broke quorum over redistricting.
State Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) was seen sitting among her colleagues' empty chairs after being prevented from leaving the House due to her refusal to allow law enforcement officers to accompany her out of the chamber.
"In my heart, I don't feel compelled to sign it," Collier told NBC News Ryan Chandler. "I'll just sit here, I don't know...I guess I'll wait til Wednesday."
turning the Texas Capitol into a partisan jail isn't symbolism, it's fascism
Last edited by Winehole23; 08-18-2025 at 08:33 PM.
Collier files a Habeas pe ion
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-co...s-pe ion.pdf
Any character of restraint which precludes absolute and perfect freedom of action will justify the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Snodgrass, 65 S.W. 1061 (Tex. Crim. App. 1901) (agitated lawyer zealously advocating in trial held in contempt and fined $50.00 permitted to file writ). Representative Collier is under restraint by virtue of the Speaker of the House’s order placing her into the custody of law enforcement prior to the Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Session.
Representative Collier has been informed that she is not free to leave the Capitol. Chairman of the Committee on House Administration Charlie Geren informed Representative Collier, “If you leave the Capitol you are subject to arrest.”
The question before the Court is not whether the House’s Sergeant-at-Arms can arrest an absent, quorum-breaking member – the Texas Supreme Court in In re Abbott, 628 S.W.3d 288 (2021), answered that question and held that a civil arrest of absent members was permitted under the Texas Cons ution. See In re Abbott, 628 S.W.3d 288 (2021) (“The legal question before this Court concerns only whether the Texas Cons ution gives the House of Representatives the authority to physically compel the attendance of absent members.”) (emphasis own). Rather, the question is whether detention, arrest, and compulsion is permitted for previously-absent, but now present, members.
Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE. Two-thirds of each House shall cons ute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide. TEX. CONST. art. 3, §10 .
The plain language is clear: a member may be compelled by the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend a legislative session if he or she is physically absent, but no such power is conferred on the Legislature to arrest or otherwise compel a member who is currently present (and not absent) to stay.
There is no calendar for the House today. There is no calendar for tomorrow, or any upcoming date. There is no pending vote. There is no action on which a quorum is needed. And, more importantly, Representative Collier is currently present at the Capitol. She is not absent, and – thus – her appearance need not, and cannot, be compelled pursuant to article III, sec. 10 of the Texas Cons ution.
six more Texas Reps tear up their permission slips
all women so far
search terms "slumber party" -- is the Texas House currently a jail?
https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/19...curity-prison/Meanwhile, Democrats are pointing out the obvious: This is a colossal waste of money. Just looking for the quorum-breakers — who were pretty easy to find, considering they were holding televised press conferences — cost the state six figures over the past two weeks, according to Rep. Dustin Burrows, the Speaker of the House. Plesa called it “performative theater.” Which is generous. Theater at least requires some skill. This is more like a community college improv class where everyone’s playing “cop tailing a state rep” and nobody knows the scene is supposed to end.
And here’s the kicker: All this surveillance and chest-thumping isn’t even about passing legislation that helps Texans. It’s not flood relief, not healthcare, not education. No, the Republicans’ top priority is satisfying Trump’s demand for a redistricting map that rigs Congress in their favor. Texans flooded out of their homes? Sorry. We’ll get to you right after we redraw a district line through some minority neighborhoods.
DPS followed Rep. Collier to the bathroom and threatened her with felony arrest for making a phone call
Literally silenced a state rep in the capitol, I guess this'll be fine with Republicans when the shoe's on yhe other foot, eh?
She'd be better off without that call to Harris and her word salad of drunken debauchery.
That's not up to you, and what a state rep says in the capitol houldn't be up to DPS -- it's literally insane that the Texas House has been turned into a jail
You're so out of touch with everything bro but especially jokes and sarcasm. I bet you're a blast to hangout with.
Dems wuz so brave tho
Passed the Texas House today
Last edited by Winehole23; 08-20-2025 at 08:41 PM. Reason: wrong term used previously
Both of them are failures and not leaders whatsoever. S bag rich re s which I thought you were against WH?Passed the Texas House today
Not to mention NY can't redraw until at least 2028 and California still has a ton of legal hurdles to pass a map without independent redistricting commission, especially in time for 2026.Both of them are failures and not leaders whatsoever. S bag rich re s which I thought you were against WH?
Dems wuz so brave tho
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