Can the Out-of-State Texas Dems Be Arrested?

(Time) President Donald Trump suggested the FBI may get involved in bringing a group of Texas Democrats back to their home state.

“They may have to,” Trump said at a White House executive order signing event Tuesday, when he was asked whether the federal law enforcement agency should help locate and arrest the state lawmakers at the center of a political standoff over a Republican redistricting plan. “A lot of people are demanding they come back.”

The controversial redistricting plan, backed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Trump Administration, would redraw the congressional district map to give Republicans about five more U.S. House seats, which could significantly boost the GOP’s chances of maintaining its slim majority after the 2026 midterm elections. But Democrats in the state legislature have criticized the effort and are resorting to a quorum-busting method of moving to blue states like Illinois and New York to try to stall votes on the plan. Abbott ordered the fleeing lawmakers’ arrest on civil warrants, directed investigations into whether there have been state law violations, and sought to oust the lawmakers from their state legislative seats.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/state-texas-dems-arrested-105003136.html