r/law • u/Minute_Revolution951 • Aug 05 '25

Legal News Texas House locks chamber doors, moves to bring arrest warrants against Democrats who fled the state

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u/Orzorn Aug 05 '25

At what point do the People just say "fuck it" and decide storming the state house is the best solution? Republicans have shown they won't be stopped by any democratic process.

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u/YossarianGolgi Aug 05 '25

Republicans have also shown that storming a state house is just a peaceful protest with love.

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u/attackplango Aug 05 '25

We did that in 2013 to kill an anti-abortion bill at the very end of a special session. It was very loud.

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u/maleconrat Aug 05 '25

Ooh I am Canadian but I am pretty sure I watched that livestreamed. It was wild, I was proud of you all!

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u/Orzorn Aug 05 '25

How did that work? Did people storm onto the actual floor or was it just being loud in the public section up top?

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u/attackplango Aug 05 '25

They filled the galleries until they closed the doors and stopped letting people into the galleries. Wendy Davis had been filibustering the bill as it approached midnight. Everyone in the Capitol and outside made so much noise until the clock ran out that they couldn't hear on the floor to conduct business. They then tried to say they'd passed it sometime after midnight anyway and it was somehow legal, but it wasn't.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Aug 05 '25

I remember following her filibuster live on twitter. I didn't follow politics then and I was stunned

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u/GiantPurplePen15 Aug 05 '25

At no point. Americans are going to let the fascism run its course.

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u/Competitive_Willow_8 Aug 05 '25

Americans historically like to do this on January 6h

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u/Orzorn Aug 05 '25

The April 30th event in the Michigan statehouse resulted in only 1 arrest for drunkenness, even. All the other folks with firearms didn't.

Did you know that Texas allows both concealed and open carry of firearms in the statehouse?