Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying out an arrest?
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?
Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying out an arrest?
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?
Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying
out an arrest?
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?
Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying out an arrest?
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?
On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 3:48:45 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:
It appears that S K <skpf...@gmail.com> said:
Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying out an arrest?If the dems were physically in Texas, no question. It is quite common for legislatures
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?
to have the right to compel absent members to attend, by arresting them if need be.
A more interesting question is what happens in the current case, when the dems
are in D.C. or perhaps neighboring MD or VA? Do the other states have a duty >> to retrieve them? Art IV Sec 2 of the Constitution says:
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.
But not showing up at the statehouse isn't a crime. This is a legislative, >> not a criminal, arrest.
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So we could have a reverse Fort Sumpter - the mighty state of Texas sends it gendarmes to washington DC and federal forces stop them from "arresting" the dem legislators on federal territory.
It appears that S K <skpf...@gmail.com> said:
Can the Federal government stop a state government from carrying out an arrest?
For example - Texas republicans threatening to arrest dem state representatives for refusing to provide a quorum?If the dems were physically in Texas, no question. It is quite common for legislatures
to have the right to compel absent members to attend, by arresting them if need be.
A more interesting question is what happens in the current case, when the dems
are in D.C. or perhaps neighboring MD or VA? Do the other states have a duty to retrieve them? Art IV Sec 2 of the Constitution says:
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.
But not showing up at the statehouse isn't a crime. This is a legislative, not a criminal, arrest.
--
Regards,
John Levine, jo...@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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