• Madison420@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Probably obstruction of governmental process or however they phrase it there. It won’t stick after appeal but seems pretty likely to be a kangaroo court type dealio to get them out real quick.

      Even weirder they’re civil so probably some policy violation they’re trying to make a felony but trying to charge civilly which isn’t how anything works and anytime who’s seen schoolhouse rock should probably be aware of it.

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      7 days ago

      FTA:

      Paxton in 2021 won a state Supreme Court ruling allowing the arrest of legislators — Democrats by definition of the state’s partisan mix — who broke quorum.