Attorney General Kwame Raoul has issued a statement clarifying that there is no legal basis for the arrest of Texas lawmakers in Illinois.
A number of Texas Democratic house members have gone to Chicago to avoid a vote on a redistricting map that is designed to give Republicans five more seats in Texas during the next Congressional election.
Raoul says in Illinois, the rule of law matters, and law enforcement must have a legitimate legal basis to arrest someone. He reports Texas law enforcement officers have no authority to hunt down and make arrests of Texas legislators in Illinois based on a civil arrest warrant issued by the Texas House. Raoul says the Texas House may have managed to issue civil arrest warrants without having a quorum, but those civil warrants carry no weight in Illinois.
