TEXAS, USA — Texas Democrats just fled Texas and are headed to Chicago in a bid to prevent the Texas House from passing new congressional maps.

After Democrats broke quorum, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a social media post that the Democrats "should be found, arrested, and brought back to the Capitol immediately."

But is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in what’s called a civil arrest.

Can Texas lawmakers legally flee the state to break quorum?

Yes, it is legal. Democratic lawmakers did not break the law by breaking quorum or when they left the state on Sunday.

However, House rules allow the legislature to issue civil arrest warrants to compel the attendance and retention of its memb

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