Texas Supreme Court Blocks Democratic Judge’s Order Against Arresting Quorum-Busting Democrats

Responding to an emergency motion filed hours earlier, the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an Austin district judge’s order that prohibited the arrest of Democrats participating in the ongoing quorum break. Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan, represented by Attorney General Ken Paxton, argued that state District Judge Brad Urrutia’s order improperly stopped them from exercising authority specifically granted by the Texas Constitution. “Compelling the attendance of its members is a prerogative given to the House by the Texas Constitution,” the petition said.  The appeal asked the all-Republican Supreme Court to overturn the order by Urrutia, a Democrat,…