The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area this week, Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening.

Dozens of Texas Democrats have left the state for Illinois and New York to thwart a quorum needed to vote on new congressional maps that would give the GOP five more seats and consolidate President Donald Trump's power.