# Wisconsin orders arrest of missing Democrats.  Legal?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396 "2011-03-03T19:15:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396/40 "2011-03-04T15:55:57Z")

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> [@Polycarp](#):
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> Or else we can agree that tactics aimed at not allowing a measure youy oppose come to a vote you are likely to lose, is a valid political maneuvering technique.

I’ll take this option.

None of you young whippersnappers remember when Byrd signed arrest warrants for 40-some Republican senators that walked out to deny the Dems a quorum? They sent the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Bob Packwood, who was hiding in his office, and physically carried him onto the Senate floor.

Perfectly legitimate response, to a perfectly legitimate tactic.

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