US EditionTexas Lawmaker Who Slept in House Chamber After Rejecting DPS Monitor Files Lawsuit
Representative Nicole Collier challenges Republican-imposed police surveillance and confinement tactics aimed at ensuring Democratic attendance for a redistricting vote, filing a habeas corpus petition.
- On Monday night, Texas State Representative Nicole Collier remained inside the Texas Capitol after declining Republican demands for police escorts.
- Her protest follows Democrats breaking quorum to stall a Republican-led mid-decade redistricting push urged by President Trump ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- Collier rejected signing a required permission slip to leave the chamber under surveillance, effectively staging a sit-in while supporters and fellow Democrats joined her overnight.
- She stated that she would not compromise her integrity as an elected official simply to allow Republican leaders to restrict her freedom and oversee her actions through police escorts, emphasizing the issue of intimidation.
- Collier challenged her detention by submitting a legal petition claiming unlawful confinement, while Democrats and advocacy organizations criticized the move as an alarming effort to limit the rights of Black elected officials.
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'They said it's a felony': Police yank Dem lawmaker out of bathroom for speaking to media
One Democratic state representative in Texas speaking out against the Republican effort to redraw congressional district boundaries was just threatened with a felony charge for speaking to journalists.That's according to a Wednesday article in the Houston Chronicle, which reported that Rep. Nicole Collier (D) had to abruptly end a press conference she joined from a bathroom at the Texas State Capitol. A video of the moment posted to X shows Coll…
Texas Democrat Nicole Collier Sues After Republicans Lock Her In Capitol
Photo: Getty Images Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is suing after she was locked in the Capitol for refusing to agree to Republican-mandated police surveillance. On Tuesday (August 19), Collier filed a writ of habeas corpus in the district court of Travis County, alleging that she is being unlawfully detained inside the Texas Capitol by … Continued
Texas GOP Ordered Dems to Sign a Hall Pass or Face Arrest. So This Rep. Slept in the Capitol.
“This was my night, bonnet and all, in the #txlege,” Nicole Collier wrote on Twitter. Photo: @NicoleCollier95 Rep. Nicole Collier agreed to return to the state after fleeing to delay a vote on GOP gerrymandering…but refused to comply with the House Speaker’s inane demands. “This is not what a free democracy does,” Texas Rep. Nicole Collier told NPR on Tuesday, while being held captive at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. “We’ve got to put a sto…
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Texas Political Prisoner Rep. Nicole Collier Defies Republican Lawlessness
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Apparently, Texas House Republicans didn’t know that State Rep. Nicole Collier is a freeborn Black woman who doesn’t need their permission to move freely. The Fort Worth legislator refused to accept the Republican version of freedom papers after Democratic lawmakers successfully broke the quorum. Texas Democratic lawmakers have been using every available means to deny state Republicans and the president’s racist maps…
Jasmine Crockett: 'We're Living In A Country Of Lawlessness'
Rep. Jasmine Crockett took a whack at the latest move by Texas Republicans who are lawlessly holding Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier hostage in the Capitol. As the HuffPo has reported, Collier is suing: Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier filed a writ of habeas corpus on Tuesday in the district court of Travis County, Texas, claiming the state legislature’s Republican majority has unlawfully detained her in the state Capitol after she refused to con…
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