Texas Supreme Court rules against lawmakers who stopped execution with last-minute subpoena

By NADIA LATHAN, Associated Press/Report for America The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers used the novel maneuver to pause Robert Roberson’s lethal injection at the last minute. The ruling addressed a... read full story

"under these circumstances the committee's authority to compel testimony does not include the power to override the scheduled legal process leading to an execution,"