A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House of Representatives for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.

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

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows filed suit in a heavily Republican, rural part of the Democratic-led state.