In what at least one legal expert called longshot litigation, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Illinois state Sen. Jil Tracy said Friday they asked a court in downstate Quincy to compel Illinois law enforcement to enforce civil warrants issued by the speaker of the Texas House against Democrats who fled their state.

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.

A delegation of Texas House Democrats had to evacuate their hotel in Illinois Wednesday morning due to a potential bomb threat, according to multiple lawmakers and local police.