Opinion: Sorry, Republicans, the Oregon Constitution doesn’t legitimize a walkout

Before the dust settles on this just-completed legislative session, we need to debunk a false narrative about the Senate Republicans’ two walkouts that disrupted legislative business.

In his press conference a week and a half ago, Sen. Herman Baertschiger Jr., R- Grants Pass, claimed the walkouts were a legitimate legislative strategy authorized in the Oregon Constitution:

Source: Opinion: Sorry, Republicans, the Oregon Constitution doesn’t legitimize a walkout – oregonlive.com