Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts mask orders in Dallas and Bexar counties

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: ABC

The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily blocked mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties, marking a pivotal moment in the showdown between state and local government as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge in Texas.

The ruling comes after several school districts and a handful of counties across the state defied Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that restricted local entities from instituting mask mandates. On Friday, the 4th Court of Appeals in San Antonio upheld a lower court ruling that permitted Bexar County to require mask-wearing in public schools. Shortly after, the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas upheld a more far-reaching order from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins that required masks in public schools, universities and businesses.

In a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Texas Supreme Court, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 gives the governor power to act as the "'commander in chief' of the state's response to a disaster. Attorneys representing cities and counties that have sued Abbott over his executive order have argued that his orders should not supersede local orders.

Fueled by the highly-contagious delta variant, hospitalizations have increased across the state at a pace quicker than any other point during the pandemic. Less than half of the state's population is fully vaccinated.

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[SheltieLover]

1. These judges need to be investigated for public endangerment!

[FBaggins]

15. No... the blame appears to lie squarely with the governor

The Texas Disaster Act of 1975 does indeed give the governor broad powers during an epidemic (including using that phrase "commander in chief".

[monkeyman1]

29. everything in texas is bigger ! including stupidity!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. @GovAbbott standing in the way of saving lives

Link to tweet

[monkeyman1]

34. everything for re-election!

I'M with ya 100 % & damn Twitter won't let me in without a damn account ! not gonna happen ! GREGG could care less about people . let that soak in !

[dalton99a]

2. As expected.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Greg is an asshole

Link to tweet

[lapfog_1]

3. "who are statistically not at risk from COVID-19."

no longer the case with the Delta variant (over 90% of new cases are Delta)

[VMA131Marine]

4. Who wrote this article?

This line is not true:

“ The news is a relief to parents who oppose masking children, who are statistically not at risk from COVID-19.”

Children seem to have lower risk of serious illness, though I’m not sure we can say even that about the Delta variant, but their risk is definitely not zero. They can certainly spread the virus to the adults they come in contact with at school too.

[lapucelle]

9. Where is that line? It's not in the OP and it's not in the linked story.

[VMA131Marine]

13. It was in the OP

Because I copied and pasted it directly. I wasn’t the only one who noticed either; see the reply before mine.

[IronLionZion]

21. It's gone now

maybe they updated it

[VMA131Marine]

30. Must have!

[monkeyman1]

35. NOT ROCKET SCIENCE - GO TO C.D.C. & YOU WILL SE IT HAS !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Siding with Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted mask orders in Dallas and

Link to tweet

The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily blocked mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties, marking a pivotal moment in the showdown between state and local government as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge in Texas.

The ruling comes after several school districts and a handful of counties across the state defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that restricted local entities from instituting mask mandates. On Friday, the 4th Court of Appeals in San Antonio upheld a lower court ruling that permitted Bexar County to require mask-wearing in public schools. Shortly after, the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas upheld a more far-reaching order from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins that required masks in public schools, universities and businesses.

In a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Texas Supreme Court, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 gives the governor power to act as the “‘commander in chief’ of the state’s response to a disaster. Attorneys representing cities and counties that have sued Abbott over his executive order have argued that his orders should not supersede local orders.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Here is Greg's gloat

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

40. Will she be carrying this sign at her own child's funeral?

[ananda]

7. I so absolutely hate what Republicans in TX have become...

stone cold, heartless troglodytes!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. For this thread

Link to tweet

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[GB_RN]

8. People Will Die As A Result

And Abbot will be covered from negligence claims by “qualified immunity”.

[monkeyman1]

36. no such animal for a governor ! only a president of U.S. !

[Skittles]

38. the "PRO-LIFE" party is just fine with that

[yaesu]

10. the fascist death panel supreme court. nt

[bmbmd]

11. And, just like magic,

the Texas State Capitol building floods for the first time in history.

[TexasTowelie]

26. It's the underground extension that flooded

and it wasn't completed until 1993. The main building that you see on TV may have had some leaks, but it sits on top a hill. While there may be an occasional leak or bust pipe, the place isn't going to flood.

[Irish_Dem]

12. The freedom to kill others is the most important American freedom.

Whether by gun or covid.

[George II]

14. The judges are probably all pro-life.

[roamer65]

16. FFS.

What a fucked up state.

[Paladin]

17. Way past time for a recall effort against Abbott.

He's actively working to get Texans killed.

[FBaggins]

20. There is no recall option for TX governor

19 states (+DC) have recall options. But TX isn't one of them.

[Paladin]

44. Fair enough. But there's already an impeachment effort underway.

Whatever it takes.

[FBaggins]

45. Don't kid yourself

A couple thousand signatures on a Move-On.org petition is not an "impeachment effort" that's worth noticing.

If they didn't impeach Paxton after an actual indictment... they obviously aren't going to impeach Abbott.

[ShazamIam]

18. To me that is an example of the true depravity of, political and econimic conservatism.

[rdking647]

19. the dallas school district told teh supreme court to get bent

they tweeted out the mask mandate stays despite the court order

[hamsterjill]

24. Go, Dallas!!!

I hope San Antonio follows suit!!!

[Tree Lady]

37. Yes they both are

My daughter is in San Antonio and proud of her mayor.

[TexasTowelie]

28. They will threaten to shut down Dallas ISD if they do...

...oh snap, can't have that.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

42. Dallas ISD to keep mask mandate in place despite Texas Supreme Court ruling

Dallas ISD to keep mask mandate in place despite Texas Supreme Court ruling
By Peyton Yager and FOX 4 Staff Published 11 hours ago Dallas ISDFOX 4

DALLAS - Dallas ISD's superintendent said the school district will keep its mask mandate in place despite the Texas Supreme Court ruling that temporarily blocked Dallas County's mask mandate.

Dr. Michael Hinojosa said he made this decision after consulting with lawyers and they determined the stay order issued by the Texas Supreme Court Sunday was for Dallas County, but did not mention Dallas ISD.

{snip}

[IronLionZion]

22. Texas and Florida are competing to out-Trump Trump

by being as deliberately evil as possible as school children spread delta around quickly without masks. That's how it was with chickenpox back before the vaccine was available. These things spread fast in schools.

[Skittles]

39. cruelty resonates with the cult

sick fuckers

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. They take the phrase "How stupid can you get?" as a challenge.

[BobTheSubgenius]

23. And that "Less than half..." quotient is almost certainly not the whole story.

I don't know for sure, but I'd hazard a guess that TX has a pretty large population of undocumented residents. If "Less than half..." is, say, 45%, I'd think the true number would be 35-40% at best

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. Dallas and San Antonio schools will open with mask mandates in place

Link to tweet

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[LiberatedUSA]

43. Rock and a hard place.

We need the masks in order to stop the spread, but this sets an example of being able to ignore Supreme Court (federal or state) decisions if you don’t like them. I can think of a few the GOP would like to ignore, if that is the new standard.

[SergeStorms]

27. Republicans are killing people.

Just so they can make their stupid little political point, they're willing to sacrifice countless lives.

I'm sick to fucking death of having to share this country with mindless, selfish, childish, assholes. 😡

[Vinca]

41. And yet they have the nerve to ask for federal assistance . . .