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Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:26 PM Aug 2016

No Ruling in Campus Carry Court Challenge

A federal judge took no action Thursday on a request by three University of Texas at Austin professors to temporarily block Texas' campus carry law, saying he won't give his initial ruling until at least next week.

But the case against gained a new wrinkle at a hearing Thursday, with the professors' lawyers now adding a claim that UT-Austin's gun policies are too vague to be enforced.

It remains to be seen whether the challenge will go anywhere. Lawyers on the professors' side admitted in court that their claims wade into uncharted legal waters.

"It goes without saying that this is an interesting case," said U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. "Both sides, I thought, did an exceptional job."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/04/no-ruling-campus-carry-challenge/

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