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Federal court rules for TX in person GOP convention (Original Post)
Gothmog
Jul 2020
OP
Aren't they ruling with Republicans to force the desperate Houston, liberal Gov to having
LizBeth
Jul 2020
#4
Then the mayor should refuse any city services for the convention period since it's putting ...
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2020
#7
BREAKING: Federal judge rules Texas GOP convention can proceed at George R. Brown in downtown Housto
Gothmog
Jul 2020
#8
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)1. Hm. That one doesn't work.
CurtEastPoint
(18,635 posts)2. What doesn't work?
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)4. Aren't they ruling with Republicans to force the desperate Houston, liberal Gov to having
convention or pay in suit? That is not good. That is not right.
chillfactor
(7,573 posts)3. the judge
is an asshole.......another trumpster who has no regard for human life.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)5. Arggh
CanonRay
(14,093 posts)6. The mayor should say there getting no special police protection.
They are on their own.
Susan Calvin
(1,646 posts)11. Very good idea. nt
SWBTATTReg
(22,097 posts)7. Then the mayor should refuse any city services for the convention period since it's putting ...
city employees and workers in harms' way. City facilities and such should not be made available. The city should severely limit traffic around the convention center and install a special one time 'stupid' tax of some percentage, to cover any unanticipated costs not anticipated, such as fire and / or police services that are bound to be called out when you get a bunch of freedumb idiots together in one place.
This deserves some actions on the part of the city, being that these people are putting those on the ground in Houston in harms' way.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)8. BREAKING: Federal judge rules Texas GOP convention can proceed at George R. Brown in downtown Housto
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)9. Federal judge rules @TexasGOP can hold in-person convention in Houston, lawyers say
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A Houston federal judge ruled Friday that the Republican Party of Texas may proceed with its in-person convention, according to lawyers involved in the litigation, a striking last-minute development as party officials have struggled to get a virtual gathering underway.
Jared Woodfill, an attorney for Houston activist Steve Hotze, who helped file the lawsuit, said Judge Lynn Hughes ruled that the party can hold an in-person convention both this weekend and next weekend and that the City of Houston may not interfere with it.
According to Woodfill, Hughes concluded that the state party, which joined the lawsuit Friday, made a good-faith effort to have a virtual convention" and that Houston put the party "in an untenable position to do it [virtually] in a very short period of time.
Earlier this week, the partys State Republican Executive Committee voted to move the convention online after losing separate legal battles to proceed with an in-person gathering, which was set to take place Thursday through Saturday at Houstons George R. Brown Convention Center before Houston officials canceled it.
Jared Woodfill, an attorney for Houston activist Steve Hotze, who helped file the lawsuit, said Judge Lynn Hughes ruled that the party can hold an in-person convention both this weekend and next weekend and that the City of Houston may not interfere with it.
According to Woodfill, Hughes concluded that the state party, which joined the lawsuit Friday, made a good-faith effort to have a virtual convention" and that Houston put the party "in an untenable position to do it [virtually] in a very short period of time.
Earlier this week, the partys State Republican Executive Committee voted to move the convention online after losing separate legal battles to proceed with an in-person gathering, which was set to take place Thursday through Saturday at Houstons George R. Brown Convention Center before Houston officials canceled it.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)10. Meanwhile, @SylvesterTurner says Houston will appeal:
Susan Calvin
(1,646 posts)12. I honestly don't care if they kill each other.
It's the spread I'm worried about.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)13. Order stayed
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