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TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts)
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 03:38 AM Oct 2021

Texas businesses should sue over Gov. Greg Abbott's vaccine mandate ban, Harris County attorney says

The Harris County attorney said Tuesday that Texas business owners should sue Gov. Greg Abbott over his executive order unilaterally banning public and private entities across the state from mandating vaccines.

In a statement, Menefee called the executive order “shameful,” and argued that it created confusion and opened up businesses to potential litigation that could slow economic recovery. Menefee is among the county attorneys across Texas who have sued the state over Abbott’s bans on mask and vaccine mandates.

“I encourage Texas business owners who believe in science and the rule of law to sue Governor Abbott and join Harris County and other cities and school districts fighting back against his overreach,” Menefee wrote. “We must keep pushing these cases forward so the Texas Supreme Court can rein in Governor Abbott's illegal executive orders.”

Under Abbott’s latest executive order, no entity in Texas — including private businesses — can require COVID-19 vaccinations from employees or customers. It comes on the heels of previous orders that have banned county, city and other local governments from enacting such mandates in public buildings.

Read more: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2021/10/12/410737/texas-businesses-should-sue-over-gov-greg-abbotts-vaccine-mandate-ban-harris-county-attorney-says/

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Texas businesses should sue over Gov. Greg Abbott's vaccine mandate ban, Harris County attorney says (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Oh, I hope they do! ShazzieB Oct 2021 #1
How about opening abbutt to a vigilante lawsuit posse. About $10,000 per business should be fair. Comfortably_Numb Oct 2021 #2
That is what I hope will happen. brer cat Oct 2021 #3
If they sue, they risk alienating a portion of their customers. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #4

ShazzieB

(16,389 posts)
1. Oh, I hope they do!
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 05:54 AM
Oct 2021

I hope loads and loads of businesss sue over this, because HOW DARE Assbutt tell them they aren't allowed to require their emp,oyees to get vaccinated?

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)
4. If they sue, they risk alienating a portion of their customers.
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:54 AM
Oct 2021

It would be the right thing to sue, but maybe not the profitable thing.

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