Posted on 08/15/2021 3:15:46 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
The US Supreme Court has no jurisdiction. There is no federal law issue in this case. See comment 20 for what will almost certainly happen next.
Yep.
Bump
“ Thus, the mask mandates are off.”
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Only for the cities of San Antonio and Dallas. Not for Bear and Dallas Counties, which cover about 95% of the same populations. Those hearings are tomorrow.
Isn’t it cute how the counties and cities in Texas cooperate to have double set of orders, forcing the state to engage in lawsuit against both of them? School just a bunch of scumbag Leftists (but I repeat myself), conspiring to reduce our liberties and kill off small business.
That's not correct. This order stays temrporary restraining orders that were in favor of Dallas County (or, specifically, the county judge Clay Jenkins), Bexar County, and the City of San Antonio. Those were the plaintiffs in the two lawsuits.
Today's hearing is a temporary injunction hearing in the San Antonio/Bexar County case. A temporary injunction hearing is set in the Dallas County case for next Tuesday.
Without getting too deep in the weeds on civil procedure: Governor Abbott issued an executive order prohibiting local governments from enacting mask mandates. In two separate lawsuits in state district court in Bexar and Dallas Counties, respectively, the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and Dallas County sued Governor Abbott seeking an injunction prohibiting him from enforcing his executive order, thus allowing them to enter their own mask mandates. The two district court judges both entered temporary restraining orders against the governor--these orders last only 14 days (or can be extended up to 28 days), until a hearing can be held on a temporary injunction. A temporary injunction lasts for the pendency of the lawsuit, until trial.
The Texas Supreme Court stayed the TROs, but is allowing the TI hearings to move forward. As I stated elsewhere on this thread, the district court judges will probably grant the temporary injunctions, which the governor will probably immediately appeal. The appeal will automatically suspend the temporary injunctions (due to a somewhat obscure interpretation of a couple statutes).
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