High-Profile Republicans Push Texas to Defy Supreme Court Border Ruling Governor Gregg Abbott has declared himself the supreme authority on border security — over the federal government and Supreme Court Border Clash By Nikki McCann Ramirez
That order extended to school districts but some districts have attempted to defy the executive order on vaccines and on masks. On Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the Texas Supreme Court had decided to temporarily halt the enforcement of San Antonio ISD's vaccine mandate...
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 order didn’t give any reason and didn’t explicitly say Border Patrol agents were allowed to access the park or that the state had to remove the concertina wire. So the state has doubled down and some Republican lawmakers have said Texas should ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday ruled in favor of upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) order prohibiting mask mandates, a win for the governor after local entities across the state attempted to defy him. The state Supreme Court action blocked temporary re
(Reuters) -Texas Democratic lawmakers, scattered around the country, said on Thursday they were more determined than ever to block voting restrictions in their state, after the state supreme court ruled they could be arrested for fleeing Austin in July to deny Republicans the quorum...
Texas voters had in 2005 approved a state ban on same-sex marriage, and attorney general Paxton initially suggested that county clerks with personal religious objections could defy the U.S. Supreme Court order and refuse to issue marriage licenses for same sex couples. But same-sex marriages hav...
“If the Supreme Court wants to ignore that truth, which a slim majority did …Texas leaders still have the duty to defend their people,” Roy said on Fox News last week. “It's like, if someone's breaking into your house, and the court says, 'Oh, sorry. You can't defend yourself...
The Texas Supreme Court on Sundayupheld Abbott’s ban, blocking temporary restraining orders from district judges that had allowed local school districts to defy the executive order pending litigation. Despite the state high court’s ruling, a Texas district judgethatBexar County’s mask mandate coul...
In the past week, Abbott and Paxton took aim at pro-masking local governments that defy the governor’s ban on mask mandates. On Wednesday, Abbott and Paxton filed an appeal to strike down a court’s temporary restraining order in Dallas on the Texas governor’s mask requirement ban. ...
Read More Texas Homeschool Families Take Back Their Public Park and Defy Orders to Leave as Police Back Down Daniel McAdams writes about how his family and a group of about 35 people who are all homeschool families in Texas took their children to the local park to enjoy the fresh air and...