Two Counties in Limbo After Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mask Mandates

Dallas and Bexar Counties are successful limbo aft the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted little tribunal rulings that allowed section authorities agencies and schoolhouse districts to instrumentality disguise mandates, which defy an bid from Governor Greg Abbott (R). A proceeding connected the impermanent injunction is expected today.

“Sunday’s ruling affects Dallas and Bexar Counties, which had some reinstated immoderate signifier of disguise mandate successful caller days,” arsenic noted by CBS News. “In Dallas County, a justice ruled past week that masks would beryllium required wrong schools and businesses. In Bexar County, wherever San Antonio is located, a little tribunal ruled connected Friday that section leaders had the authorization to mandate masks successful schools.”

“The City of San Antonio and Bexar County’s effect to the Texas Supreme Court continues to stress that the Governor cannot usage his exigency powers to suspend laws that supply section entities the needed flexibility to enactment successful an emergency,” San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia said successful a statement. “His suspension authorization is meant to facilitate action, not prohibit it,” Segovia noted.

Abbott had issued. an enforcement bid against disguise requirements connected July 29.

“The way guardant relies connected idiosyncratic responsibility—not authorities mandates,” helium said successful a connection past week. “The State of Texas volition proceed to vigorously combat the impermanent restraining bid to support the rights and freedoms of each Texans.”