Texas Supreme Court declines to back governor's ban of school mask mandates

[groundloop]

Source: NBC News

A ruling Thursday by the Texas Supreme Court will allow schools to continue requiring masks while a legal battle between the governor and local officials gets sorted out.

In declining to block restraining orders against Gov. Greg Abbott’s mask mandate ban, the justices remanded Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to the 3rd Texas Court of Appeal in Austin for a hearing. The court did not issue an opinion for its decision.

The move came the same day that the Texas Education Agency suspended enforcement in the state’s public school systems of Abbott’s ban on mask requirements, the Texas Education Agency said Thursday.

In a public health guidance letter, the TEA said enforcement was being dropped because of ongoing court challenges to the ban. The letter said the new guidance is effective immediately and further guidance will be issued once the litigation is resolved.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-supreme-court-declines-back-governor-s-ban-school-mask-n1277226

[C Moon]

1. I'm sure there's an orange fat lazy golf-cart-butted monster who is having a tantrum about now.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I wonder if the members of that Supreme Court wear masks?

Just asking.

[LeftInTX]

3. I believe they are mostly working via zoom

The court system is independent of the governor.

Same here in San Antonio. Masks are required, however court is once again transitioning back to zoom.

But this was decided via a technicality. The gov was supposed to file with the appropriate appeals courts first and he didn't.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. What a head-spinner: decline to block restraining orders against a mandate ban.

....... .........

Before COVID, I can't recall state executives trying to ban efforts to protect public health.

Oh, wait. Rethugs have blocked or stalled environmental and food safety regulations many times in the past.....

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Yeah it took a multiple readings

to unpack what appeared to be a triple negative.

[yaesu]

6. these showboat repuke govs could care less if their rulings are thrown out or not

they just want that spotlight on them so they can run on their tRump like record and keep that fascist money rolling in.

[Jose Garcia]

7. TX Supreme Court Justices are elected and all of them are Republicans