Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asks court to block Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on Monday asked a court to block Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, arguing that the Republican governor’s executive order violates state law.
The counterclaim is in response to a suit between Jenkins, a Democrat, and Dallas County Commissioner J.J. Koch, a Republican, over a mask mandate at Commissioners Court meetings. It names Abbott as a counter-defendant, and requests that a judge file an order to stop enforcement of the governor’s July executive orders that prevent local governments from enacting mask mandates.
It also asks that Jenkins be allowed to take measures to manage the pandemic, including mandating masks. Jenkins’ request for declaratory judgment and a temporary restraining order come as COVID-19 delta cases soar nationally and local hospital emergency departments become overrun with patients.
“Within a matter of days, schools will be starting back up, and young children, who are increasingly at risk to the Delta Variant and who are ineligible for any of the vaccines, will be indoors,” Jenkins’ filing claims. “This is a recipe for exploding community transmission of the Delta Variant as it races through the schools and children take it home to their families.”
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2021/08/09/dallas-county-judge-clay-jenkins-sues-gov-greg-abbott-over-mask-mandate-ban/
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