Bexar County judge will decide whether Ken Paxton can sue SAISD over its vaccine mandate
Attorneys for the San Antonio Independent School District and Texas Attorney General’s Office sparred in court Wednesday over whether the state has the legal authority to sue the school district for issuing a staff vaccine mandate in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton lacks the legal right to enforce Abbott’s Aug. 25 executive order that banned public entities, such as school districts, from mandating COVID-19 vaccines, said Steve Chiscano, the attorney representing SAISD. Paxton and Abbott have acknowledged in other court filings that neither has the right to enforce executive orders under the Texas Disaster Act.
That argument is disingenuous and a “waste of the court’s time,” said Ralph Molina, an attorney with the Attorney General’s Office, during the hearing to determine whether Paxton’s lawsuit against SAISD can move forward.
408th District Court Judge Angelica Jimenez said she would review each side’s arguments and return Thursday at 8:30 a.m. with a ruling.
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