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Related: About this forumTexas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott's COVID ban on local mask rules was lawful
Settling a heated pandemic-era debate between Gov. Greg Abbott and leaders of the states major urban areas, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the governor had the legal authority to forbid local officials from requiring residents to wear masks in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
As a contagious form of the virus raged in summer 2021 and threatened to push hospitals to the brink of their capacity limits, several local leaders put in place their own orders mandating that residents wear masks in certain public settings like businesses and schools in defiance of Abbotts own emergency order banning such masking rules.
City and county officials balked at Abbott using his emergency powers to block public health measures intended to respond to the emergency. But the court ruled that state law gives Abbott the authority to do just that.
We hold that, during a declared disaster, the Governor has the lawful authority to prohibit local officials from imposing mask requirements in response to a contagious disease, Justice Jimmy Blacklock wrote in an opinion handed down Friday morning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-supreme-court-says-gov-180332464.html
Blues Heron
(6,132 posts)these people just have some major malfunction in the gray matter department.
joshdawg
(2,713 posts)agreeing with a RWNJ "governor."
Anyone surprised?
bucolic_frolic
(46,985 posts)IA8IT
(5,880 posts)Timeflyer
(2,632 posts)your own body when pregnant is not ok. And don't even think about regulating guns!
TexasDem69
(2,317 posts)But seems like the question was about the governosra power, not whether he mad the right decision.
ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)They think they are protecting their way of life and their familes when, with all the guns and castle doctrins and lack of abortions and not wearin masks, ect., ect., ect.... they won't survive very long in the chain of life.
TexasDem69
(2,317 posts)In the US.
Fullduplexxx
(8,261 posts)Harris County, home to Houston, was Texass largest-gaining county, adding a net 1,366,674 people during the 22-year period. And the population of Rockwall, the state's fastest-growing county, nearly tripled (182% growth).