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Opening Arguments
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Opening Arguments
"Contingent or unliquidated claim, which would unduly delay the administration of the case. So how do they determine how much each plaintiff's claim is worth? Well, bankruptcy code 5 O two C says the court gets to estimate the amount of acclaim that has not been decided with finality. What decisions do they get to use? They have almost unfettered discretion for the bankruptcy judge to value that claim. Right. But would that actually affect the amount that he has to pay? Or is this just trying to determine, you know, for the sake of the bankruptcy? Yeah, it affects the amount that the bankruptcy court is going to allocate to the plaintiffs in bankruptcy regarding the actual assets of InfoWars, but then let's say it gets capped, wouldn't they just be able, oh, yeah allocated too much. No, because here's the thing. The final adjudication at the Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court level. Of that cap is not going to come for years, right? That's a three years down the line. The info wars bankruptcy is going to be decided way before then. So the bankruptcy judge is going to have to assess a value to it. And if I Mark bankston, I'm going to say, yeah, it looks like it's $10 million right now, but we have a meritorious basis for believing the cap doesn't apply to us, right? I just outlined that to you. We've briefed that. We're arguing in the Court of Appeals right now, we're prepared to go all the way up to the Supreme Court. And we think judge, you ought to increase the value of this claim to reflect the fact that, yes, there's an uncertainty involved. But if we win and the judge reinstates the full amount, this is now $55 million claim. Not a $10 million claim. And if you're thinking, that seems like too much for a bankruptcy court judge to do, it isn't. And I will tell you that bankruptcy court judges all the time deal with cases where a plaintiff has gone into bankruptcy because of threatened or just filed litigation. Think about this one, your amalgamated asbestos incorporated all of a sudden the first judgment comes down. You have a $1 billion in assets, but now a 100 million people have filed claims against you for asbestosis each seeking a $100 million. So you look at it and you're like, okay, we're not going to defend any of those claims because we're obviously going to lose. They're seeking a hundred times more than assets that we have. You figure it out. And in those cases, where there's been no trial on the merits, there's been no jury decision. There's been no nothing. Bankruptcy courts all the time will take the amount of damages sought by the plaintiffs as a fair and equitable determination of what that claim is worth. And you know, as you might imagine, bankruptcy states have been like, oh, come on, plaintiff's overestimate that all the time. They weren't going to get it in courts have said, I don't know, too bad. Well, not only that, picture this, but with the most incompetent representation possible, arguing for ox Jones. So I would imagine that, you know, odds are, even if it was a coin toss, I would go ahead and put the odds in the favor of anyone arguing against Alex Jones representation. I think that's a very, very good point as well. I accidentally turned over the text messages that say, oh, the damages should be higher. What I need to say by this is the bankruptcy court adjudicating the liabilities against InfoWars. Mark bankston put it this way in one of his interviews. He said, plaintiffs will be carving up the carcass of InfoWars at the end of this. And I understand that was sort of a shorthand for to what he was referring here. And that is, they will have the opportunity to go before a bankruptcy judge and say, this 7 or $10 million claim is in reality a $55 million claim. And they'll have a good argument for that. And so we're going to see. So top lines to be taken away, actual damages were low in this case, and I don't know why. The punitive damages are capped because of a monstrous law in Texas that should be changed. That is even worse in Connecticut and will be coming down the pipe. Use this story to combat the past half century of misinformation about plaintiff's lawsuits and get these horrendous damage caps overturned because this is what happens, right? Well, this is literally going to be the difference between does this deter a monster from continuing to be a monster or not. We for the first time have a really powerful story on our hands to tell. So let's get out there and start telling it. I just want to make sure I totally understood. In terms of the Texas cap, now I get the one weird bankruptcy court trick. I'm super excited about that. Setting that aside for the moment, I wasn't sure based on the coverage I've seen. I didn't know that the Texas cap was like a 100% done deal. Is there no room for that to be, I don't know, argued that it shouldn't apply or something. Is that 100% done deal going to be capped? Yeah, I have been through not only the provisions of the Texas code, but also the case law interpreting the punitive damages. And so for example, there's a lot of litigation over cap busting, right? Because there are kinds of torque claims that are specifically excluded from the act. Defamation claims IID claims not one of those, right? So I think they will apply. And I think it's a shame. Dang, I thought there was still some wiggle room in there. I guess I saw inaccurate coverage. Well, important to get the right information. So that's a done deal. Connecticut somehow mysteriously even worse, this sucks, hopefully the one weird trick will apply, but still you're totally right. Let's use this to draw attention
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"texas supreme court" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"What's happening in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overrule roe versus wade? Well, the first thing to notice is that no cataclysm has occurred. And for people who warned that this decision would produce a kind of social catastrophe that people would be going nuts, our social fabric itself would be rendered. And to be honest, I myself expected a more stormy reaction when the group called James revenge said, you know, that's going to be a night of rage. I thought, well, that could be, you know, a week of rage. Two weeks of rage, as it turns out there was nothing. Well, I mean, they were a few protests. And there are some protests, even now the left is trying to intimidate these justices. Let's go protest right outside their homes. By the way, I'm happy to say Congress has passed a law Biden signed it to increase security for the Supreme Court Justices and so there are some obviously First Amendment rights about being able to protest, but it's a different matter when you are protesting in a manner that intimidates these justices at their residences itself. Now, in Texas, a lower court oddly enough responded to the Supreme Court's decision by saying to abortion providers that they could resume, they could resume having offering abortions. Now, the reason that the court said this is a took a recent Texas law, which is a heartbeat bill, a bill that in a sense says that after 6 weeks or so you can't do abortions. And the court said, well, it follows from that law that you can do abortions before that. And so the lower court decision authorized abortion clinics to resume operations in Texas, but offer these abortions only up to 6 weeks. Now, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, who's been on this podcast, went to the Texas Supreme Court and challenged this. And he argued in effect that there is an older Texas law. This is not a law recently passed. In fact, it's a law that predates roe V wade. In fact, goes back to the earlier part of the 20th century that outlawed all abortions in Texas. And says Paxton, that law is still in effect. It's an effect why, because it had been suspended because of roe V wade, roe V wade, in a sense, invalidated that law, but now that roe V wade itself has been invalidated by the Supreme Court that law kicks back into effect. And it was the law was never repealed by the Texas legislature. They never said we don't need this law anymore. They wanted to have the law, but the law was against their will, put on the shelf because of roe versus wade. So the Supreme Court agreed with Paxton and has overturned the lower court ruling, which means that abortions in effect are not happening right now in Texas. Now, the Biden administration appears to have its own solution, or at least temporary solution. There are real solutions. They want to try to pass a federal law, making abortion a kind of federal right. Now, if they did that, it would go straight to the Supreme Court, which will have to decide whether the federal government can pass a law that overturns the ability of states to regulate abortion. This now becomes a federalism question. It becomes a question in which, yes, the abortion decision is no longer with the court. It's now moved to the legislature, but which legislature, the state legislature, at the local level, or the federal legislature, which is to say Congress. And if Congress passes a law on this subject, does it override state laws? In general, the answer to that question is yes. Congressional laws do override state laws, but they overwrite state laws only on matters where Congress has the jurisdictional authority. So for example, an immigration, a congressional law overrides a state law. But the point is if abortion is a state matter, then federal law doesn't even belong in the sphere. States have the final say on what abortion is, what abortion laws are going to be in that state. And that's what the Supreme Court seemed clearly to say. Another issue that the Biden administration is pushing is the idea that the abortion pill can not be regulated by the states. And the Biden position on this is that because the abortion pill was declared safe by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration states don't have a right to outline it. But this, of course, is nonsense. Of course, the abortion pill was declared safe for the person taking it. It's obviously not safe for the new life being created in the womb. In fact, it's designed to be unsafe for that life. So again, if the abortion decision is in the hand of the states, it's hard for me for the to see the Supreme Court saying, well, yeah, but when it comes to the abortion pill, you know, states can pass laws about it because the FDA says so. We just have a ruling from the court on the climate issue where the court basically says these regulatory agencies have far exceeded their authority. They don't have the right to sort of, in a sense, make up laws and arrogate to themselves authority. It has not been clearly given to them by Congress. And so I think that we're going to have some confusion in some chaos and the abortion area for some time, but on balance we are moving in a direction away from role and the predicted catastrophe that was supposed.
Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour Podcast
What Decade Is America Living In?
"We keep talking about what year we're back in. The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night allowed a 1925 law banning abortion to take effect overturning a lower court ruling that a temporarily blocked it in Texas. That meant a 1925 law written before roe, which had banned abortions and punished those who performed them with possible imprisonment, automatically came into effect. We keep saying, you know, we're in 1950. No, welcome to 1925. If you live in Texas, not Wisconsin. For 20s. Wisconsin is trying to enact a law that was passed in the 1800s. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, why these things were still on the books. I have no
WNYC 93.9 FM
"texas supreme court" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Saturday. July 2nd, this is all things considered. With Michelle Martin in Washington, D.C., I'm Tiffany Hansen in New York. Also this outward, the New York State legislature passed a gun reform bill on Friday. We are creating a definitive list of sense of locations for individuals who may not be able to carry firearms. Common sense, more on that, plus it's a long holiday weekend pools are open and the city is still experiencing a lifeguard shortage. That's coming up this hour, but first, news headlines. Live from NPR news, I'm Janine herbst. The Texas Supreme Court late last night ruled that a near total ban on abortions in the state can be in forced. Texas public radio's Jerry Clayton reports the decision came after the state's attorney general filed an emergency motion with the court. The decision came down around midnight Friday and blocks a previous lower court ruling that allowed abortion procedures to resume. The emergency order for temporary relief was filed earlier in the week by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. The previous restraining order gave clinics until at least July 12th to perform the procedures. Paxton told prosecutors that a previous law on the books in Texas banning abortions is now enforceable. Texas already had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, even before roe versus wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. I'm Jerry Clayton, in San Antonio. Ukraine says Russia is increasing missile attacks on civilians to try to force Kyiv into peace talks and fierce Jason Bobby and reports over the last week, Russian missiles have killed dozens of people far from the front lines. A top adviser to Ukrainian president Vladimir zelensky, Mikhail del poro yak asserts that Russian forces have shifted their tactics in the war against his country. He says Moscow is attempting to terrorize civilians and pressure Ukraine to see large parts of the east of the country to Russia. On Friday, a series of missiles pounded an apartment block and a recreation center near Odessa in southern Ukraine, killing more than 20 people and injuring dozens more earlier in the week, 21 people were killed after a massive anti ship missile slammed into a shopping mall here in Kremlin shook, despite no evidence of military facilities near either site, Russian officials insist they are not targeting civilians. Jason Bobby and pure news
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Post-Roe, Women Discover How Their Employer Influences Abortion Access
"Abortion providers and patients across the country have been struggling to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access I'm Ben Thomas with the latest Texas clinics have been turning away patients rescheduling them and now face canceling appointments again after the Texas Supreme Court blocked a lower court order late Friday that had given some confidence to resume abortions The state had left an abortion ban on the books for the past 50 years walrus was in place but a Houston judge on Tuesday reassured some clinics they could temporarily resume abortions up to 6 weeks into pregnancy Texas attorney general Ken Paxton quickly asked the state Supreme Court stocked with 9 Republican justices to temporarily put that order on hold which it did Friday night In Florida a law banning abortions after 15 weeks went into effect Friday
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"texas supreme court" Discussed on AP News
"More You can even arrange for guaranteed rides home for emergencies or unplanned overtime So let's go now Visit loudon dot gov slash commute It's the better way After the massacre at rob elementary school in uvalde Texas funerals continue for the 19 children and two teachers who were killed I'm Ben Thomas with the latest Ten year old Alexandria anaya Rubio was known as Lexi her mother Kimberly mata Rubio described her daughter to members of Congress at a hearing on gun safety this week She was intelligent compassionate and athletic Lexi played basketball and softball like her father a uvalde county sheriff's deputy The family asked mourners to wear bright colors to her funeral Saturday because Lexi loved them She was quiet Shy unless she had a point to make Her mother a reporter at the local newspaper says when she knew she was right Lexi would scan her ground She was firm direct voice unwavering That's for guns Kimberly mata Rubio told the hearing We stand for Lexie And as her voice we demand action I'm Ben Thomas A Texas judge temporarily blocks the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care The judge issued the temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's investigations at three families who sued the order also prevents the state from opening any similar investigations against the more than 600 members of the LGBT advocacy group pflag the ruling comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also blocking the investigation of one family among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican governor Greg Abbott that had sued I'm Julie Walker The Ukrainian army says Russian forces are regrouping to launch an offensive on the city of slovyansk in the eastern Donbass region Moscow backed rebels have controlled self proclaimed republics in both Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014 and Russia is trying to seize the territory still under Ukrainian control The Ukraine's army says Russian soldiers managed to get a foothold overnight in a village about 15 miles northwest of sloviansk and are preparing to attack the city The Donetsk regional police say Russian missiles hit 13 towns and villages in the province overnight Meanwhile Britain's defense ministry says Russian bombers have likely been using anti ship missiles from the 1960s in ground attacks The missiles were primarily made to destroy aircraft carriers using a nuclear warhead However when used with a regular warhead the missiles become highly inaccurate with the potential to cause severe collateral damage and casualties I'm Karen Chammas AP sports I'm David Shuster the NBA Finals down to a best of three series now geth and kuba was in attendance A signature performance by.
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"texas supreme court" Discussed on AP News
"La carte only not substitution single item at regular price After the massacre at rob elementary school in uvalde Texas funerals continue for the 19 children and two teachers who were killed I'm Ben Thomas with the latest Ten year old Alexandria anaya Rubio was known as Lexi her mother Kimberly mata Rubio described her daughter to members of Congress at a hearing on gun safety this week She was intelligent compassionate and athletic Lexi played basketball and softball like her father a uvalde county sheriff's deputy The family asked mourners to wear bright colors to her funeral Saturday because Lexi loved them She was quiet Shy unless she had a point to make Her mother a reporter at the local newspaper says when she knew she was right Lexi would scan her ground She was firm direct voice unwavering That's for guns Kimberly mata Rubio told the hearing We stand for Lexie And as her voice we demand action I'm Ben Thomas A Texas judge temporarily blocks the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care The judge issued the temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's investigations at three families who sued the order also prevents the state from opening any similar investigations against the more than 600 members of the LGBT advocacy group P flag the ruling comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also blocking the investigation of one family among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican governor Greg Abbott that had sued I'm Julie Walker The Ukrainian army says Russian forces are regrouping to launch an offensive on the city of slovyansk in the eastern Donbass region Moscow backed rebels have controlled self proclaimed republics in both Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014 and Russia is trying to seize the territory still under Ukrainian control For Ukraine's army says Russian soldiers managed to get a foothold overnight in a village about 15 miles northwest of sloviansk and are preparing to attack the city The Donetsk regional police say Russian missiles hit 13 towns and villages in the province overnight Meanwhile Britain's defense ministry says Russian bombers have likely been using anti ship missiles from the 1960s in ground attacks The missiles were primarily made to destroy aircraft carriers using a nuclear warhead However when used with a regular warhead the missiles become highly inaccurate with the potential to cause severe collateral damage and casualties I'm Karen Chammas.
AP News
"texas supreme court" Discussed on AP News
"Home for emergencies or unplanned overtime So let's go now Visit loudon dot gov slash commute It's the better way So after the massacre at rob elementary school in uvalde Texas funerals continue for the 19 children and two teachers who were killed I'm Ben Thomas with the latest Ten year old Alexandria anaya Rubio was known as Lexi her mother Kimberly mata Rubio described her daughter to members of Congress at a hearing on gun safety this week She was intelligent compassionate and athletic Lexi played basketball and softball like her father a uvalde county sheriff's deputy The family asked mourners to wear bright colors to her funeral Saturday because Lexi loved them She was quiet Shy unless she had a point to make Her mother a reporter at the local newspaper says when she knew she was right Lexi would stand her ground She was firm direct voice and waiter That's for guns Kimberly mata Rubio told the hearing We stand for Lexie And as her voice we demand action I'm Ben Thomas A Texas judge temporarily blocks the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care The judge issued the temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's investigations at three families who sued the order also prevents the state from opening any similar investigations against the more than 600 members of the LGBT advocacy group P flag the ruling comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also blocking the investigation of one family among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican governor Greg Abbott that had sued I'm Julie Walker The Ukrainian army says Russian forces are regrouping to launch an offensive on the city of slovyansk in the eastern Donbass region Moscow backed rebels have controlled self proclaimed republics in both Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014 and Russia is trying to seize the territory still under Ukrainian control The Ukraine's army says Russian soldiers managed to get a foothold overnight in a village about 15 miles northwest of slovyansk and are preparing to attack the city The Donetsk regional police say Russian missiles hit 13 towns and villages in the province overnight Meanwhile Britain's defense ministry says Russian bombers have likely been using anti ship missiles from the 1960s in ground attacks The missiles were primarily made to destroy aircraft carriers using a nuclear warhead However when used with a regular warhead the missiles become highly inaccurate with the potential to cause severe collateral damage and casualties I'm Karen Chammas AP sports I'm David Shuster the NBA Finals down to a best of three series now geffen kuba was in attendance A signature performance by.
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Judge blocks Texas from investigating families of transgender youth
"A Texas judge temporarily blocks the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care The judge issued the temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's investigations of three families who sued the order also prevents the state from opening any similar investigations against the more than 600 members of the LGBT advocacy group P flag the ruling comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also blocking the investigation of one family among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican governor Greg Abbott that had sued
WNYC 93.9 FM
"texas supreme court" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Doctors for providing it It's left Texas families scrambling Last month Kerry was referred to in New Orleans clinic The trip cost more than the surgery but Kerry says it was worth it He's so much more himself and who he has always been because of this because the surgeon stepped in and helped us Her son continues to get testosterone shots in Texas and that means her family is still at risk Earlier this month the Texas Supreme Court said CPS investigations could proceed Random mullinax resigned from CPS because of all of this She says it's a slippery slope Lots of medical treatments for kids have complicated side effects but they're still necessary Because chemotherapy can cause irreparable damage to children and their reproductive organs depending on what kind of cancer they have She says families and doctors usually make those decisions Mullinax calls the state intervention political It's a dangerous territory I think for the government to be trampling on Gender affirming healthcare is approved by major medical associations and doctors and families say it's lifesaving which is why the genesis clinic in Dallas is currently in litigation The clinic's lead doctor jimena Lopez says she was forced to shut down because the governor pressured her bosses A court order temporarily allowed genesis to reopen earlier this month yesterday a judge extended it Attorney charla aldus represents Lopez and says scores of new patients have sought care in the last few weeks Many of them are suicidal Because they've been waiting to get in and it's been delayed treatment Aldous says patients feel the weight of the investigations too And they're afraid because of the CPS investigation It is really really traumatized Families that have already been marginalized While the decision on genesis is good news for trans families gender affirming care in Texas is still precarious Parents throughout the state remain unsure if they'll be able to get the care of their kids need back in Austin Kerry expects families will continue to go the distance I can guarantee you that a parent of a transgender kid is not going to just sit here and go well sorry honey you don't get your hormones anymore So sorry the governor said no we're not those kind of parents We're fighters Gary says one thing you shouldn't do in Texas is poke a mama bear For.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"texas supreme court" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Providing it It's left Texas family scrambling Last month Kerry was referred to in New Orleans clinic The trip cost more than the surgery but Kerry says it was worth it He's so much more himself and who he has always been because of this because the surgeon stepped in and helped us Her son continues to get testosterone shots in Texas and that means her family is still at risk Earlier this month the Texas Supreme Court said CPS investigations could proceed Random mullinax resigned from CPS because of all of this She says it's a slippery slope Lots of medical treatments for kids have complicated side effects but they're still necessary Because chemotherapy can cause irreparable damage to children and their reproductive organs depending on what kind of cancer they have She says families and doctors usually make those decisions Mullinax calls the state intervention political It's a dangerous territory I think for the government to be trampling on Gender affirming healthcare is approved by major medical associations and doctors and families say it's lifesaving which is why the genesis clinic in Dallas is currently in litigation The clinic's lead doctor jimena Lopez says she was forced to shut down because the governor pressured her bosses A court order temporarily allowed genesis to reopen earlier this month Yesterday a judge extended it Attorney charla aldus represents Lopez and says scores of new patients have sought care in the last few weeks Many of them are suicidal Because they've been waiting to get in And it's been delayed treatment All this says patients feel the weight of the investigations too And they're afraid because of the CPS investigation It is really really traumatized Families that have already been marginalized While the decision on genesis is good news for trans families gender affirming care in Texas is still precarious Parents throughout the state remain unsure if they'll be able to get the care of their kids need back in Austin carry expects families will continue to go the distance I can guarantee you that a parent of a transgender kid is not going to just sit here and go well sorry honey you don't get your hormones anymore So sorry the governor said no we're not those kind of parents We're fighters Carrie says one thing you shouldn't do in Texas is poke a mama bear For NPR news and Austin I'm.
WTOP
"texas supreme court" Discussed on WTOP
"Texas judge has blocked the state from investigating parents over gender affirming care for their own transgender children Sam Ames with the Trevor project praises the ruling It is unfathomable to think that the government would contradict the guidance of every medical and mental health association in the country Studies show the treatment is linked to lower rates of depression and suicide Another legal setback for abortion providers challenging a new law in Texas The Texas Supreme Court ruled the abortion providers don't have standing to sue the state to stop the law There is a minor victory for abortion providers the state can not pull the medical licenses of those performing abortions after 6 weeks Reporter Chris Fox a federal judge says former president Trump can not countersue E Jean Carroll to stop her defamation case The law president Trump was trying to use to countersue E Jean Carroll protects people from frivolous lawsuits The court ruled that the former president didn't have to wait 14 months in order to counter sue on those grounds The fact that he waited that long was merely to delay this case and complicate miss Carroll's defamation sued Legal analyst thane Rosenbaum says Carol had accused Trump of raping her in the mid 1990s with Trump denies Two women have been killed three other people in critical condition after car crashed into an outdoor seating area at a D.C. restaurant yesterday All indications are that this was truly accidental There was no indications that this was intentional This is CBS News If cold winter calls have turned into warm spring leads you need indeed.
AP 24 Hour News
Winds frustrate effort to corral wildfire near Lake Tahoe
"Wildfires up and down the state, including a blaze they hope to keep out of the Lake Tahoe resort region. Republican controlled Texas Supreme Court temporarily
WBAP Morning News
Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Mask Mandates
"The Texas Supreme Court is upholding a lower court's ruling that temporarily blocks Governor Abbott's ban on mask requirements at the local level. The court directed the state to go through an appellate court first before it would consider the case. S M U. Law Professor Eric Sadio says a lawsuit out of San Antonio has already been appealed and good soon make its way into the state's high court. I think that's the one that will probably get to the Supreme Court. Maybe as soon as this weekend, we'll probably hear that the egg has filed something with the text. Supreme Court. Dozens of localities are also fighting the governor's order in
Chris Salcedo
Texas' Ban on School Mask Mandates Temporarily Denied by Court
"The taxes Supreme Court is temporarily allowing school districts to implement mask mandates. Correspondent Tanya J. Powers has more the Texas Supreme Court's ruling leaves in place. A temporary restraining order from Travis County Judge Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott had wanted the state Supreme Court to overrule that judge. Here's what all that means. Some school districts in Texas have been putting their own mask mandates in place in opposition to Governor Greg Abbott's ban on them. The court has now cleared the way for those districts to enact their own mask rules. Meanwhile, although Covid 19 vaccinations have increased in recent weeks, the delta variant continues to spread rapidly among the unvaccinated, including Children. According to the Texas Tribune. The two main groups that remain unvaccinated across Texas are white conservatives in rural areas, along with Hispanics and blacks in big cities. Among the unvaccinated are five million Children, many of them who are not eligible for the vaccine. Overall, about nine million vaccine eligible Texans have not gotten the shot just over 50% of Texans are fully
KILF Morning New Podcast
"texas supreme court" Discussed on KILF Morning New Podcast
"With all this mandate started this re mask mandate or this mass mandate stuff whatever. It was started up last week. Young's that okay now. Dallas county is under orders in the. But the governor says you can't and so the lawsuit start flying and then the dallas school district gets involved and says well we're going to do it anyway and then i've been telling this story like nonstop for almost a week and i've gotten totally lost in it. I i can't even if somebody said so. Tell me what's going on with his mass mandates. I'm not sure. I could even do a quick recap well. Here's the thing is that we all kind of saw this coming. We saw the progressive dallas court. Going to say yes. Clay jenkins you can ask mandate and we knew the texas supreme court which is heavily. Republican was going to say no klay jake. You can't david cole told us at last week. Yeah and he. He joins us on the line. Now from lind pinker hurston swagman. Because now we're just confused because no one's listening to anyone so who has the authority to do what here david. It's the american way everybody gets to say their sitter piece. I guess but we're we're currently the waiting game waiting on the texas supreme court on sunday. It said okay. We're not going to. The governor's order stands for now so as of right the second. The governor's order is what's in effect around the state. Speaking generator feudal. That's here and there. But there are hearings scheduled court zone sunday in san antonio and dallas sort of the next step in conjunction process against the governor's order and we're going to let those go ahead go forward. We're going to let those courts go ahead here. The evidence people wanna bring in call. Witnesses hearing went forward yesterday in fact bear county about this at after all that evidence is in. Then we're gonna come back and take another look at this. We want to see all the facts. So that's an interesting wrinkle. I wasn't expecting them to kind of stop and wait like that. But that's what they're doing. Let me see if. I have this much of it right. A- as my understanding is that nobody's really disputing the governor's right and and his power to issue a statewide mandate but the question is about jurisdiction right and whether or not it can apply to school districts whether or not it can be it can be applied to individual cities and that sort of thing. That's a big part of his order. He says do x y and z. Like it's done previous thirty seven orders side but in the order he also suspended certain laws which she has the power to do under our government code that would allow other entities and governments and make their own regulations and a big part of the litigation is the other entities. Saying wait a minute. you can't just spend us. We've done our own rights. You're and xyz considerations to be taken into account you have a turf battle going on jurisdiction like you say and that's one of the important parts of this. Supreme court is taking up this disaster or narrowly. It's a hurricane hurricane. Gums goes. you're over. It's dumb with and a few days. We see initial response here. We've had this disaster going year and a half now and it's getting a little old. Some quarters david joining us from lind. Pinker hurson swagman right now. Here on five seventy klif. So you mentioned a second ago that there's going to be a hearing with witnesses called and you're painting a picture of traditional court. Hearing what kind of witnesses would be called in this case because it's not like a murder trial where it's like. Oh you got someone who's analyzing a cellphone or someone expert. Yeah like what kind of witnesses do judges to hear from in this kind of battle. Public health experts will happen to your county yesterday. I didn't watch the whole thing. But the county in the city brought their county health executive or someone high up there. County barbequed testified said. Here's what the trends have been like for delta in our neighbor in our area of state they're probably worse than they are in other parts of the state. Here's why we're concerned about that. With the start of school and why we think this is a good policy and they also brought a couple of parents i think just to kind of add a little color to it but the back of the thrust of it is. If you're a county you're trying to say. I get to keep certain real making. It's already governor. Can't take it all away from me. And so the prove the case so to make that claim you've got bring in some of the shows why you've got a real problem in your county. We have the dallas during. I'm sure they'll do the same thing. They'll bring the senior county health official official or something to staff. We'll say look you're the numbers never really grim when you'd have freedom to act in a way that other counties might not necessarily have to have until that happens. No one can really enforce anything like the governor can't just shut these mandates down and it's just basically holding pattern if the governor does but he's you know he's gonna get his paper graded in a week or two enforcement back to this and he's got a little careful about that and then you've got goofy things like klay jenkins order where he took away the enforcement provisions but i think yesterday and so what's that it's it's a sort of moral already and it gives people something decide to justify i they wanna do but it's not really the kind of order that we're talking about these court cases and i think you're absolutely right. I think a lot of people are getting just tired of the whole business. Certainly we're all tired of wearing masks or you know being told what to do unfortunate. The virus doesn't get tired though so we've got to. We've got a role of these punches. As hard as it is all right. David thank you. I'm sure we'll be back again real soon to you. Call you in an hour david cole. Constitutional law expert with lynn. Pinker hearst and swagman. I like the image conjured. Up after david cole said governor abbots can have as paper graded. I'm picturing someone putting a sticker on his little book report about. This is a huge political issue for him running for reelection..
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All In with Chris Hayes
"texas supreme court" Discussed on All In with Chris Hayes
"A remarkable public health showdown is taking place right now in dallas county texas where covert cases are spiking. The state supreme court just upheld the gop government is bound on mosque mandates. Well today was the first day of school in dallas. County and the superintendent is defying. Both the governor and the court by making kids wear masks. Dr michael hosa joins me to talk about his decision. Next it's the first day of school in dallas texas today where cova cases are surging and schools are taking safety matters into their own hands today in dallas. County one of the largest school districts in the state over one hundred thousand kids were told to come to class with their mosques on. that's despite rolling from the texas supreme court which sided with republican governor. Greg abbott's bound on. Musk mandates decision by the court which is made up of all republican. Justices is temporary but until a final decision is made kids in dallas county. Schools will be mosque regardless of the court's order. That's because the dallas independent school district superintendent. Michelina hosa is defying that ruling. And he joins me. Now thank you so much for coming on the show this evening. You had a moss. Monday in effect today. How did that go. was it difficult in false. No actually it was quite a positive and in fact it all started happening. Twenty four hours ago we try to plan as to. How are we going to execute our first day. 'cause we got the last minute bali and then when i went to the schools today it was amazing. It was nothing short of phenomenal. A have we have over. One hundred forty thousand students go to school today and i have reports that there. Three students who were not compliant One to at one high school another student. So what this tells me that we're on the site of justice but on the side the people believe in what we're doing as you can see by the pictures here that they know that win very dangerous zone. Despite what the you know elected officials are saying in austin and our own reality. You can't control people this way. If they're not going to be willing to participate then they will shun us. But i was very clear is that people are scared and they aren't going to take precautions to make sure that we're safe for the for now hand for the future so i was very proud of Dallas today
All In with Chris Hayes
Dallas County Maintains School Mask Mandate Despite Texas Supreme Court Ruling
"A remarkable public health showdown is taking place right now in dallas county texas where covert cases are spiking. The state supreme court just upheld the gop government is bound on mosque mandates. Well today was the first day of school in dallas. County and the superintendent is defying. Both the governor and the court by making kids wear masks. Dr michael hosa joins me to talk about his decision. Next it's the first day of school in dallas texas today where cova cases are surging and schools are taking safety matters into their own hands today in dallas. County one of the largest school districts in the state over one hundred thousand kids were told to come to class with their mosques on. that's despite rolling from the texas supreme court which sided with republican governor. Greg abbott's bound on. Musk mandates decision by the court which is made up of all republican. Justices is temporary but until a final decision is made kids in dallas county. Schools will be mosque regardless of the court's order. That's because the dallas independent school district superintendent. Michelina hosa is defying that ruling. And he joins me. Now thank you so much for coming on the show this evening. You had a moss. Monday in effect today. How did that go. was it difficult in false. No actually it was quite a positive and in fact it all started happening. Twenty four hours ago we try to plan as to. How are we going to execute our first day. 'cause we got the last minute bali and then when i went to the schools today it was amazing. It was nothing short of phenomenal. A have we have over. One hundred forty thousand students go to school today and i have reports that there. Three students who were not compliant One to at one high school another student. So what this tells me that we're on the site of justice but on the side the people believe in what we're doing as you can see by the pictures here that they know that win very dangerous zone. Despite what the you know elected officials are saying in austin and our own reality. You can't control people this way. If they're not going to be willing to participate then they will shun us. But i was very clear is that people are scared and they aren't going to take precautions to make sure that we're safe for the for now hand for the future so i was very proud of Dallas today
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks mask mandates
"Some Texas counties and school districts remain defiant and kept in place mask mandates for students and others despite rulings a day earlier by the Texas Supreme Court, stopping mask mandates and two of the largest counties in the nation. Masks are required at
Houston Matters
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Houston Matters
"But it's going to be a really fun team to watch. I think finally to soccer the houston dynamo continues. Its winless slump after a three to one loss to the colorado rapids on saturday. What are the prospects for this team in the coming weeks. How do they get out of this. I don't know that they've been This is their first loss at bbc. Compensating this year They're in their last twelve games. They're five and seven It's really been john terrible Tab ramos their coach recalled the muskogee called it's sloppy and they had twenty five shots on goal you know instill lost three to one and it's pretty remarkable. It's just not a very good team right now and I think it's going to be hard for them to turn it around certainly They they're going to get a win or to here along the way you would assume but i think it's going to be hard to this team to do anything beyond that just simply because they're just kind of a mess right now and the houston dash will play the portland thorns in the semi finals of the women's international champions cup on wednesday with finals. Day coming up on saturday. What are their chances of winning out especially with returning players coming back from the olympics will yeah. They have a number of players that are coming back from the olympics. That are certain that certainly will help them. The other thing too is they've added a young player named michaela abomb. I believe i'm pronouncing that correctly. She actually was a player that was in their youth pipeline as she was drafted by another team than and then played overseas a couple of years and she came back in and her first game. She came out a scored. A goal gave them a to draw against the washington spirit She's she's kind of a an explosive young score as little room to grow but she seems like she could be a real sparkplug for them and when you add the women that came back from the women's national teams from canada and from the us certainly add of additional bodies on the pitch and give them opportunities to win. I think they're going to be pretty good in this In this tournament jeff baulky rights for the houston press. Jeff thanks for being here. Thanks so much. The houston matters team includes michael have any boundaries for schultz jared. Carol is our technical director this week. Remember join earning news for town square. Today they'll be talking about texas politics which seems to be getting more interesting by the day tune in for that at three o'clock on news eighty eight seven on tomorrow's show houston city council member caroline evans. Shabas will join us and we welcome you to ask questions about district d. or any other goings on in the houston area. You can email those questions to talk at houston matters dot org or call in live during the program. We'll also revisit a conversation. I had with a. Uh professor about how we interact with media and behave online on joshua's in join us tomorrow for those and other houston maps..
Houston Matters
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Houston Matters
"This is houston matter. Some joshua's in sitting in for craig cohen as we just discussed the winter freeze in february is just one of the major disasters that we faced in the greater houston region in recent years. And it's inevitable that there will be more to come eventually. A new study released earlier this summer by the american geophysical union determined that overdue. Over half of the buildings. In the contiguous united states are located in disaster hotspots disasters like tornadoes floods wildfires an earthquake and the study concludes that as rapid development continues in these hotspot regions. We are all basically opening ourselves up to more frequent risk of loss from natural disasters. We certainly know that here in houston pretty much. Every building is potentially under threat from a big enough flood. Just look at the buildings that were spared during alison that got flooded during harvey. So what can we do with this knowledge. How do we continue development in such a disaster area and then not suddenly lose that development when a big hurricane heads are way. Let's talk about it with bill. Fulton the director of the kinder- institute for urban research at rice university bill. Welcome back to the program. Thank you and good morning and welcome any questions or comments. You have about future. Proofing new development in the region at seven one three four zero eight hundred seventy talk at houston matters dot org or were on twitter at houston matters bill given that we are a flood-prone city. How much does that inform how and where we have developed to the region. Well increasingly it's informing. How though not necessarily where. There's always been considerable resistance in houston and they're still was even after harvey To the idea that there are areas that should be off limits to development. That's that's been something you've seen in other parts of the country but houston has been very reluctant to do that so so in. Houston it's mostly been about the how not about where while give me an example Our state of housing report which came out in june found that that in the last year we had actually built in in harris county. Two thousand new houses in the floodplain But what what's happening more and more regulations that require that. If you're built building in the flood plain you have to elevate your house New houses have to be two feet above what they call freeboard so it really goes down to a technical. The technical terms are mitigation. And avoidance do you. Do you want to avoid the hazard in the first place. Do you want to try to mitigate against damage from the hazard and in houston. The answer is usually mitigate rather than avoid and how much of these mitigation strategies been tested. How have we seen how they work against. Frequent floods like well. We haven't seen a major flood since harvey right. We had three floods in a row And then and then we haven't had a major flood since harvey so so we're not sure One thing we do know though is that it is difficult to equitably ensure Flood proofing for all neighborhoods. So for example. If you go to an athlete neighborhood like meyer land you drive down braves. What boulevard You can see house after house after house that have been elevated of those folks are well assured they will insured. They have resources sometimes. You'll see bizarrely a ranch house ten feet up right With with a with a garages underneath go to a neighborhood of more modest means a place like kashmir gardens and you see very little change since harvey because the home values are low and the people who live there do not have proper insurance and they do not have the resources to reach their houses yet win the study actually notes that natural disasters tend to exacerbate existing socio economic inequalities. And so i guess from those examples. Assume we've been seeing that happen here in the region as well. Yes very much so to go back to the marland kashmir gardens example Many people in kashmir gardens who who suffered a damaged from harvey or from a day or memorial day floods have experienced mold damage but they have never been able to actually remove the mould and they're simply living with mold which is hazardous to their health. So once again How healthy you are depends on what neighborhood you live in. And that only gets exa- that's been exacerbated by flooding in houston houston is famously or or maybe even infamously known for its lack of zoning laws have we seen this come into play with new development. You know how the powers that be decide where to develop again as i say We focused on the. How not aware. The mitigation not the avoidance and so There has been very little move toward a anything resembling soda. There's always reluctant anything resembling zoning. But we've seen very little move toward a as i say taking a property off limits Because of potential hazard This is houston matter. Some joshua's in in for craig cohen were discussing new development in disaster-prone areas like houston with bill fulton kim institute for urban research at rice university. We welcome your questions and comments at seven one. Three four four zero eight seventy. You can email us at talk at houston matters. Dot org Bill floods are obviously not the only frequent hazard face. Here in houston. We've also had our share of chemical incidents from full-on explosions. Two fires that spew hazardous things into the air just last night in fact laporte emergency management issued a shelter in place order after a chemical leak. Endear part is there much consideration for development around chemical facilities in the like Well we've had a problem with that of that. Problem is gonna continue. That's as you say that's the other. Major concern is a problems from chemical plants at petrochemical plants and oil and gas facilities. Those are mostly on the east side along. The ship channel and that area is already mostly developed right so so most new development in the houston region is to the west and the north of houston of the central part of houston most of the oil and gas and petrochemical facilities are to the east so we are not seeing a much in the way of restriction of new development around those facilities but the existing communities all around the ship channel from channel view in the north of magnolia park on the south all those remained significantly at risk if there were some key if there were some kind of major disaster or even if there is a a minor problem such as such as chemical fire or chemically yeah. I should note that this study i've been referencing was specific to natural disasters. Things like floods. Tornadoes fires quakes But should we be considering manmade hazards like chemical disasters as part of the conversation about development and future proofing development in general. Yeah we clearly should be. I think the difficulty is figuring out how to future proof communities that already exist right you can. You can future proof of new development much more easily than you can future proof existing development whether that's already building houses that are two or three feet above a above ground which is increasingly happening. Houston or as you see in california. A building subdivisions with a variety of mitigation strategies to to protect against wildfire. But it's a completely different story when you have existing communities particularly on.
Houston Matters
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Houston Matters
"Mask. Mandates gets more complicated who would have thought right. I'm joshua in in fort. Gregg cohen and today on houston matters the latest in the back and forth between state and local officials on nasc requirements related to the covert nineteen pandemic. Also this hour. It's been six months since many of us lost power during february's freeze and a new podcast from k. T. explorers of what went wrong. And why we'll talk with the host about it also ahead. A recent study finds that over half of the buildings. In the contiguous united states are located in disaster. Hotspots houston included. How can we future-proof new development in the region discuss plus a couple of houston teams. Get some wins over the weekend. An nba rookie has been shining at the summer. League taught the latest developments in houston sports with jeff bulky. We'll start with the news update from npr news. Eight hundred seven. Stay with us. This is houston matters. Joshua's in in today for craig cohen. Good morning coming up. A new podcast explores the massive power failure in texas six months ago. And how does an increase of new development make it harder for the houston region to recover from hurricanes and flooding and an update on local sports. But i on sunday as you just heard in the news cast the texas supreme court temporarily brought back texas governor greg abbott's executive order banning mask mandates in the state last week. Dallas bear and harris counties all secured temporary restraining orders from state judges blocking that executive order which allowed them to issue their own mask. Mandates meanwhile covered nineteen cases and hospitalizations in texas continued to rise in a fourth. Wave of this pandemic spurred by the highly contagious delta. Very you heard some of the numbers. A few moments ago from matt harrop and yet state and local leaders continue to duke it out over mask mandates. Andrew schneider is the politics and government reporter for news. Eight seven andrew. Good morning hello. So let's start with the order of operations here. We begin with the governor's executive order that prohibits mask mandates. How do we get from there to where we are now with this texas supreme court ruling while very shortly after the governor as she does executive order we started seeing local governments like bear and dallas county Deciding on their own that they were not going to stand by this that they were going to enforce mask mandates in order to protect their their local populations They managed to secure restraining. Orders against the against the governor's executive order. That quickly worked. Its way up to the supreme court. The supreme court issued a temporary hold on those and that sort of sets us back to square one. Yeah so it's like. They restrained they put a hold on. The governor's order and then the supreme court has put a hold on that. Hold exactly so. This is a temporary. Stay in this case. How soon can we expect that. The courts might make a fool ruling on this well given the sheer number of local challenges. That are building up to the governor's ban on mask mandates. I would expect the supreme court to rule sooner rather than later and and the texas supreme court is an all republican body. Is this more or less what we could have expected from the situation. It's always chancy game. Trying to predict toughest. Supreme court is going to rule. Even though it's an all republican body that said up to now they've been reluctant to challenge governor abbots interpretation of disaster act powers and so when they do make a full ruling. Do expect that they'll probably stay the course with what they've done with this temporary i again. It's it's really difficult to predict the way the way any any final rolling from this. It's gonna come out. Yeah and this situation becomes more unpredictable by the day. So who knows what we'll see. The the ruling from yesterday is specific to dallas bear counties. How have they responded to it. I have not seen any. He's he's a specific response from the my understanding though is is that they're holding by their their existing Mass mandates. they're they're not They're not backing down. Who does harris county fall into any of this currently or we've had different interpretations of that Harris county attorney christian menefee Took the position on twitter that the the supreme court had not yet ruled on the main issue. Which is whether local governments and school district can mandate masks and that the specific orders against dallas and san antonio don't apply to the harris county lawsuit but attorney general. Ken paxton is taking the supreme court ruling of indication. He basically tweeted quote. Let this ruling serve. As a reminder to all is local officials that the governor's order stands and you talked about what christian men if you said. Have we seen any other reaction from our local leaders. Are school districts here in houston Well so far being christian men if he's the only local leader. I've seen a response from as the last half hour in either houston. Isd nor fort bend isd and wait on in on this publicly And on friday democratic leaders in the state discussed the governor's executive order. What did they have to say about it. Basically they argue that. The governor's order banning mask. Mandates is endangering texans at a time when the viruses a bigger public health threat than ever because of the delta variant They talked about the shortage of icu. Beds particularly large counties like dallas. They stressed that masks were the only protection for children who are too young to receive the vaccine which is a big issue as students prepare to return to school and they argued that the governor was abusing his powers under the disaster act. That was a point that christian specifically has made more than once over the past week. And and what exactly do they mean by that. What what is this. Abuse of power is coming from. What's the argument there. Well menefee argument is the whole point of the disaster. Act is to provide flexibility To state and local officials in order to respond to a crisis so that existing laws can be suspended if following them to the letter might put people's lives in danger. He said that the governor was turning the logic of the disaster act on his head by suspending the ability of local governments to take steps that would protect people's lives and it seems like this battle over covert protocol just more complicated by the day. We've had this constant back and forth will final ruling by the texas supreme court. Put this whole thing to bed or can we expect. There might be more to come with us. It's possible they'll be more to come with this this battle. The battle over mass mandates is something that's playing out in a number of different states. So there's the there's the possibility that the the case could be taken beyond texas to the supreme to the us supreme court. Andrew schneider covers politics and government for news. Eighty it's other andrew. Thanks very much. You're welcome up next a new podcast from our sister. Station in austin explores the devastating failure of the texas power grid. Six months ago as houston matters continues. This is houston matters. I'm joshua's in sitting in today for craig cohen. This week marks sixth months since the power went out in texas as a result of a winter storm that swept across most of the state. I probably don't have to remind you what it was like. As many people struggle to stay warm in the freezing temperatures and lost running water for days in some areas and of course many lives were lost due to the massive power failure with the official count currently being two hundred and ten but some analysis suggests that it could ultimately be much higher than that in conjunction with this six month anniversary. A new podcast explores what exactly happened. How we got the electric.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Mike Gallagher Podcast
"Now. We have ken paxton. Paxton let's get right to it. Texas democrats have done only democrats can do. Which would make themselves seem more and more ludicrous which be which is to be the gang. That could never should straight. Tell us about what happened breaking down for the listeners. What happened with a stunt of the texas democrats. Were running away from texas to dc getting infected with kobe. Coming up apparently coming back and now facing possible arrest what is going on. And what are you doing about it. Yes this started during the regular session. They were supposed to vote on election. Integrity bill which is a pretty reasonable bill. It has some minor restrictions also opens up voting for for longer periods of time and the democrats. Walk that and so the governor Not the stop Called a special session for thirty days. It's long she can call it. They disappeared for that entire special session day. The democrat house about fifty members of the house took off for washington. D some took off for europe a few. I think i heard were in the bahamas. But either way they ended up. Having the whole first special session wasted other members of legislative. Those who wanted to did they go. As regular americans would they fight commercial. They wear masks as the as democrats. Try to force americans to do or did they do a little something different. No private planes. I think at least a case of miller lite. I saw the plane. He did not wear masks. You know. I don't certainly up to them. And they they all many contracted cova together so it was quite an experience for those guys. Head to dc. I think leave it to texas democrats at democrats in general completely embarrass
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Texas Supreme Court Allows for Arrest of Democrats Who Don't Show up to Legislature
"Now. We have ken paxton. Paxton let's get right to it. Texas democrats have done only democrats can do. Which would make themselves seem more and more ludicrous which be which is to be the gang. That could never should straight. Tell us about what happened breaking down for the listeners. What happened with a stunt of the texas democrats. Were running away from texas to dc getting infected with kobe. Coming up apparently coming back and now facing possible arrest what is going on. And what are you doing about it. Yes this started during the regular session. They were supposed to vote on election. Integrity bill which is a pretty reasonable bill. It has some minor restrictions also opens up voting for for longer periods of time and the democrats. Walk that and so the governor Not the stop Called a special session for thirty days. It's long she can call it. They disappeared for that entire special session day. The democrat house about fifty members of the house took off for washington. D some took off for europe a few. I think i heard were in the bahamas. But either way they ended up. Having the whole first special session wasted other members of legislative. Those who wanted to did they go. As regular americans would they fight commercial. They wear masks as the as democrats. Try to force americans to do or did they do a little something different. No private planes. I think at least a case of miller lite. I saw the plane. He did not wear masks. You know. I don't certainly up to them. And they they all many contracted cova together so it was quite an experience for those guys. Head to dc. I think leave it to texas democrats at democrats in general completely embarrass
AP News Radio
Civil Warrants Served at Texas Democrats' Statehouse Offices, but Holdout Continues
"Hi Mike Rossi reporting Texas law enforcement has been enlisted to end of the hold out by democratic lawmakers the battle over proposed new voting restrictions in Texas escalated Thursday with majority Republicans in listing the help of law enforcement to force the return of democratic legislators who fled a month ago a spokesman for Republican house speaker date failing announced the sergeant at arms deputized members of Texas law enforcement to assist in efforts to compel a quorum more than fifty Democrats led to Washington DC on July twelfth additionally the Texas Supreme Court Thursday halted protective orders sought by Democrats that would have prevented them from being forced to return to the capitol hi Mike Rossi out
The Dallas Morning News
Texas House Speaker Signs Civil Arrest Warrants to Return Absent Democrats to Chamber
"Arrest warrants for fifty. Two absent democrats were signed by house speaker dade full on late tuesday setting in motion the potential roundup of lawmakers who've avoided the capital in order to stymie. Gop elections bill. The house voted eighty two twelve tuesday to authorize law enforcement to track down the democrats just hours after the texas supreme court cleared the way for the house to order them back to the chamber to secure a corum. The warrants will be delivered to the house on wednesday morning and the move will likely further inflame partisan tension the house one republican voted against authorizing arrest warrants representative lyle larson of san
Tech Policy Podcast
"texas supreme court" Discussed on Tech Policy Podcast
"That is complete truth. I think a lot of people Yeah no it. A lot of people are uncomfortable with that mess. You know one thing as we look at the cases. We've we've reviewed here. It really shows the incoherence of the case against two thirty to my mind. I mean so. We've discussed the trump lawsuit where the plane of shouting you took stuff down. No the texas supreme court case where the are shouting. You love stuff up new. We've got domain versus mayo in the second circuit and you took stuff down no and gonzalez. You left stuff up no You know so. I think we've covered pretty well. In in a little nutshell you know the moderators dilemma here. Well in in closing. I think it'd be remiss of us if we're doing to thirty extravaganza to omit what's going on on on the hill so let's In wrapping up maybe briefly cover a bills that have been introduced. I admit i just find the section to thirty reform bills utterly tedious. I for one. Don't track them too closely. But if there's anything in that sh- mortgage board that you would like to highlight. Please do so well. So first of all that was a great titan. Because you took stuff down on no you left no literally exactly like the mirror you know..
WBAP Morning News
Texas Supreme Court Delivers Dallas Salon Owner Shelley Luther a Delayed Victory
"In jail last year for violating co bed restrictions, will not have to serve the remainder of her jail sentence. Over. Shelly Luther says she is still facing some legal issues. I still have a court case December 14th. The city of Dallas is suing me for putting the people of Dallas and danger. They're trying to take my salon. They're trying to find me, Phil and we have a countersuit in that Luther was released from jail when her lawyer took her case to the Supreme Court. She was still on the hook to serve five days and pay fines. State High Court ruled that the restraining order was too vague through the whole thing out. Border crisis has developed during the first three months of President
Houston Matters
Houston city council member weighs in on the possibility of lawsuits against ERCOT
"Cleanup and assessment of damage wrought by last week's freeze power outages and water infrastructure issues continues across the houston area. Plumbers will be busy for a while. Some folks will have repairs to do. Others are still awaiting the ability to have access to clean drinking water particularly those in unincorporated areas of town still others are just trying to get back to at least our new pandemic infused normal that includes efforts towards vaccination. It's in that context. We welcome back houston city council member edward pollard from district j. in southwest houston which includes the neighborhoods of gulf sharpstone. Braise wooden belair. Anything you'd like to know about that district or houston city politics and government or anything. I was just discussing is welcome at seven one. Three four four zero eighty eight seventy or talk at houston matters dot org councilmember pollard. Welcome back to houston matters. Good morning good morning. Thank you for having me. How'd you fair this past week. Well it was definitely a challenging week. We went without power for three days. my home had no structural damage. But my parents My mother's home. She had a busted pipe. They can't do the ceiling. Water got in the house and then in my father's house the same thing happened. A busted pipe and water in the house has the currently move out and live in a hotel for now And so we've been dealing with Really trying to Not only get my family Back to where. They need to be focused on a lot of the families. Within district j who had similar circumstances what assistance or guidance can you offer any city residents dealing with cleanup lingering plumbing issues leaks struggling to find the plumber waiting on insurance estimates. Any anything you can offer on that front. We just have to be diligent yet to understand that everyone is calling the insurance companies plumbers and contractors at the same time. And so there's extremely long waits. And i know it gets frustrated So you just have to really just stay diligent Being courteous and understand that help is on the way. Our office has been able to assist residents within district. Jay and trying to direct them to Different resources and so. There's anyone living in the district j community. You can always reach out to our office at district. Jay houston t. x dot up and we'll do what we can't listen to this. I don't know if you caught the discussion just before you came on but we were talking about how Some efforts to sue urquhot could end up potentially a waste of time as though it's a nonprofit it's one established by state government. The texas supreme court needs decide if it has sovereign immunity aside from being on houston city council you own a civil litigation law firm pollard. Legal group if someone came to you seeking to sue urquhot or the state or centerpoint or anyone else over what happened last week. What would be your advice. I would definitely look into it Because right now based on pending litigation at the supreme court level. I i do believe that there will be some opportunities to push forward With a tort suit against urkel other entities. Just because there's going to be a question of whether or not they knew or should have known of what was going to May happen and so because of that There may be a window open for those who Needs to pursue claims based on the damages to their home or or to their persons. And so i would definitely look into the facts of each case and see if there's something there because i do think that there will be a window open for individuals to file claims.
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas County constable reinforces removal steps after ‘unlawful’ eviction of Dallas mother of three
"A dallas county constable is reassuring residents in east and west dallas. His office will handle evictions for rental. Non-payment during the pandemic in compliance with texas supreme court and cdc guidelines only days after the dallas morning news reported on an unlawful eviction of a dallas mother of three dallas county constable precinct. Five michael roscoe didn't specifically cite the election of john mckinley in his statement yesterday but he outlined in explicit detail how he has directed deputies to handle eviction cases in his jurisdiction. It's a policy that has been in effect for his office since september. Twenty four th twenty twenty. His office didn't handle the eviction that was the subject of the news is article also said in the statement it is of the utmost importance to me that all federal state and local laws and rules are followed providing each side with the ability to pursued their lawful and legal recourses and remedies accordingly
Austin's Morning News
Texas leaders warn thousands could be homeless as CDC's moratorium on evictions set to expire
"On evictions is set to expire. The end of the CDC is federal eviction moratorium could spell doom for roughly 10% of Texas adults, the best estimate. Is coming from a survey question from the Census. Texas 1.2 Million adults have said they aren't sure that they have the means to pay next month's rent or market. Kristina results from the low income housing advocacy group Texas Hauser's is calling on the state to step up and take action. You're asking the governor and the Texas Supreme Court to issue a moratorium until the state has a solid plan. Chris Fox News Radio K. LBJ knew apartment search data. It shows some Interest right here in the Austin area apartment was robbed. Warnock reports more than
WGN Programming
Judge rejects attempt to block nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes in Texas
"Texas A federal judge rejected a request from Republicans to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at a drive through polling place near Houston. Republicans argue that belt cast and drive up voting are not valid because state laws limit that voting to people with disabilities. The judge said the plaintiff's lack standing to bring the case the Texas Supreme Court rejected a case from the same plaintiffs over the same issue.
Todd Schnitt
Judge rejects attempt to block nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes in Houston area
"127,000 drive through votes. Hast by Harris County voters are now In the hopper to be counted. The Republicans, the GOP They let a court challenge to try tohave the drive thru balance tossed And that challenge has been rejected by U. S District Judge Andrew Hanen. Just came down this afternoon. And this was a last minute effort. Yeah, it's a Suze affirming. I just wanted to make sure Harris County is Houston. I've been to Harris County. I've been to Houston. I just just double check and make because I'm out of Texas resident. I've never lived in Texas. Just making sure Accuracy is very important to me, but there was a last ditch effort. To stop the drive thru voting And a lawsuit was filed almost a week ago. Last Tuesday, October 27th by Republicans and Republicans in Texas and Harris County wanted an invalidation. Of 127,000 balance that were cast. At thes drive thru voting places in the Houston area in Harris County. The petition, according to the Houston Chronicle, argued that drive thru voting was not allowed under the Texas election code. The GOP challenge was spearheaded by Republican activist Stephen Hosea. Wendell champion. The Honorable Stephen tough and Sharon Hempel. Drive. Thru voting is not recognized in the Texas election code. This is, according to the Republican led petition. Collinses Drive. Thru voting scheme allows any and all Harris County registered voters regardless of whether they are permitted to do so under the Texas election code to engage in early and Election Day drive thru voting The Texas Supreme Court denied the petition Sunday while a similar case. It was before. Ah Hannon in federal court. The Texas Supreme Court did not issue an opinion on the ruling on Sunday, and the move marks the second attempt to shut down drive thru voting in Harris County in recent weeks to dismantle drive thru voting in Harris County. So you know what this means? The Republicans in Harris County in the Houston area, the Republicans clearly think that this is advantage. Biden If this is advantage, Democrat That Democrats that liberals Are more prone, inclined. To go to the drive through balloting locations when they were in operation. And now we have this ruling. From a federal judge just out this afternoon. That the over 127,000 of these votes that have already been cast Will be counted. So the Republicans, the GOP led court challenge has failed.
Jim Bohannon
Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject Houston votes
"The Texas Supreme Court has denied a Republican led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast to drive through voting places in the Houston area. States. All Republican High Court on Sunday rejected the request from GOP activists and candidates without explaining its decision. The effort tohave the Harris County ballot thrown out is still set to be taken up during an emergency hearing in federal court. Today,