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Texas Supreme Court backs Abbott on mask mandate, issues order against defiant school districts

John Solomon
Just the News
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:38 UTC

The Texas Supreme Court issued orders late Sunday blocking two defiant school districts from imposing mask mandates as students return to class, siding with Gov. Greg Abbott.

The orders affect the county school districts where the cities of Dallas and San Antonio are located. Both had defied an executive order from Abbott outlawing mandatory masks in Texas.

"Relator's emergency motion for temporary relief granted," the justices wrote. "Stay order issued."

The orders temporarily block the school districts from imposing mask mandates until the broader issue of the legality of Abbott's executive order is settled.

You can read the ruling here.

"The ban doesn't prohibit using masks," Abbott tweeted after Sunday's ruling. "Anyone who wants to wear a mask can do so, including in schools."

The Dallas Independent School District said Sunday night it will still require masks this week as students return. Dr. Michael Hinojosa said he made this decision after consulting with lawyers and they determined the stay order issued by the Texas Supreme Court was for Dallas County, but did not mention ISD, Fox 4 in Dallas reported.

Comment: So far the mask mandate issues are under temporary hold, awaiting a hearing:

This temporarily blocks the Dallas County mask mandate issued by Judge Clay Jenkins. It stops mask mandates in Dallas County and Bexar County until the cases can be heard at a later date.

The hearing for the Dallas County mask mandate is set for August 24.

Judge Jenkins tweeted out after the ruling that "we won't stop working with parents, doctors, schools, business + others to protect you and intend to win that hearing."

Dallas County school districts, Garland and Irving, said they will not have mask mandates in place, and will instead encourage everyone to wear masks in their schools.

Reader Comments

ReRan · 2021-08-16T20:26:44Z

They "intend to win that hearing." Thye intend to continue until we are all slaves, that's the intention.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-08-16T22:45:31Z

Realize that in Florida it's also against the law to wear a mask.

No person or persons over 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be or appear upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, highway, or other public way in this state. Fla. Stat. 876.12

That way the pigs can arrest you either way.

That which governs least governs best.

R.C.

Animanarchy · 2021-08-17T00:30:38Z

Rowan Cocoan RC Nice job for SWIY and a certain something in a certain sink. Right now there's a brood of baby alligators that just hatched under there squeaking, "pizza-fed turtles."

Reminds me of the movie The Host. It's a good monster movie that makes me think of covid. Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2006_film)

A quick comment turned into the following about mask inanities.

I remember signs the local liquor store here had around Halloween: ~"We like Halloween too but no masks in the store because we need to be able to see your face." A handful of months later and some of the staff would get right hysterical the moment I walked in without a mask. Now since I told them I got a medical exemption no one there cares if I'm unmasked (as if having respiratory issues like I BS'ed makes me less likely to spread respiratory illnesses). Some staff there and elsewhere would still ask me to pull my mask down while they checked my ID.

Making the exemption claim isn't even just me blowing smoke anymore as a little while ago police forced me to go to a hospital to get a minor injury checked out and I refused to wear a mask and the doctor didn't care, so now I can legitimately tell people I'm not even required to wear a mask in the hospital. Unfortunately in some establishments some staff still give me a hassle for not putting on a mask, even if you can sit down and eat inside without one, obviously nullifying the purpose of wearing one in the first place. I try to reason with the people insisting I wear one temporarily anyway and end up astonished marveling at their incredibly robust immune response - to logic and common sense.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-08-17T01:09:53Z

Animanarchy I think that we, the awakened, each have a duty to take better care of our health. (I'm griping at myself as I type that.)

Hang tough.

RC

ReRan · 2021-08-17T01:29:27Z

Rowan Cocoan I agree with that.

B_Pilgrim · 2021-08-17T13:14:34Z

Rowan Cocoan I recently resolved to give up sugar and alcohol (when I'm alone at least).

Ragnar · 2021-08-18T17:26:24Z

I never thought I'd be siding with anyone who wants to wear masks.
But..
The Constitution and Bill of Rights plainly limit the power of the federal government. Giving the real power to local governments and the people. So, school districts who wish to force masks on people are, technically, within their constitutional authority to do. Having said that, it's now up to the people in those districts to get off their asses and do something about it! The way I see it, their must be provisions to remove the individuals from their positions on the respective school boards. If the people begin actually doing that. Actually removing those people from their positions and replacing them with people who will act in the people's interests, instead of bowing to the upper tiers of government. I believe that we would begin to see changes. The thing that sycophants fear the most is losing their positions, losing their power. Threaten that and they will cave. But only if it's clear that the people are steadfast and unwavering in their commitment to not being slaves to a globalist technocratic fascist world government cabal who's origins are satanic in nature.. X2

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