Abbott, along with state Attorney General Ken Paxton, petitioned the 5th Court of Appeals in an attempt to block a district judge ruling that allowed the state's second-largest school district to require masks.
Earlier in the day, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins ordered that all schools, childcare centers and businesses in the county must require face coverings, after a district judge granted him temporary powers to supersede a previous order by the governor. Abbott and Paxton argued the mandate violated the governor's executive order that banned local governments from implementing mask regulations, despite the recent jump in coronavirus cases. Paxton stated:
"Attention-grabbing judges and mayors have defied executive orders before, when the pandemic first started, and the courts ruled on our side - the law. I'm confident the outcomes to any suits will side with liberty and individual choice, not mandates and government overreach."

















Comment: Masks, a detriment to the wearer, have no health benefit nor preventative quality regarding COVID.
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