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Texas Supreme Court lets coronavirus orders stand, despite outcry by conservatives
Houston activist Dr. Steve Hotze so far has whiffed in five attempts to overturn COVID-19 orders by Gov. Greg Abbott, Harris County Judge Lina HidalgoAUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court has refused to hear several challenges by a Houston conservative power broker to emergency orders on coronavirus issued by Gov. Greg Abbott and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.
Without comment, the nine Republican justices on Friday denied a request that they review a trial court that upheld Hidalgo’s April 22 mask order.
The order required residents to wash hands before leaving home and wear masks, stay 6 feet away from each other and avoid touching their faces in public. For a time, Abbott, a Republican, prevented Hidalgo, a Democrat elected in 2018, from enforcing it. The governor later reversed course and issued his own mask order.
Experts said Friday they weren’t surprised that in five recent lawsuits, the state’s highest civil court has declined Dr. Steve Hotze’s demands that it step in and overturn Abbott and Hidalgo’s COVID-19 orders. Each time, the court ruled on procedural grounds.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/07/31/texas-supreme-court-lets-coronavirus-orders-stand-despite-outcry-by-conservatives/
