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PortTack

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23. Uh oh...Houston will be bluer than ever in '24!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Aug 31, 2023, 03:57 PM

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Texas judge has declared unconstitutional a law that limits the power of Democrat-led cities [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2023 OP

Indeed it is a power grab denying the city of their election officials MagickMuffin Aug 2023 #1

It is not about turning Houston Red Lithos Aug 2023 #2

Which is the process of turning Houston red, it's a pipe dream MagickMuffin Aug 2023 #3

Now that will PO a lot of Texans. republianmushroom Aug 2023 #4

No it won't because nothing happened. It's just an opinion and has no teeth. LeftInTX Aug 2023 #7

Says here it is a ruling. republianmushroom Aug 2023 #8

Despite judge's ruling, Death Star bill will still go into effect Friday LeftInTX Aug 2023 #12

She didn't prevent the law from going into effect: Which is tomorrow, Sept 1st. LeftInTX Aug 2023 #5

Democratically-led cities Silent3 Aug 2023 #6

the OP is the one who altered it, twice Celerity Aug 2023 #11

Ugh. Silent3 Aug 2023 #14

Thank you nt dflprincess Aug 2023 #20

IMO it works ok with the hyphen treestar Aug 2023 #24

A more accurate fix would be just "cities." Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #25

Good malaise Aug 2023 #9

we must continue to fight these fascist block by block Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #10

Repubs prattle on about state's rights, parental rights, local control... until it interferes with t keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #13

My personal bugaboo -- There is no such thing as the "Democrat party." OMGWTF Aug 2023 #15

Yeah, I guess someone there caught that too, and changed it. 4lbs Aug 2023 #18

...I'm sure that means Cities.. thomski64 Aug 2023 #16

Nice. So... Texas Republicans took a Gamble... and lost. 4lbs Aug 2023 #17

They didn't lose at all. It's a local Democratic, Travis County judge, not a federal judge. LeftInTX Aug 2023 #19

There need to be serious consequences for knowingly passing unconstitutional laws. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #21

Had the law been as described in the headlines, it would have been knowingly passing Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #26

The judge must have found something in the law that violates the Texas Constitution, but LeftInTX Aug 2023 #29

My point is that the headline inaccurately describes the law. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #33

I have not read the law, but this follows a spate of local laws that: LeftInTX Aug 2023 #34

I haven't dealt with it in Texas. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #35

What should the penelty be Zeitghost Aug 2023 #36

To clarify, the judge ruled the law violates the Texas constitution eallen Aug 2023 #22

Thank you! Thought it had something to do with this. LeftInTX Aug 2023 #30

Uh oh...Houston will be bluer than ever in '24! PortTack Aug 2023 #23

Listening to MSNBC about Houston school takeover Marthe48 Aug 2023 #27

No! This ruling means nothing...Law goes into effect at midnight. LeftInTX Aug 2023 #31

That's too bad Marthe48 Aug 2023 #32

Fuck you MAGAs! Initech Aug 2023 #28