Federal judge rules Texas GOP convention can proceed at George R. Brown in downtown Houston [View all]
Source: Houston Chronicle
A Houston federal judge on Friday ruled that Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston First, the city’s convention agency, must allow the Texas Republican Party to proceed with an in-person convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas found that the city had infringed upon the Texas GOP’s constitutional rights by canceling the convention, which initially was set to run from Thursday through Saturday before Turner ordered Houston First to nix it.
Hughes gave the party the option of using the convention center this weekend and next, according to Jared Woodfill, an attorney for Houston conservative activist Steve Hotze, who initially filed the lawsuit with a handful of other plaintiffs.
The party began its convention online Thursday but encountered technical difficulties, forcing officials to postpone the event. The party joined Hotze’s lawsuit Friday.
The Texas GOP’s executive committee now will decide whether to reverse course and hold the convention in person, after recently voting to hold it virtually. The committee first voted by a two-to-one margin to continue with the in-person event, before voting to hold it online after a series of legal defeats in state district court and the Texas Supreme Court.
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