The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: The press is full of stories of how others are going to use the Texas “mechanism” of private enforcement through lawsuits for the Fetal Heartbeat law to go after gun rights and other issues. It’s all balderdash. These are stories to frighten people into opposing the Texas law on abortions. The “mechanism” of private enforcement only relates to breaking a law and won’t even apply in the case of abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected if that law is struck down by the courts. It simply cannot be used to enforce something that is not a legally passed and binding law. For example, California can’t simply decide that citizens can sue gun makers for the use of guns in crimes because such is counter the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Any such cases would not stand review by courts if they attempt to punish someone for something protected by law. And in the case of abortion, despite what many think, there is no federal law making abortion legal.
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The hubris, and ignorance, of Lubbock city council members continues to amaze. It is really beyond shocking that such stupid things are said by people who should know better.
Texas Child Protective Services, CPS, moves to adopt new rules that protect its bureaucracy by restricting the ability of advocacy groups to help families being acted upon by the agency. The legislature passed CPS reform bills this last session that became effective on 1 September. By October new rules were introduced by the parent agency of CPS to punish those who have successfully pointed out failures and abuses of CPS. Read more here.
And, other news of Texas.
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