FREEWAYS THAT SCENE SHOULD BE CLEARING UP. SOONER THAN LATER WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR YOU
RIGHT HERE ON GMSA AT 9.
>> AND A HUGE BLOW TO GOVERNOR
ABBOTT’S ANTI MASK ORDER A
BEXAR COUNTY
JUDGE APPROVING A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER FOR THE CITY
OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY
A MOVE MADE THE WAY TO HELP
IMPOSE A NEW HEALTH DIRECTIVE
EFFECTIVE AND ANY MASK AT ALL
THEIR COUNTY SCHOOLS AND
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
>> A BREAKDOWN SITUATION WE
TURN TO KSAT DIGITAL JOURNALIST
FARES SABAWI AND THE TEXAS TRIBUNE’S JOSH FACTOR, GOOD MORNING GUYS FIRST
OFF HEIRESS HOW DID THE JUDGE
COME TO THIS ISN’T THE GRANT
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO VICTORY
IN COURT AGAINST GOVERNOR
ABBOTT.
>> YEAH WELL
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS IS THE
CITY WAS ARGUING THAT THE
GOVERNOR WAS RELY TOO BROADLY
ON THE TEXAS DISASTER ACT OF
1975 TO ISSUE HIS ORDER
WHICH BANS LOCALITIES FROM YOU
IMPLEMENTING ANY SORT OF
CORONAVIRUS OR RELATED MANDATE.
WHAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO
ARGUE
WAS THAT DISASTER ACT DOES NOT
THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY
CODE WHICH GIVES LOCAL
MEDICAL ENTITIES, THE ABILITY YOU KNOW IMPOSE A MANDATE AS NEEDED IN A CRISIS SUCH AS THIS
ONE. SO JUDGE TONY RT AGA.
ENDED UP TAKING BEXAR COUNTY
SIDE AT LEAST FOR NOW SHE SAID
THAT SHE DID FIND THAT THERE
WAS A CHANCE OF
IRREPARABLE HARM. IF MASKS
WEREN’T ALLOWED IN SCHOOL IT
WAS A MOVE SHE DOESN’T TAKE
LIGHTLY AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT
WILL ONLY BE IN EFFECT UNTIL
MONDAY WHEN ANOTHER INJUNCTION
HEARING IS SET
TO HAPPEN. SO THESE PARTS ARE
VERY FAST-MOVING WE’LL HAVE TO
SEE HOW THE HEARING NEXT WEEK
IT GOES AS WELL.
HARRISON THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE
FOR JOSH WHAT OTHER CITIES AND
COUNTIES ARE CURRENTLY
CHALLENGING GOVERNOR ABBOTT’S
ORDER.
>> AND WHAT HAS SPURRED ALL OF
THESE RECENT LAWSUITS.
>> SO YOU
SEEN LEADERS IN IN DALLAS, A
CHALLENGE
THE GOVERNOR UP THERE. DALLAS
COUNTY JUDGE CLAY
ONE A CONTESTS IN IN COURT TOO
BE ABLE
TO BROADLY MANDATE MASK WEARING
AND YOU STARTED TO SEE THE
DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS COME
OUT AND BASICALLY, BUT THE
GOVERNOR AUSTIN ISD
DID SO DALLAS ISD DID SO
HUSTON ISD DID SO.
HARRIS COUNTY IS WEIGHING
A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR
ON ON THE BACKS OF YOU KNOW
BEXAR COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY
WINNING. THESE LEGAL BATTLES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’VE SEEN
IS THE KIND OF THIS GROWING
DISCOMFORT COME ALONG, YOU KNOW
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH
THE WAY THE GOVERNOR HAS.
SORT OF DECREED IN THE HANDLED
THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF
DRIVEN ALL THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
THE UPTICK IN CASES AMONG IN
THE UNVACCINATED AND THE FACT
IF YOU’RE UNDER IF YOUR CHILD
UNDER 12 YOU CAN GET
VACCINATED SO YOU KNOW PEOPLE
ARE THINKING OF THIS AS A WAY
TO SORT
OF PROTECT. SCHOOL CHILDREN
AGAINST THIS YOU KNOW
CONTAGIOUS THAT VARIANT OF THE
VIRUS.
>> A QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU
AND I GUESS WE’LL BEGIN WITH
FERRIS WHAT POLITICAL IMPACTS
COULD THESE COURT CASES HAVE AS
THE CHALLENGES PLAY OUT.
>> YEAH I THINK THIS IS GOING
TO YOU A LONG DISCUSSION A LONG
COURT BATTLE THAT’S GOING TO GO
BCK AND FORTH I THINK IT’S
REALLY INTERESTING TO JOSH’S
POINT YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS START TOO.
REALLY TAKE ISSUE WITH THE
GOVERNOR’S ORDER AND YOU
HAVEN’T SEEN SO MANY LEGAL
CHALLENGES DURING THIS
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THERE’S
BEEN A FEW, BUT IT HASN’T BEEN
THAT MANY I THINK WHAT’S
INTERESTING IS. LOOKING
MAYBE TOWARD THE NEXT ELECTION
TO SEE OUR ARE PEOPLE GOING TO
TAKE THE SIDES OF THEIR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISSUE OR
THEY DIDN’T TAKE THE SIDE OF
GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT AND YOU KNOW DO
THEY AGREE WITH THE WAY HE’S
BEEN USING HIS POWER I THINK
THAT’S A BIG QUESTION AND NO
ONE WILL BE LOOKING AT.
>> AND YEAH IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT SAID YOU KNOW GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS
THE CHALLENGE FROM THE RIGHT
FOR YOU KNOW GOING BUT AS THEY
SAY YOU KNOW SIR TOO FAR.
ON SOME OF THESE CURRENT ON A
VIRUS ORDERS ON SO YOU KNOW
THIS HAS YOU KNOW RAMIFICATIONS
IN THE PRIMARY IF HE LOSES
THESE COURT BATTLES ULTIMATELY
YOU KNOW THAT COULD BACK ON HIM
DURING THE PRIMARY.
>> ALL RIGHT JOSH FACTOR WITH
TEXAS TRIBUNE FARES
SABAWI FROM KSAT.COM. THANK YOU