In going through my news round-up, as per usual, I came across an article from our “friends” at The Texas Observer. In an article entitled “Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (or Already Have),” the author outlines a few of the bills passed during the recent legislative session that are likely to be litigious.
The five mentioned are: Sanctuary Cities Ban, Fetal Remains Requirement, Partial Ban on Second-Trimester Abortions, Religious Refusal for Child Welfare Providers, Straight-Ticket Voting Ban, and Voter ID. Without going into the merits of these laws, let me just point out that most of this is just traditional conservatism that, a few decades ago, no one would have batted an eyelash at. However, I must admit that the Observer is right! These laws are likely to be challenged, if they haven’t been so already. They will not be contested because these laws represent an affront to the constitutional system as outlined by the founders. No. Certainly, to even contest these laws via the U.S. Constitution will require a lot of imagination and enough legal acrobatics to put Cirque du Soleil to shame. None the less, they will be challenged, and many ...
Read the rest at the Texian Partisan