Episode 3545: Palo Pinto County’s un-American electioneering regulations stopped by 5th Circuit, for now – Pratt on Texas 8/19/2024

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: After the home town RINO whiner, Rep. Glenn Rogers, was defeated in the Republican Primary this year, his Palo Pinto County commissioners court pals passed a slate of “electioneering regulations” designed to restrict active conservative opposition in the county. Conservatives sued and the courthouse kings got an early win in U.S. District Court but now the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has handed the county a big loss, for now:
“For the reasons herein, we conclude that the district court erred in denying Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. We thus VACATE the district court’s judgment and order, GRANT a preliminary injunction of the Regulations in their entirety, and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
The 15-page order is very much worth reading for those involved in political campaigns and activism: https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/24/24-10432.0.pdf

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A very long story with a grabbing headline that actually doesn’t present much of anything new: Texas GOP making inroads with Latino voters in big cities.
In a story that should remind that simply passing a law mandating things isn’t often a full solution when it comes to results: Houston ISD vows to repair automated external defibrillators that are not working after student’s death. I wonder how many of these lifesaving devices are unworkable.
Texas leftists to be big part of the Democrat Convention in Chicago.
Circle K owner Couche-Tard seeks to buy $31 billion owner of 7-Eleven stores.
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