Karen Brooks Harper
Texas Tribune
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge a California ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws a list Texas landed on in 2017 after the Legislature approved a religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state.
The move comes as the Texas Legislature grapples with a slate of anti-LGBTQ bills that business leaders warn could be harmful to Texans and a threat to the state’s economy, which is still reeling from the recession that accompanied the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, the court, charged with hearing disputes between states, declined to hear Paxton’s challenge, filed early last year. The ban prevents California agencies, public universities and boards from funding work-related trips to Texas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. The high court declined to hear a lawsuit Paxton s office filed against California over its ban on state-sponsored travel here. Credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge a California ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws â a list Texas landed on in 2017 after the Legislature approved a religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Paxton s challenge to California banning state-funded travel to Texas
Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
April 27, 2021
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FILE Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference as District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, left, and other state attorneys general look on, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Sept. 9, 2019. In a petition filed on Oct. 31 in Texas state court of Travis County, Google, along with its parent company Alphabet, sought a protective order against Paxton, who is spearheading the multistate antitrust investigation into the company. (Al Drago/The New York Times)Al Drago/NYT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge a California ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws a list Texas landed on in 2017 after the Legislature approved a religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state.
The move comes as the Texas Legislature grapples with a slate of anti-LGBTQ bills that business leaders warn could be harmful to Texans and a threat to the state’s economy, which is still reeling from the recession that accompanied the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, the court, charged with hearing disputes between states, declined to hear Paxton’s challenge, filed early last year. The ban prevents California agencies, public universities and boards from funding work-related trips to Texas.