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Houston ISD trustees won a round in court Wednesday when in a 2-1 vote, the Third District Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction barring Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath from ousting the HISD board and replacing it with one of his own choosing.
The justices voting to uphold the injunction Republican Chief Justice Jeff Rose and Democrat Grisela D. Triana who wrote the majority opinion said that Morath hadn t followed his agency s own rules before declaring he was ready to move in to wipe the slate clean with his own appointments. Republican Justice Thomas J. Baker disagreed and issued a dissenting opinion, saying he thought Morath was justified in his actions and working within the state regulations as written.
however it turns out it will be appealed up through the court system. you know back in 2000 the supreme court ruled against another texas high school for leading prayers before the game. this case may end up before the supremes as well. there is free speech there is free speech versus the separation of church and state. and the education code in texas gives students the right to express their religious beliefs which is why rick perry as well as the attorney general of the state got behind the cheerleaders. in fact, the attorney general sent a lawyer to argue on their behalf. now, the school district argued that the state education code was itself unconstitutional, and clearly a judge ruled in favor of the cheerleaders, and here are two of them. listen. i think it is unbelievable. i never expected it to become this big at all.