Texas asks U.S. Supreme Court to end California law banning state-funded travel

[TexasTowelie]

by Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to strike down a 2016 California law that bans state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws — a list Texas landed on nearly three years ago after the Legislature approved a religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office maintains a list of qualifying discriminatory laws, said in June 2017 that the Texas law "allows foster care agencies to discriminate against children in foster care and potentially disqualify LGBT families from the state’s foster and adoption system." The ban prevents California agencies, public universities and boards from funding work-related trips to Texas.

Paxton, who has made religious liberty a top priority of his office, criticized the California statute as an unconstitutional and misguided attempt to police other states.

“California is attempting to punish Texans for respecting the right of conscience for foster care and adoption providers,” he said.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/10/texas-asks-scotus-strike-down-california-law-banning-state-travel/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Not sure how it is the TX AG's job to control CA's budget expenditures

[ananda]

2. But you can be sure that SCOTUS is now very tainted.

Nt

[DFW]

3. Paxton is a wannabe Ayatollah (and a world-class asshole)

He and Abbott are evil embarrassments to Texas. Two among many.

[Ford_Prefect]

4. I guess some state's rights are more equal than other state rights, eh Ken?

Federalism is bad for business according to Ken unless it makes local state-authorized terrorism legal.

[Blues Heron]

5. Snowflakes gotta flake

Sounds a little whiny to me. Waa they don't like our awesome laws.

[ancianita]

6. Heh heh. So weird and messed up.

Texas is pleading not to be harmed by CA for TX's already harmful adoption laws? That's all TX lawyers got to do all day?

[still_one]

7. Hmmmm, I thought they wer all about state's rights?