Texas Supreme Court orders jailed salon owner released

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Source: Austin American-Statesman

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Dallas County officials to free salon owner Shelley Luther from jail while its nine judges, all Republicans, weigh an appeal challenging her incarceration as improper.

The emergency order directed county officials to release Luther on a personal bond, with no money required, “pending final disposition of her case.”

County officials also were ordered to file a response to the challenge by 4 p.m. Monday, the same day Luther’s weeklong sentence for contempt of court would have ended.

The order came shortly after Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking to end a political firestorm over Luther’s jailing, announced Thursday that local officials will be prohibited from jailing Texans for violating any of his numerous coronavirus-related executive orders.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200507/texas-supreme-court-orders-jailed-salon-owner-released

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Trying to make Texas MAGAt's understand

Jail, fines, they'll never accept the rule of law.

[bluestarone]

2. GOSH-GOLLY i wonder how the TX sc will rule?

NINE fucking RETHUGS!!

[Gothmog]

3. arghh

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

12. I am sure that Hannity, fox et al are saying-tweeting the same. damn

[Gregory Peccary]

4. All 9 judges are republican? Wow

Clearly a political ruling. Wonder if they've ever intervened on behalf of a common ethnic person

[Bengus81]

5. Well...that will be the end of any closed business in Texas

Yeeee Hawww ya all. Come on down and get ya a big ole' load of corona virus Texas Supreme Court style!!

I'm sure tourism will go through the roof now.

[greatbaldeagle]

6. Her excuse was complete garbage

She told the judge she had to remain open to feed her family and keep her staff from starving. But they have food banks in Dallas! I guess it makes more sense to endanger people’s lives than to go to a food bank like everyone else in that situation.

[Bengus81]

10. Is she married? That would be $2400 in stimulus money plus $500 for each child

Might have received $3400.00 give or take just a couple of weeks ago. It would be interesting to see what she's given her staff to keep them from "starving". Many times in those salons the others working there actually work for themselves and pay rent for their stall.

[captain jack]

7. Another shocking headline from Texas. n/t

[LudwigPastorius]

8. IOKIYAR writ large.

[hamsterjill]

9. Texas wasn't always a shithole.

Sixth generation Texan here. It wasn't always, but it is now.

[Bengus81]

11. $500,000 raised on her Go Fund Me page.........

It would be funny if all those Guberment hating rednecks would want their Go Fund Me money back since she's not doing jail time, doesn't need some high priced lawyer to continue on and her shop is open for business.

[Yeehah]

13. The loonies are running the asylum known as the USA

Tens of millions of stupid, uneducated people plus decades of fascist propaganda equals a failed democracy.

[democrattotheend]

14. I don't have a problem with her being released from jail

But she should be disgorged of all of her profits from the days she was open illegally. I think the judge played right into the hands of the right wing by sentencing her to jail. It's what she wanted.