Does a court have the legal authority to require people to wear face masks in the courthouse? In most states, there are Governor’s orders recommending, but not requiring, the use of masks in public. In spite of those orders, most courthouses throughout the country have required visitors and employees to wear face masks. So which order applies? That is be being hotly debated in Texas. This debate raises all kinds of questions. If a person declines to wear a mask, and is either barred entry, or is directed to leave the courthouse, and refuses to do so – can that person be arrested, jailed or fined for criminal trespass, or some other crime? These are important questions moving forward in this new COVID-19 pandemic world.
New York and Texas Head Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws
Texas and New York are currently locked in an escalating state's rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with abortion bans. The central question is whether states must honor one another's abortion laws. After the U.S. Supreme Court...
