AUSTIN — Texas filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court over a California law that prohibits official travel to states
Paxton is asking the Supreme Court to overturn California’s travel ban because it is “infected with animus towards religion,” violates federal laws on interstate commerce and discriminates against Texas business owners.in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex couple as grounds for the lawsuit.
Under the ban, state employees, as well as academics and athletes from state universities, are prohibited from using state money for travel, though they can still raise money from other sources to make the trips. The move is intended to pressure conservative states to reverse laws in question and prevent states from passing new such laws.
In the suit, Paxton cited several examples of canceled trips to Texas. In one instance, students from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo couldn’t travel to a Houston conference of minority architects.
I'm not getting how it hurts Texas if Californians can't come here on their state's dime. Why do we care?
What? Texas challenging a law that restricts state spending?
Oh, this will be interesting to watch what Supreme Court decides.
Dear ACLU - can we sue Texas for their attempts to infringe upon states rights?
...so I guess that Texas and other nutback bible states missed the part of the bible saying 'do to others as you would have them do to you' and that their god created man in his image and stuff like that. biblefucktards
Wow, that says a lot about Texas and it’s horrible policies. Hey, just don’t discriminate against LGBTQ people Texas. Easy and correct fix!
That's the best policy decision we have heard in ages.
Sounds about right !!
I live in Texas and support California's travel ban for our continued misuse of 'religious freedom' to discriminate against others.
Texas does the same regarding out of state anti-Israeli laws. This is just bog standard hypocrisy. Situation normal.
Oh...wait...”State’s Rights!”, until a State’s right runs afoul of your AG’s beliefs? GetRealTexas You are better than that!
Poor Texas. Losing money and now you are bent out of shape.
woooo States' Rights!!!
When you really love states rights 😎
Pfft states rights for the win? Stop all the conservatism, it’s too conservativing.
All of a sudden they're against states rights...
How ironic and hypocritical for CA to bitch about Trumps travel ban only for CA to make there own - illegally.