A Texas woman was sentenced to a week in jail after violating an order to close her salon. The Texas Supreme Court ordered Thursday for her release.
from jail while its nine judges, all Republicans, weigh an appeal challenging her incarceration as improper.
County officials also were ordered to file a response to the challenge by 4 p.m. Monday, the same dayThe ruling came shortly after Texas 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.
The petition challenging Luther’s incarceration, filed Wednesday by lawyers who included state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, argued that she was exercising her right to run a business in ways that protected customer health by, among other steps, requiring stylists to wear face coverings, seating patrons 6 feet apart and sanitizing regularly touched surfaces.
On Wednesday, Abbott said jail time should be the last resort for those who disobey his executive order. Abbott’s latest executive order suspended “all relevant laws” that allow jail time “for violating any order issued in response to the COVD-19 disaster.”
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