'Unfortunately, a few Texas counties and cities seem to have confused recommendations with requirements and have grossly exceeded state law to impose their own will on private citizens and businesses,' Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called out leaders in three counties and two cities, warning each that imposing fines on anyone not wearing a face covering, placing limits on church gatherings, and minimizing social gatherings are unenforceable, and unlawful, per Governor Greg Abbott's executive orders.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testifies in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three felonies. Paxton wrote letters to officials in three Texas Counties and two Texas cities challenging them on standing coronavirus emergency orders that he said were not in line with Governor Greg Abbott's executive orders.
Those areas included limits on church services and places of worship, which are recognized by Abbott's order as essential services. The executive order advises that places of worship limit attendance by 25 percent, though it isn't not required. However, Paxton said some cities and counties were mandating limited attendance.
In his letter to Adler and Eckhardt, Paxton addressed those issues as well as the use of contact tracing and the city and county's order to force restaurants to release information on customers, calling the practice"orwellian" and an invasion of privacy.NBC News "Our conflict has never been with the governor," Nirenberg said during a joint press conference with Wolff."Our conflict is with the political interpretations of the orders from the attorney general's office."
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