Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a letter to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asking him to withdraw the mask mandate Jenkins issued Tuesday for people in attendance at a Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting.
Commissioner J.J. Koch, refused to wear a mask because of an executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott, that no mask mandates may be issued in public buildings.
Koch was escorted out of the meeting by a bailiff.
Jenkins said a Texas Supreme Court order made an exception for courts and that commissioner's court should be considered a court. Paxton’s letter to Jenkins Friday said Abbott's order supersedes local regulations and should apply to commissioner's courts.
Koch filed a lawsuit earlier this week seeking to change Jenkins’ order and to remove Jenkins from office.
Jenkins claims that Abbott's order imposing a ban on mask mandates should be deemed impermissible because it usurps the judicial and legislative branches and local government authority.
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