The top civil court in the state has been active recently.
Behold:
1 - Texas Supreme Court says city must repeal HERO or put it on ballot.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Houston City Council must repeal the city's equal rights ordinance or place it on the November ballot. The ruling comes three months after a state district judge ruled that opponents of Houston's contentious non-discrimination ordinance passed last year failed to gather enough valid signatures to force a repeal referendum.
- Click here for the ruling. It contains a description of the process behind the lawsuit, which gives you a good look at the internal workings of the judiciary in Texas.
2 - Texas Supreme Court keeps eyebrows on fleek, brow puns ensue.
The state’s highest court ruled earlier this summer that eyebrow threaders don’t need 750 hours of cosmetology training to go forth and create perfectly groomed eyebrows.
The ruling in Patel vs. Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sided with eyebrow threaders who argued that most of the 750 training hours does not apply to the health and safety of what threaders actually do. The court agreed that the licensing requirement violated their constitutional rights to earn a living without unreasonable governmental interference.
- Click here for the ruling.
Here are two views of the decision:
- Pro: Texas Supreme Court Strikes Stupid Licensing Law.
- Con: Texas Could Become an Even More Dangerous Place.
3 - Achieving Diversity on Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee.
The Texas Supreme Court sought to achieve diversity in terms of demographics and law practices when it appointed some 50 lawyers to serve on its Supreme Court Advisory Committee (SCAC), according to its chief justice, Nathan Hecht.
But diversity was not the court's only consideration in choosing the lawyers who start serving on the SCAC this month, Hecht said.
Committee members "have to be experienced enough and skilled enough and wise enough to really see what is happening to the practice to make it more responsive to the people," Hecht said.
- What is the Supreme Court Advisory Committee?
