{"id":2017240,"date":"2023-08-30T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-texas-law-to-prevent-cities-from-enacting-progressive-laws\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:53:48","slug":"judge-blocks-texas-law-to-prevent-cities-from-enacting-progressive-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-texas-law-to-prevent-cities-from-enacting-progressive-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas law preventing cities from enacting progressive laws blocked by judge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-texas-law-to-prevent-cities-from-enacting-progressive-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Victory for Cities: Judge Blocks Unconstitutional Texas\u2062 Law<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200d Texas judge has made\u2062 a bold\u2063 move by blocking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">controversial law<\/a> that aimed to restrict progressive legislation in cities. State \u200cDistrict Judge \u2062Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that House Bill 2127, mockingly referred to \u2064as \u200cthe &#8220;Death Star&#8221; bill,\u2063 is unconstitutional. This ruling comes just days before the law was set to take effect, much\u2062 to \u2063the delight of Democratic mayors\u2064 who see it as a triumph in the ongoing &#8220;war on \u200ccities&#8221; waged by Republicans.<\/p>\n<h3>Mayors Celebrate a Much-Needed Win<\/h3>\n<p>Democratic mayors across Texas \u2062are celebrating\u200b this ruling as a crucial victory.\u200b They argue that the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-shuts-down-elections-site-ahead-of-key-republican-deadline\/\" title=\"Virginia Shuts Down Elections Site Ahead of Key Republican Deadline\">state government&#8217;<\/a>s\u2062 relentless interference in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-texas-law-to-prevent-cities-from-enacting-progressive-laws\/\" title=\"Texas law preventing cities from enacting progressive laws blocked by judge.\">local\u200d affairs hampers economic growth<\/a> and\u200d discourages newcomers from\u2064 other\u2064 states. \u2064Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his satisfaction, \u200bstating, &#8220;This\u2063 self-defeating war on cities needs to end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Texas\u200d Republicans remain optimistic, with the bill&#8217;s sponsor confident that an appeal will overturn Gamble&#8217;s ruling. State\u2064 Rep.\u200b Dustin Burrows \u2062dismissed the judge&#8217;s decision, declaring, &#8220;The judgment today by a \u200dDemocrat Travis\u2062 County District Judge is not worth\u200c the\u200d paper\u2064 it\u2019s\u2062 printed on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have framed the \u2062law as a necessary measure to counter \u2064Democrat-led cities&#8217; restrictions on \u200cbusinesses, arguing that it ultimately harms the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ongoing debate, this ruling is \u200ba significant moment in the battle between state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">local governments<\/a>,\u2062 highlighting\u2064 the importance of preserving \u200bthe \u200crights of cities to govern themselves and foster innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas judge halted a law preventing cities from passing progressive legislation. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble deemed House Bill 2127, mockingly called the &#8220;Death Star&#8221; bill, unconstitutional. The Texas Tribune stated the ruling occurred just two days before the law&#8217;s scheduled implementation on Friday. Democratic mayors celebrated the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2017241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}