Texas Supreme Court Orders Dallas Judge to End Courtroom Mask Mandate

Texas Supreme Court Orders Dallas Judge to End Courtroom Mask Mandate

The court unanimously ordered the policy withdrawn, calling courtroom mask mandates an “unfair and unduly burdensome” imposition on attorneys, jurors, witnesses, and the public. The post Texas Supreme Court Orders Dallas Judge to End Courtroom Mask Mandate appeared first on Texas Scorecard.

Texas Supreme Court Orders Dallas Judge to Lift Mask Mandate

The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Friday instructing Dallas County at Law Judge D’Metria Benson to immediately rescind her standing court order requiring lawyers, witnesses, jurors and others in her courtroom to wear masks. “The Court disapproves of any such policy in any Texas courtroom,” a three-page order signed by all nine justices released Friday states. The post Texas Supreme Court Orders Dallas Judge to Lift Mask Mandate appeared fi…