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Texas Atty Gen and U of Houston law professor agree: City of Houston overreached
Posted on 10/17/14 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 10/17/14 at 3:57 pm
in issuing subpoenas for Houston-area pastor's sermons.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott also issued a letter saying the city impinged on the pastors’ First Amendment rights and called for the subpoenas’ immediate reversal. “Whether you intend it to be so or not, your action is a direct assault on the religious liberty guaranteed by the First Amendment,” Abbott wrote to Feldman. “The people of Houston and their religious leaders must be absolutely secure in their knowledge that their religious affairs are beyond the reach of the government.”
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This post was edited on 10/17/14 at 4:43 pm
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 4:14 pm to L.A.
Not true. All the lawyers on here said it was just discovery.
I'm gonna go with the TD lawyers.
I'm gonna go with the TD lawyers.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 4:14 pm to L.A.
Our very idiotic mayor scaled back the HERO list today/last night. "We would never want this to come across as religious persecution" 
She is a twat.
She is a twat.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 4:47 pm to L.A.
Those poor internet lawyers that thought otherwise.....
Posted on 10/17/14 at 5:30 pm to L.A.
The pervert should be recalled.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 5:37 pm to L.A.
The pastors ended up not being involved in the lawsuit, and thus the subpoena was promptly bitch-slapped. That's pretty much what most said would happen.
This ruling isn't saying the subpoena would have been thrown out regardless of the involvement of the pastors and churches in the suit. Had they been, the subpoena would have been perfectly legal. This isn't some unilateral declaration that churches are free from legal precedent like some here were claiming.
This ruling isn't saying the subpoena would have been thrown out regardless of the involvement of the pastors and churches in the suit. Had they been, the subpoena would have been perfectly legal. This isn't some unilateral declaration that churches are free from legal precedent like some here were claiming.
This post was edited on 10/17/14 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 10/17/14 at 6:09 pm to L.A.
Were there actually posters on this board defending Houston? If so, who were the posters?
Posted on 10/18/14 at 12:17 am to L.A.
So how did a city in the heart of Texas not called Austin end up with a "left-leaning, openly gay mayor"? That is the most confusing part to me. I did not know that was the case before this subpoena ordeal.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 12:28 pm to L.A.
Greg Abbott is the political and intellectual equivalent of Revelator and a politician running for office.
The overreach wasn't ssking for the sermons, it was the broadness of the related content...as provided by the non-politician law professor:
From your link...which was what most of the board lawyers said.
The hysterical morons believe that sermons shouldn't be discoverable period.
The overreach wasn't ssking for the sermons, it was the broadness of the related content...as provided by the non-politician law professor:
quote:
However, Linzer says it wouldn't impinge on the pastors' First Amendment rights if the city only asked only for sermons or speeches related to the signature drive. "Let's assume they gave instructions to cheat," Linzer says. "That would be relevant speech and I don't see how they would have any First Amendment protection for that."
From your link...which was what most of the board lawyers said.
The hysterical morons believe that sermons shouldn't be discoverable period.
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 12:38 pm
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