No other petitions against the San Antonio Justice Charter can be filed until after May's citywide election, the court also ruled. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas AbortionIsHealthcare abortionrights cannabisnews CannabisCommunity
Act4SA Executive Director Ananda Tomas has fired back at critics of the Justice Charter, including City Attorney Andy Segovia and SAPOA President Danny Diaz.
What's more, all other legal challenges to the Justice Charter, also known as Proposition A, will have to wait until after the election.arguing that the Justice Charter was illegal and that the charter changes proposed in the proposition needed to be voted on individually. "The power of initiative is reserved to the people, not granted to them," Justice Jane N. Bland wrote in her opinion."Courts must not lightly usurp that power. Our role is to facilitate elections, not to stymie them, and to review the consequences of those elections as the Legislature prescribes."
that most of the proposed changes put forward in the Justice Charter, even if approved by voters, would be illegal under state law and therefore overturned in the courts., arguing that the measure would make it harder for police officers to do their jobs in an already understaffed department.
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