“I definitely didn’t come here to roll over and just take that. I’m a litigator,” said CDMenefee. Since being elected in 2020, he has shown that he’s eager to be in the fray — and in the courtroom, on behalf of the county, writes EricaGrieder.
The mask mandate that County Judge Lina Hidalgo attempted to put in place, for example, was swiftly ensnarled by an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott. Drive-thru voting, one of the popular innovations pioneered in the 2020 election — was banned by law in 2021, for no good reason. Harvey funds? Forget about it, according to the General Land Office.
“People get sued. It happens all the time,” Menefee said, explaining that he personally doesn’t find such proceedings stressful. “And, you know, some of the great civil rights victories in this country started in the courtroom. You don’t get a Voting Rights Act, or a Civil Rights Act, without the lawsuits that laid the foundation for why there needed to be change in this country.”
On the campaign trail in 2020, he would explain to voters that the job has three responsibilities: to be the chief civil attorney for the county, offering legal advice and representation to county officials and agencies — but also to be “a sword,” when possible, and “a shield,” when necessary. A vivid illustration came last month, when Gov. Greg Abbott, armed with a nonbinding opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton, directed the state Department of Family Protective Services to report and investigate Texas parents who might help their transgender children access gender-affirming health care — a form of child abuse, according to the two Republicans., and the nonbinding opinion that served as a fig leaf for it.
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