4 things to know about Texas' new 'bathroom bill'

4. ‘Bathroom bill’ immune from judicial overreach

Under SB 8, courts are prohibited from issuing injunctions to block its enforcement, as they did with Senate Bill 10, which mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms across Texas.

If the legality of SB 8 is appealed, appellate jurisdiction will be centralized in the newly-formed Fifteenth Court of Appeals, rather than in the jurisdiction where the challenge originated, according to Texas Policy Research.

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