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Houston We Have a Problem! Four Things You Need to Know about the Suspension of HERO
Houston We Have a Problem! Four Things You Need to Know about the Suspension of HERO (Houston Equal Rights Ordinance)The Texas Supreme Court today placed Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) on hold and ordered the City not to enforce it.
In May 2014, Judge Robert Schaefer invalidated petitions calling for a repeal of the landmark ordinance, or for the ordinance to be submitted for voter approval in the next general election. A jury found the petitions to contain fraudulent signatures.
Today's decision overturned the lower court ruling on procedural grounds and did not address the fraud that a jury found had contributed to the success of the petition drive.
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