- June 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
If Texas leaders are champions of property rights and business freedoms, as they’ve often contended they are, they should stop interfering with cruise lines’ attempts to sail again from Galveston.
As it stands, COVID-19 has blown a gaping hole in the state’s hardline pro-business stance as politicians seek to play to anti-vaxxer crowds under the guise of freedom.
In May, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion attempting to join a Florida lawsuit challenging a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order making it difficult for cruise ships to resume sailing because of COVID-19.
On its face, the lawsuit appears to be business friendly.
It’s true that few industries have endured such onerous and lingering lockdowns as the cruise industry, and the lawsuit questions whether the CDC has overstepped its authority.
But the litigation in Florida and legislation in Texas also constitute interferences into…
