Federal judge allows suit against Texas governor's campus speech order to move forward

A federal judge in Austin ruled Monday that pro-Palestinian student groups at Texas' public universities can proceed with a lawsuit arguing Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning antisemitic speech on campus is unconstitutional. In May, pro-Palestine student organizations at the University of Texas branches and the University of Houston sued Abbott, state universities and university presidents over the order. The suit seeks a preliminary injunction blocking universities from enforcing Abbott's mandate.