A judge in Texas recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by three University of Texas professors against the attorney general over the state’s soon to be implemented concealed carry laws.
 
The three professors – Jennifer Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter – claimed in their lawsuit that they feared that armed students in their classrooms would be likely to infringe on their First Amendment rights and “chill” discussion about controversial topics for fear that retribution would be coming from those armed students becoming upset during the discussions. They also feared that their Second Amendment rights would be violated by compelling them as public employees to acquiesce in the presence of loaded weaponry in their place of public employment without the individual possession and use of such weaponry in public being well-regulated.
 
In his ruling, District Court Judge Lee Yeakel went to great lengths to explain why he found the trio had no standing, stating, “Plaintiffs do not have standing to bring this action because they fail to allege facts showing any cognizable injury. Alternatively, Defendants [the state’s attorney general and a whole host of others named in the complaint] argue [that] Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”
 
The plaintiff’s lawyer expressed dismay, noting, “We had other claims in the lawsuit beyond that — a Second Amendment claim [and] an equal protection claim. The order accompanying this dismissal doesn’t seem to address these issues. So there’s a bit of confusion on our part.”
 
Attorney General Ken Paxton responded, “The court’s ruling today is the correct outcome. The fact that a small group of professors dislike a law and speculate about a ‘chilling effect’ is hardly a valid basis to set the law aside.”
 
—Source: TheNewAmerican.com