Good morning,

With the primary runoff three weeks from today, the One Click Survey asks who readers think should be the next Attorney General of Texas.

But first… here is the Texas Minute for Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

The End Of Abortion?

• According to a leaked draft of a ruling obtained and published by Politico on Monday night, the United States Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, paving the way for states like Texas to outlaw abortion entirely. Brandon Waltens has the details.
       

• Leaks of Supreme Court opinions are exceptionally rare, with this being the first in modern history. The official release of the opinion is expected to come in June or July.
     
• If the opinion comes to fruition, it would allow for the legality of abortion to be decided by individual states for the first time since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Texas is among a number of states to have passed “trigger laws” outlawing abortion if Roe v. Wade were overturned by the Supreme Court.
     
• Outrage from Democrats was predictable and immediate. The DEMs are horrified by the possibility of MILLIONS of black babies not being murdered. Planned Parenthood exists to exterminate non-white babies, but especially black babies.

The Candidates On Corporate Welfare

• Through various “economic incentive” programs, Texas taxpayers are forced to subsidize corporations – many of which are taking increasingly leftist policy positions. With 34 Republican candidates in the May runoff elections for the state Legislature, Texas Scorecard asked each of them what they would do about corporate welfare.

     
• Almost as interesting as how various candidates responded is which candidates chose not to answer the question.
     
• The Republican and Democrat primary runoff election will be held Tuesday, May 24. Early voting runs from May 16 through May 20.

No-Fly Disney

• Only one theme park company in the country gets a federally enforced no-fly zone, and Texas’ Troy Nehls wants to know why. The U.S. congressman sent letters yesterday asking why that is to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

        
• The no-fly designation enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration is allegedly in place due to security concerns.
       
• “No other theme parks have restrictions on airspace, including neighboring competitors like Universal Studios,” wrote Nehls. He added that experts “have long questioned the security rationale” for them.
     
• Indeed, Disney itself acknowledged as early as 2003 that they pushed for flight restrictions as a way to increase patrons’  “enjoyment” of the company’s properties. 
          

• The Orlando Sentinel wrote that Disney has manipulated “the nation’s terrorism fear for one clear commercial aim: to close public airspace over its parks as a way to ban competitors’ aerial advertising planes and sightseeing helicopters.”

Texas GOP Endorses In School Board Races

• As parents continue to fight for their children to learn basic reading and math over leftist gender ideologies and critical race theory, the Texas GOP is taking an active role in local school board races by endorsing the conservative candidates. Sydnie Henry has the story.
      

• Matt Rinaldi, chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, has announced that Carol Lacey McGuire is the party’s choice for the Coppell Independent School District seat in Dallas County.

      

• Meanwhile, in Houston-area Clear Creek ISD, the Texas GOP endorsed Scott Bowen for re-election to the board of trustees.
       

• “Make a plan to vote for your children’s future and against woke garbage in our public schools,” wrote Rinaldi.
      

• Early voting ends today for the Saturday, May 7, school elections.

Pope: Fix Obscenity Laws

• Former law enforcement officer James Pope explains how closing a legal loophole in Texas will help rid schools of explicit books that position kids for sexual abuse.
         

• “Obscenity is not protected free speech, and making obscene or harmful material available to minors is a crime under both federal and state laws,” writes Pope in a commentary. “Lawmakers need to close the loopholes in our obscenity laws to make it harder for sexually explicit books to get on the shelves, harder for distributors to send these books out, and easier to hold people accountable who put this type of material in our schools.
          
• Pope has started a petition calling on lawmakers to take action.

Helping Conservatives Succeed

• Brett Rogers loves helping people succeed—especially helping conservative grassroots candidates succeed at winning elections. Erin Anderson profiles the work of this grassroots-focused activist.
       

• “The founders gave us a peaceful means of revolution,” said Rogers. “Let’s use it. Me, I refuse to quit this fight. I want to join with those who are as persistent and relentless as I am.”

ONE CLICK SURVEY

The runoff election is May 24. Who should be the next Attorney General of Texas?

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