A Texas GOP activist who posted a photograph of a transgender woman washing her hands in a women’s restroom at the Texas Capitol isn’t entitled to civil protection from criminal prosecution, a divided appeals court ruled.
Over a dissent, Judges Priscilla Richman and Irma Carrillo Ramirez of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit left open the door for criminal charges by affirming an injunction denial from a lower court.
Michelle Evans, the target of a criminal investigation from the Travis County District Attorney’s office, failed to show the post isn’t prohibited by a state ban against taking ...