Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration
- The Texas State Bar withdrew a speaking engagement offer to NAACP President Derrick Johnson on Wednesday.
- It cited new rules on speaking topics and the NAACP's lawsuit against federal government actions.
- The bar viewed the NAACP lawsuit challenging a presidential executive order as political.
- Executive Director Trey Apffel said the bar views the lawsuit as "political because it is taking on the federal government."
- Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson will address Juneteenth instead.
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The State Bar of Texas has rescinded a speaking invitation to the civil rights group’s president after the organization challenged the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department
NAACP chief disinvited from Texas event over Trump administration lawsuit
The State Bar of Texas has rescinded an invitation to NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson in light of a lawsuit brought against the Trump administration by the civil rights organization. Johnson was set to speak at the bar’s annual meeting in San Antonio on Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last…
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Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration
The State Bar of Texas has rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil rights group challenged the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department.
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