She dared to open her beauty salon . . . and tore up a county judge's related and official-looking cease and desist order.
Another judge offered to spare her jail if she would confess that her "actions were selfish" and, the judge lectured, "putting your own interest ahead of those in the community in which you live." Luther responded decisively: "Feeding my kids isn't selfish."
Calling for Luther's "immediate release," Attorney General Ken Paxton articulated smart policy: "The judge should not put people in jail like her who are just trying to make a living."
That should be written in law — sans the "like her" part.
The agile Governor Abbott, the rule's originator, ducked responsibility with "surely there are less restrictive means to achieving [public safety] than jailing a Texas mother."
Then, governor, why the command?
"I am modifying my executive orders," Abbott declared yesterday, "to ensure confinement is not a punishment for violating an order."
The Lieutenant Governor paid her fine.
Shelley Luther was "free" — and on Fox News last night.
But have we learned anything?
Why not provide the public with the best information available and allow people to make their own decisions? No orders. Businesspeople would be free to do what they think is best. At-risk folks would be free to be very careful.
Obviously, governments can help. But best through persuasion, remembering they work for us.
Free people.
This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob.
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Paul Jacob (@Common_Sense_PJ) is author of Common Sense which provides daily commentary about the issues impacting America and about the citizens who are doing something about them. He is also President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) as well as Citizens in Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing author on the ARRA News Service.
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