Disabled Kids Sue Texas Over Ban on Universal School Masks (1)

More than a dozen disabled Texas children sued Governor Greg Abbott in federal court to overturn his ban against universal masking in schools, calling it a threat to their safety and a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Their challenge, filed Tuesday in Austin, marks the spread of the legal resistance to Abbott’s ban beyond Texas’s state court system. There, litigation has exploded during the past week between the Republican governor and defiant local elected officials attempting to require masks in one of the country’s hottest infection zones.

The children’s challenge against Abbott, who has used a wheelchair since ...