Supreme Court Rebuffs Texas Challenge to California LGBTQ Policy

The U.S. Supreme Court left intact California’s ban on government-funded travel to states it sees as having anti-LGBTQ policies, rejecting Texas’s bid to challenge the policy.

Texas, one of 12 states on California’s restricted list, sought to file a lawsuit against California directly at the nation’s highest court.

The court as a whole made no comment, but Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas said they would have let Texas press its challenge. The two reiterated their view that the court has no discretion to turn away a state that is attempting to sue another.

Writing for the two, Alito said ...