Texas entities lack standing to challenge a state law that requires them to give notice about guns being prohibited on their properties, the en banc Fifth Circuit ruled.
The full federal appeals court issued the fractured ruling on Friday, with a majority opinion authored by Judge Edith Jones, a Ronald Reagan appointee. Six judges said they concurred in the judgment, and four of those judges only joined parts of the majority opinion. Three of the 16 active judges who heard the case dissented, saying the decision shields future potentially unconstitutional actions from judicial oversight.
A Houston-area Unitarian Universalist church and …