The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has permanently enjoined Williamson County from asking applicants for an appointed constable position about their views on same-sex marriage, abortion or their religious affiliation.
Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra wrote in his Dec. 2 opinion in Lloyd v. Birkman that Robert Lloyd’s equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated when he was asked about those issues during an interview conducted March 18, 2013, by the Williamson County Commissioners Court.
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