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Challenging a Texas law that makes it a misdemeanor to wear political clothing near a polling place, the wife of a Houston firefighter filed a First Amendment lawsuit claiming she was forced to turn her pro-firefighter T-shirt inside out while voting on a measure to raise their pay.

HOUSTON – Challenging a Texas law that makes it a misdemeanor to wear political clothing near a polling place, the wife of a Houston firefighter filed a First Amendment lawsuit claiming she was forced to turn her pro-firefighter T-shirt inside out while voting on a measure to raise their pay.  

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