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27 Jan 2021, 5:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Six judges have now said Jimenez is innocent or at least deserves a new trial, but under state law, Attorney General Ken Paxton controls the appellate process in federal court and he has appealed all their rulings. [read post]
Later, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement declaring that the order applied to all types of abortions. [read post]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday sued Biden-appointed officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stop an executive action pausing deportations for 100 days. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 9:03 pm by Adam Garnick
This case began in 2018 when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and several other states filed a lawsuit arguing that DHS exceeded its authority by creating DACA without the consent of Congress. [read post]
5 Jan 2021, 4:29 pm by Associated Press
DALLAS — The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss has left the Republican seeking $43 million in public funds to replace some of them with outside lawyers to lead a high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Google. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 2:00 pm by Kate Cox
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spearheaded the first suit, which nine other states also signed onto. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 6:34 pm by Matt Cooper
Texas Attorney Ken Paxton asserted that the interests of Texas citizens were harmed when non-legislative actors in these states “amended” election laws in violation of the Electors Clause of the U.S. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 1:58 pm by John Floyd
  Texas Republican Party Chair Floats Succession   In response to the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear another frivolous lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to overthrow the results of the presidential elections, Texas GOP Chair, Allen West again floated the idea of succession. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 8:45 am by John Floyd
Indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton has long been a political embarrassment to the State of Texas. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 8:26 am by Jonathan H. Adler
[A recently appointed "Trump Judge" explains why the Trump campaign's legal claims are without merit] Friday evening, the Supreme Court refused to hear Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to invalidate the certified election results in four states, concluding Texas lacked standing to challenge election administration in other states. [read post]
12 Dec 2020, 2:23 pm by John Floyd
    The governor, and his out-on-personal-recognizance-bond sidekick, Attorney General Ken Paxton, moved quickly to end that compassionate response to the virus. [read post]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had claimed there was rampant lawlessness in the defendant states, where suits from the Trump campaign are pending. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 3:38 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
This puts an end to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to upend the results of the November election. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 11:02 am by Tom Smith
For as long as it takes to litigate state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s claims, Texas would have the Court stay the Electoral College and congressional proceedings necessary to elect a president. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 9:56 am by Keith E. Whittington
A large number of Republican attorneys general urged the Court to accept the suit. [read post]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint with the Supreme Court Tuesday against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, seeking to overturn their 2020 presidential election results. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 9:37 am by Jonathan H. Adler
[Roll credits] Post-credits scene: The Austin-American Statesman reports: Federal agents served at least one subpoena Wednesday on the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an ongoing investigation into allegations that Paxton abused his authority by helping a friend and campaign donor. . . . [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Barr Taps Durham as Special Counsel, Pushing Probe into Biden Era Politico – Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein | Published: 12/1/2020 Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. attorney John Durham as a special counsel to investigate the origins of the FBI’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. [read post]