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25 May 2020, 12:44 pm by John Floyd
      The post Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Bad on Ethics and Wrong on The Law appeared first on . [read post]
24 May 2020, 12:36 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
 If there was any doubt of this, the death-in-custody report Chief Manley filed with the Texas Attorney General demonstrates that he intends to continue time-worn patterns of racist policing from which Austin has suffered for many decades. [read post]
19 May 2020, 11:45 am by Stephen Wermiel
” The next day, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement that said abortions should be among the procedures that were halted unless they were necessary to preserve the health or life of the woman. [read post]
15 May 2020, 10:02 am by Amy Starnes
(Subscription required) — Texas Lawyer Texas appeals court allows expansion of voting by mail during ongoing legal fight — The appeals court ruled against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who argued that a lower court ruling expanding who can qualify for an absentee ballot during the coronavirus pandemic should have no effect while he appeals it. [read post]
14 May 2020, 3:10 pm by Amy Starnes
(Subscription required) — Texas Lawyer Texas attorney general asks state Supreme Court to step into fight over voting by mail — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on his interpretation of how voters can qualify for absentee ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. [read post]
8 May 2020, 10:00 am by Don Cruse
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 18-0503 Opinion of the Court IN THE INTEREST OF D.S., A CHILD, No. 18-0908 Opinion of the Court Concurring THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND DAVID COOKE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS FORT WORTH… [read post]
8 May 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Both Parties Wonder: How much do conventions even matter anymore? [read post]
7 May 2020, 11:17 am by Amy Starnes
Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton said the seven-day jail sentence was excessive. [read post]
7 May 2020, 7:44 am by Tom Smith
“I find it outrageous and out of touch that during this national pandemic, a judge, in a county that actually released hardened criminals for fear of contracting COVID-19, would jail a mother for operating her hair salon in an attempt to put food on her family’s table,” Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Wednesday. [read post]
6 May 2020, 2:38 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Ken Paxton's 'lonely and misguided crusade' against Rosa JimenezAttorney General Ken Paxton won't drop his federal appeal in Rosa Jimenez's habeas corpus writ, even though DA Margaret Moore has finally, belatedly, acknowledged that the evidence used to convict her was flawed and she deserves a new trial. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 1:54 pm by Greta Ravitsky and Anastasia A. Regne
The Report, and these latest executive orders, issued this week, were informed by the Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas, which consists of Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 8:22 am by Amy Starnes
Important links State Bar of Texas Coronavirus Legal Resources Page — Texasbar.com/coronavirus State Bar of Texas Coronavirus Public Resources Page — Texasbar.com/COVIDHelp Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Well-being Resources page — Texasbar.com/remote-well-being Texas AG helped donor fight virus lockout — Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that an exclusive group of Texans stood to benefit when Attorney General… [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 7:14 am by Amy Starnes
— ABA Journal Texas AG sues Harris County egg producer for alleged price gouging during coronavirus pandemic — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday in a Harris County court claiming that Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the largest producer of eggs in the country, is price gouging. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 8:39 am by John Floyd
Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to block order GA-13. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 7:22 am by Keegan Boyle
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton disagreed with the ruling, stating that the mail-in rule should be based upon a diagnosed disability. [read post]
14 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Mary Ziegler
  Many of the state emergency orders also suggested or mandated the suspension of non-essential medical appointments, treatments, and surgeries in order to preserve providers and hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, as well as to save personal protective equipment (PPE) for their providers.After states began rolling out their general emergency plans, a few issued separate orders banning all abortion procedures indefinitely.For example, the Texas Attorney General… [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 4:18 pm by Amy Howe
After Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, announced that the emergency order applies to abortions, except when the woman’s health is at risk, Planned Parenthood went to court to challenge the order. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 11:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton took one on the chin yesterday when Travis County District Judge Lora Livingston issued a Temporary Restraining Order barring enforcement of the governor's executive order barring jail releases of people with current charges or past convictions involving violent offenses. [read post]