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10 Jul 2019, 7:51 am by Dan Bressler
” “The most recent development on this topic is that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an amicus brief that sides with the plaintiffs in the case in Texas. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 5:24 am by Joe Patrice
[NY Times] * The case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may fall apart because local elected officials (who surely couldn't be political allies of Paxtons!) [read post]
2 Jun 2019, 8:10 am by John Floyd
  In court filings, Paxton told the Court that DA Ogg “represents just one of Texas’s 254 counties [and] does not represent the Attorney General’s interest. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 7:53 pm by MOTP
HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS SQUEEZES A FEW ROCK-BOTTOM DOLLARS FROM STUDENT LOAN DEBTORS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton presides over a well-oiled litigation machine optimized to extract money from people who have fallen behind on payments on the state-sponsored student loans funded and administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 1:32 pm by [email protected]
Before the errors became apparent, Whitley handed over information about those registered voters to Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 1:32 pm by [email protected]
Before the errors became apparent, Whitley handed over information about those registered voters to Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 3:53 am by Edith Roberts
” In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urges the court to review Klein v. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
      National: The Growing Need for Opposition Research – on Yourself – in Today’s Political WorldGoverning – Alan Greenblatt | Published: 2/15/2019 The series of recent scandals in Virginia was kicked off by the emergence of a 35-year-old yearbook page from Gov. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Angela Paxton Files Bill That Would Allow Her Husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to Issue Exemptions from Securities Regulations” by Emma Platoff for Texas Tribune The post Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on LobbyComply. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 8:47 am by David Kopel
Cert. petition amicus briefs were also filed on behalf of 19 states, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (lower courts have been flouting Heller and need guidance from the Supreme Court); and by gun rights organizations led by the Firearms Policy Coalition (detailing how the microstamping law and other California laws have greatly constricted California consumer choice on handguns). [read post]
29 Jan 2019, 12:30 pm
Given the flawed nature of this methodology, yesterday the ACLU of Texas and partners notified the Texas secretary of state that the advisory should be rescinded before any counties take action on it, and put all 254 counties in Texas on alert that they should not take action based on this advisory alone and must ensure that they do not act discriminatorily or infringe on the right to vote.Unfortunately, these huge caveats did not stop Texas Attorney General Ken… [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 2:10 pm by [email protected]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took issue with the city’s stance in 2016. [read post]
” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), one of the lead plaintiffs, said in a statement that the ruling “halts an unconstitutional exertion of federal power over the American healthcare system. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 11:54 am by Jeff Wurzburg (US)
On February 26, 2018, a group of twenty states[1], led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to have the ACA declared unconstitutional. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 11:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
AND MORE: Check out the Texas snapshot from a 50-state debtors-prison reform tool created by the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School.De-funding Paxton special prosecutors may impact indigent defenseA Texas Observer report on the Court of Criminal Appeals decision in on payment of Attorney General Ken Paxton's prosecutors raised the same issue about indigent defense as did this Grits post.8-year sentence for improper voting upheldThe… [read post]
27 Nov 2018, 12:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The court's majority was under pressure from Republicans to shut down the prosecution of the state Attorney General, siding with pols in Paxton's home county to refuse to pay special prosecutors their legal fees. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 2:13 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"Paxton bids to seize reins of capital case headed to SCOTUSAs Grits understands these matters, the Attorney General cannot step in to undertake local prosecutions in Texas unless the local elected DA asks for help. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Chris Collins, indicted on insider trading charges; and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. indicted on felony securities fraud charges in state court, accused of lying to friends and potential investors about his financial stake in a technology company. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 3:10 am by Walter Olson
Hess and Grant Addison, National Review] New wave of institutional reform litigation aims to replace democratic oversight of public schools with governance by courts, lawyers, and NGOs [Dana Goldstein, New York Times] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, trying to force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, ignores 75 years of Supreme Court precedent [Scott Shackford] “My Daughter’s Middle School Plans to Teach Her Meek Compliance With… [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 9:31 am by Lindsay Offutt
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced [press release] the victory for Senate Bill 5 [text, PDF], saying the law will help to prevent fraud and criminal conduct at the ballots. [read post]