AG Paxton Supports SCOTUS Petition to Protect Jurors, Defend Federal Death Penalty Statute
Attorney General Paxton joined a Kentucky-led amicus brief to support Ohio’s petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court in the capital case Shoop v. Cunningham, No. 21-1587.
AG Paxton Secures Important Victory in Fifth Circuit Against Imposing Harmful Mask-Mandates on Kids
Yesterday Attorney General Paxton secured a ruling against imposing mask mandates on Texas children in violation of state law.
Paxton Protects Education: Multistate Letter Succeeds in Pressuring Biden Department of Education to Let Charter Schools Flourish
The Biden Administration recently acceded to criticism from Attorney General Ken Paxton and other attorneys general regarding a new regulatory proposal restricting public charter school grants.
AG Paxton Sends Letter to Google Urging Fair Access to Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Attorney General Paxton sent a Virginia-led multistate letter to the CEO of Alphabet Inc.—the multinational Big Tech conglomerate of which Google is a part—urging the company not to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers in search results and online advertising.
AG Paxton Announces Forrest Brumbaugh as New Deputy AG for Legal Counsel
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the appointment of D. Forrest Brumbaugh as Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel.
Breaking: Supreme Court Hands Texas Another Win, Biden Another Loss on Border Security
Today the U.S. Supreme Court handed Texas another victory in denying the Biden Administration’s request to stay a lower court’s vacatur of an unlawful Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo.
Paxton Joins Coalition to Stop Regulation Ceding U.S. Power to the World Health Organization
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Oklahoma-led petition for rulemaking asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to repeal regulations that unlawfully delegate emergency-declaration authority to the World Health Organization.
Paxton Stops Houston Business from Scamming Texans with Fake Training Services
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary restraining order against a business in Houston selling fake forklift training services.
AG Paxton Urges Supreme Court to Oppose Biden Admin’s Efforts to Re-Implement Policy Releasing Criminal Illegals Back into the United States
Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing the Department of Justice’s request to stay a district court order vacating the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) September 2021 Immigration Prioritization Memorandum.
Paxton Sues Biden Admin Over Its Efforts to Force Abortions in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require hospitals to perform abortions.