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Amicus Brief

Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief to Defend Indi­vid­ual Rights and Strength­en the Non­del­e­ga­tion Doctrine

Attorney General Paxton has joined a West Virginia-led cert-stage amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court, to strengthen the enforcement of the nondelegation doctrine, which would prevent unelected agency bureaucrats from exercising authority that the Congress has not granted them.  

January 23, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions U.S. Supreme Court to Hear CFPB Case to Lim­it the Pow­er of Unelect­ed and Unac­count­able Wash­ing­ton Bureaucrats

Attorney General Paxton has joined a cert-stage amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear CFPB v. CFSAA (Case No. 22-448), which has important constitutional implications and the potential to check the unaccountable and out-of-control Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). 

January 12, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Crit­i­cizes Bur­den­some Gov­ern­ment Reg­u­la­tion and Urges SCO­TUS Take Up Case to Lim­it the Pow­er of Fed­er­al Agencies

Attorney General Paxton has joined a West Virginia-led cert-stage amicus brief requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court hear Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al., to limit the power of federal administrative entities.  

January 11, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Calls for SCO­TUS to Pro­tect States’ Abil­i­ty to Pre­vent Trains from End­less­ly Block­ing Crossings

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Indiana-led cert-stage amicus brief that calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case that has important implications for commerce, transportation, and the ability of local emergency services to carry out their duties in a timely manner.  

January 10, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sup­ports U.S. Cham­ber of Com­merce in Law­suit Against Biden Administration’s Exec­u­tive Overreach

Attorney General Paxton joined a Georgia-led amicus brief in a Tyler, Texas federal district court supporting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for summary judgment in a case against the Biden Administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”).  

January 06, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sup­ports Flori­da Law that Pro­tects Young Chil­dren From Being Taught Inap­pro­pri­ate Sex­u­al Content

Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief before a Tallahassee, Florida-based federal district court in support of Florida law H.B. 1557, which protects students who are in the 3rd grade and below from being exposed to instruction on inappropriate subjects, such as so-called sexual orientation and gender identity.

January 05, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Takes Steps to Stop Biden’s Unlaw­ful Fed­er­al Stu­dent Loan Program

Attorney General Paxton has taken several actions to halt the Biden Administration’s sweeping federal student loan-forgiveness program, which does nothing to lower the costs of higher education and instead forces hardworking taxpayers to pay off hundreds of billions of dollars of college-educated individuals’ debt. 

December 21, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Ami­cus Brief Defend­ing States’ Con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly-Des­ig­nat­ed Author­i­ty Over Their Nation­al Guard Units

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led merits-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the federal government from overregulating and unduly exercising authority over state National Guard units, which are the modern-day versions of what the U.S. Constitution identifies as “militias.” 

December 20, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights Back Against Lib­er­al School District’s Attempts to Help Chil­dren Change Their Gen­der Iden­ti­ty” With­out Alert­ing or Involv­ing Parents

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Montana-led amicus brief in the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit pushing back against woke school administrators who are encouraging students to “transition” without their parents’ knowledge or consent.  

December 08, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Moves to Pro­tect Fed­er­al Work­ers from Forced Vac­ci­na­tions, Help­ing Pre­vent Mil­lions from Los­ing Their Jobs

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Florida-led amicus brief in the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Arizona’s efforts to strike down the federal contractor vaccine mandate.  

November 03, 2022 | Press Release