Paxton Stands Up for the Autonomy of Religious Institutions
Attorney General Paxton filed a cert-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the freedom of religious organizations and their ability to choose their own leadership.
Paxton Fights to Uphold Constitutional Rights of Religious Institutions
Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief on behalf of College of the Ozarks, a religious institution under pressure from the Biden Administration to abandon its deeply-held religious beliefs to comply with the Administration’s radical definition of sex discrimination or face significant penalties.
Paxton Challenges Biden Administration’s Efforts to Remove First Amendment Protections for Religious Student Organizations in Higher Education
Attorney General Paxton has sent a multistate letter to the U.S. Department of Education condemning the Biden Administration’s move to rescind an existing regulation that protects the religious freedom of college students.
Paxton Files Brief With the U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Religious Organizations from Invasive Government Interference
Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the government from involving itself in the leadership decisions of religious institutions.
Paxton Steps Up to Defend the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students’ Religious Freedom
Attorney General Paxton joined a Montana-led amicus brief in support of students’ religious liberties after the San Jose Unified School District (“SJUSD”) discriminated against students wishing to participate in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (“FCA”).
Paxton Sues Biden to Defend Religiously-Affiliated Adoption Agencies from Federal Government’s “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity” Rules
Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit today defending faith-based groups and the State of Texas from being forced to adopt woke political views that violate the religious liberty and moral conscience of faith-based organizations and limit Texas’s ability to help at-risk children.
Paxton Fights to Protect Religious Freedom of Couple Being Forced to Participate in Wedding That Violates Faith
Attorney General Paxton has joined an Oklahoma-led cert-stage amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and protect the religious liberty of a couple being targeted for their faith.
Paxton Joins Brief on Behalf of Airmen Seeking a Religious Exemption from Forced Covid-19 Vaccinations
Attorney General Paxton has joined a Kentucky-led amicus brief filed in the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, seeking judicial protection for members of the Air Force who are being coerced to take the Covid-19 vaccine against their will and in violation of their religious beliefs.
Paxton Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court to Ensure Employees’ Religious Freedoms Are Protected
Attorney General Paxton has joined a cert-stage amicus brief led by West Virginia and Louisiana that argues the U.S. Supreme Court should take up Groff v. DeJoy, to strengthen religious liberty protections.
Attorney General Paxton Files Pro-Religious Liberty Amicus Brief with SCOTUS
Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate amicus brief in the U. S. Supreme Court in support of petitioners in Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance