Pax­ton Signs Mul­ti­state Let­ter Urg­ing Joe Biden to Declare Fen­tanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Attorney General Paxton has signed a multistate letter led by Florida and Connecticut requesting the Biden Administration designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.  

September 16, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief to Pre­vent Activist Judges from Draw­ing New Con­gres­sion­al Maps in Direct Vio­la­tion of the U.S. Constitution

Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate amicus brief led by Arkansas and Arizona in the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the North Carolina Supreme Court from blatant judicial activism that directly conflicts with the U.S. Constitution.

September 15, 2022 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Round Up

The Law Enforcement Round Up is comprised of important arrests made statewide from the Child Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Medicaid Fraud Control, and Fugitive Apprehension Units.

September 15, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Slams Biden Admin­is­tra­tion for Its Rad­i­cal Attempt to Rede­fine Biol­o­gy, Destroy Con­sti­tu­tion­al Rights, and Under­mine Title IX

Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona pushing back against an ill-advised proposed federal rule that redefines sex based on “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” rather than objective reproductive biology. 

September 15, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Seeks to Decrease Amer­i­cans’ Ener­gy Reliance on Com­mu­nist Chi­na by Chal­leng­ing EPA’s Reg­u­la­to­ry Power

Attorney General Paxton joined an Alaska-led multistate letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pushing back against its arbitrary and unprecedented abuse of authority under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act.  

September 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Efforts to Keep in Place Effec­tive Bor­der-Secu­ri­ty Measures

Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate brief in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to stop the Biden Administration’s efforts from creating more chaos at the southern border.

September 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Applauds Court’s Deci­sion to Green-Light Texas’s Antitrust Suit Against Google

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a New York federal district court’s decision last night to reject Google’s motion to dismiss Texas’s lawsuit alleging that Google monopolized the digital advertising market.

September 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Tax­pay­ers from the Sky­rock­et­ing Costs of Ille­gal Immigration

Attorney General Paxton is leading a 14-state coalition that has filed a cert-stage brief in the U.S. Supreme Court after the Biden Administration took unprecedented action to quietly abolish a federal immigration rule designed to protect American taxpayers.

September 13, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Fight for Med­ical Free­dom by Fil­ing Peti­tion Against San Anto­nio ISD in the Texas Supreme Court

Attorney General Paxton filed a petition for review requesting the Texas Supreme Court to reverse Texas’s San Antonio-based Fourth Court of Appeals’ ruling in favor of San Antonio ISD and issue an injunction against the district’s unlawful vaccine mandate. 

September 13, 2022 | Press Release

Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Defense Divi­sion Wins Major Tri­al in Case that Went Up to U.S. Supreme Court

A jury sided with a law enforcement officer represented by Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Defense Division in a case that went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 09, 2022 | Press Release