Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Leads 10-State Coali­tion to Reg­u­late Big Tech Censorship

Attorney General Paxton led a 10-state coalition that filed an amicus brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s law that regulates censorship on Big Tech platforms by requiring them to apply their content-moderation practices in a consistent manner and to provide disclosures to affected users.

September 20, 2021 | Press Release

Pax­ton Secures Tem­po­rary Restrain­ing Order Against Paris ISD in Mask Man­date Lawsuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a Lamar County district court issued a temporary restraining order against Paris ISD regarding its unlawful mask mandate.

September 14, 2021 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Joins 23-States to Com­bat Fed­er­al Takeover of States’ Elections

In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Ken Paxton and 22 other attorneys general warn that a reckless piece of legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill would essentially establish the U.S. Department of Justice as a national election czar dictating to states exactly how they must administer their elections.

September 14, 2021 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues San Anto­nio ISD for Employ­ee Vac­cine Mandate

Attorney General Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the San Antonio Independent School District and Superintendent Pedro Martinez for mandating that all district employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

September 13, 2021 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Mul­ti­ple Law­suits Against School Dis­tricts Defy­ing State Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the filing today of three lawsuits against three school districts defying Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38 regarding mask mandates: Richardson, Round Rock, Galveston, Elgin, Spring and Sherman Independent School Districts.

September 10, 2021 | Press Release

Pax­ton Joins Coali­tion to Stop the ATF from Infring­ing on Sec­ond Amend­ment Rights

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition that filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, seeking to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from re-interpreting federal statutes in order to declare that owning or using a “bump stock” turns a semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun.

September 09, 2021 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Mul­ti-State Coali­tion in Defend­ing Reli­gious Liberty

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a multi-state amicus brief in support of religious liberty in a Virginia case, arguing that the City of Fredericksburg violated the First Amendment when it denied a property tax exemption to a residence owned by a church and occupied by two of its pastors.

September 09, 2021 | Press Release

Pax­ton Announces Mul­ti­state Coali­tion Sup­port­ing Texas’ Fight Against Ille­gal Immigration

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that 16 states have joined a coalition in support of Texas and Louisiana’s lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s refusal to deport certain dangerous criminal aliens.

August 31, 2021 | Press Release