AG Paxton Sues Harris County Clerk to Prevent Him from Unlawfully Sending Out Millions of Unsolicited Mail-In Ballot Applications
Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins for sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to over two million Harris County registered voters in blatant violation of Texas election laws.
AG Paxton Joins Letter to President Trump in Support of Funding The National Child ID Act
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 20-state coalition in support of making funding available through any federal agency to support House Resolution 4172 (the National Child ID Act) in order to help parents, guardians and law enforcement better protect children from exploitation, abduction and human trafficking.
AG Paxton Joins Amicus Brief Defending States’ Sovereign Immunity
After Nebraska filed an en banc petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an amicus brief arguing that the Eleventh Amendment and sovereign immunity bar attempts by death-penalty inmates to gain access to confidential information about other states’ death-penalty drugs, suppliers, and protocols.
AG Paxton Defends Women’s Health and Safety in Multistate Amicus Brief
Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined 10 other states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court stay an injunction that suspended important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for the prescription of mifepristone - a drug that causes an abortion.
AG Paxton Warns Texans of Scammers in Wake of Hurricane Laura
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texans of the risk of fraud and common scams in the wake of Hurricane Laura, which is expected to impact communities across the state.
AG Paxton Announces $84 Million Multistate Settlement with Honda Motor Company
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an $84,151,210 multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc., with Texas receiving $5,697,785.
AG Paxton Urges Congress to Adopt Measures to Expand Funding for Crime Victims
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 56 state and territorial attorneys general representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families.
AG Paxton Continues Fighting for Sanctity of Life, Defends Texas Ban on Barbaric Abortion Procedure at the Fifth Circuit
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an en banc petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit urging the entire court to put a hold on a district court’s ruling that allows live-dismemberment abortions.
AG Paxton Files Amicus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Defending Religious Liberty
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court urging it to protect the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock’s First Amendment rights to be free from state courts interfering with church doctrine and governance