Texas Attorney General successfully defended Texas’s pro-life laws, securing a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of Texas upholding the Human Life Protection Act.
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Texas Secures Temporary Restraining Order, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect
Texas Attorney General has secured a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that prevents an unlawful rule promulgated by the ATF from taking effect.
Texas Sues Over Illegal EEOC Regulatory Guidance
Texas sued multiple officials in the Biden Administration to stop an unlawful attempt to redefine federal law through agency guidance.
In 75th Lawsuit Against Biden, Texas Sues to Stop New Gender Identity Guidelines for Employers
According to a previous ruling, the EEOC lacked any authority to mandate a reinterpretation of the law.
Temporary Restraining Order Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule
On May 1, Attorney General Paxton led a coalition suing the ATF to prevent a new regulatory restriction that unlawfully attempted to abridge Americans’ constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms.
Texas Files for Stay and Injunction to Stop Biden Administration’s Assault on Women’s Rights and Title IX
Texas filed an amended complaint along with a motion for a stay of agency action and a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s attempt to unlawfully remove protections for women in educational institutions under Title IX.
Conviction in Fayette County
On May 30, 2021, Tillman shot and killed David Wayne Harrison Jr. at the River Valley Apartments in La Grange, Texas.
Texas Secures Settlement with Operator of Major Pornography Website
Companies violating the age verification requirements will be subject to fines of up to $10,000 per day, an additional $10,000 per day.
Austin Threatens Noncompliance with Prohibiting “Gender Transition” Treatments for Children
On May 2, 2024, the Austin City Council passed a resolution that purportedly directs the City Manager and city employees not to comply with Texas’s prohibition of puberty blockers.
Coalition Suing Biden Administration Over Unlawful Ban on Private Firearms Sales
On April 19, 2024, the ATF published a new regulation that would subject hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners to presumptions of criminal guilt for engaging in the constitutionally protected private sale of firearms.
Texas Sues Biden Administration for Using Title IX to Mandate Radical Gender Ideology
This rule violates existing federal law, ignores the Constitution, and denies women the protections that Title IX was intended to afford them.
Texas Election Integrity Law
“Many states irresponsibly and unconstitutionally changed their voting policies prior to the 2020 election. Fortunately, we did things differently in Texas: we fought hard to uphold Texas law and defend the integrity of elections in this State,” said Attorney General Paxton.
Texas Submits Notice to Fifth Circuit Highlighting SB 4 Litigation
Senate Bill 4 attempts to deter people from crossing the Texas-Mexico border amid a surge in migration.
National Coalition of Attorneys General Files Amicus Brief Condemning Texas State Bar
The State Bar of Texas’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline attempted to censure Attorney General Paxton and First Assistant Attorney General Webster for taking action over genuine concerns of unconstitutional conduct by states during the 2020 election.
Texas Sues Harris County Over Illegal “Guaranteed Income”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Harris County for instituting an unlawful “guaranteed income” program that redistributes public money in a manner that violates the Texas Constitution.
Texas Opens Investigation into Parts Supplier for Boeing
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., after reoccurring issues with certain airplane parts provided to Boeing.
Texas Sues Biden to Stop Unlawful Ban on LNG Exports
Texas, along with Louisiana and fourteen other states, has filed a lawsuit to void the unconstitutional LNG export ban, which ignores the Natural Gas Act’s presumption in favor of exports.
Houston Pharmaceutical Opioid Distribution Network
Quineshia Evangeline Hollins, 33, owner of the First Choice Rx 245 pharmacy, a Medicaid provider, fraudulently ordered controlled substances and diverted them to co-conspirators for street-level sales.
Guilty Verdict in El Campo Capital Murder Trial
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorneys General Joshua Somers and Matthew Shawhan.
Paxton Sues Hutto ISD for Illegal Electioneering
Hutto ISD, using official government resources, advocated for certain political policies and measures on its social media accounts.