Paxton Joins Multistate Coalition Demanding Protection Of The Right To Bear Arms
AG Press Release – July 1, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms outside their homes. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton In a 2020 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the State of Hawaii’s refusal to allow its citizens the right to carry firearms outside of their homes. But the Second...
Paxton Intervenes in CDC’s Shut-Down of the Cruise Industry
AG NEWS RELEASE, May 6, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt. The CDC issued a series of “no-sailing” or “conditional-sailing” orders that crippled the...
Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Dictating Texas Tax Policy In Federal COVID-19 Relief Law
PRESS RELEASE May 4, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over a provision in the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act. Though the Act generally assists Texans recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, one provision — the Tax Mandate — specifically demands that Texas not use funds received through the Act to “directly or indirectly” offset tax revenue reduction caused by...
AG Paxton Warns Texans About Text Message Scam
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today warned Texans about scammers sending text messages that include a false package delivery notice and a fraudulent link. The text messages in question usually claim that a package is pending delivery and requests the recipient to “claim ownership” by providing their credit card and personal information. Any Texan who receives a suspicious text message should take the following steps: Do not...
Paxton: Fear Of Contracting COVID-19 Does Not Qualify A Person For Disability
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued a letter in response to Representative Stephanie Klick’s request for guidance on whether, under the Texas Election Code, Texans may claim disability based on fears of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and receive a ballot to vote by mail in upcoming elections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton The letter states that disability, as that term is used in the Texas...
AG Paxton Establishes Resource Webpage For Volunteer Security in Houses Of Worship
Press Release AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today launched a webpage containing educational materials and resources for volunteer security teams to legally and effectively protect houses of worship. The webpage at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/houses-worship details Texans’ constitutional rights, necessary laws and licenses related to carrying firearms, and training resources for security volunteers in houses of...
AG Paxton Announces Framework Agreement For $1.6 Billion Global Settlement With Opioid Manufacturer
AG Press Release: AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a global settlement framework agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK is currently the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States. In the agreement, MNK agrees to pay $1.6 billion in cash to a trust that will cover the costs of opioid addiction treatment...
Texas sues federal government one more time over coal rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he would sue the federal government yet again to block a recently finalized federal rule regulating coal mining near waterways. BY KIAH COLLIER JAN. 17, 2017 5:14 PM Callie Richmond After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Texas Republicans suggested hopefully that their years-long practice of suing the federal government would finally be over. Trump, who is taking office...
Flynn Questions Legality of Same Sex-Marriage Under Texas Law; Ask What Federal Government Could Do if State Legislature Does Not Change Law
States rights questions remain even though the Civil War was thought to settle most. District 2 Texas State Representative Dan Flynn has requested an Attorney General’s opinion regarding the status of law pertaining to marriage in Texas. Among the questions regarding marriage, Flynn asked if current state law allows the issuance of marriage license without the Texas legislature changing the laws of the state. Specifically, he...
Texas Wants Another Win Against Obama’s Immigration Plan
by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune – July 10, 2015 Attorneys for the Obama administration will try again on Friday to persuade a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to let a controversial immigration policy take effect. But supporters of the program, which would have shielded the bulk of Texas’ 1.6 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, aren’t optimistic....
