By Zachary Stieber Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday celebrated the stay on President Joe Biden’s freeze of most deportations while encouraging other attorneys general to review Biden’s orders. Paxton, a Republican, sued Biden over the deportation freeze. A federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the administration from implementing the mandate. “It sends a signal […]
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Texas Attorney General Threatens to Sue Biden Administration Over ‘Illegal Deportation Freeze’
By Jack Phillips Texas Attorney General Ken Paxon said he will sue the Biden administration over its “illegal deportation freeze.” “Border states like Texas pay a particularly high price when the federal government fails to faithfully execute our country’s immigration laws,” Paxton wrote in a letter. Paxton remarked: “I won’t tolerate unlawful acts from Joe Biden’s administration. Today, […]
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Texas Governor Decries Vetting of National Guard
By Zachaery Stieber Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday criticized the vetting of National Guard troops who are guarding Washington, calling it offensive. “This is the most offensive thing I’ve ever heard,” Abbott, a Republican, said in a social media statement. “No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard.” Texas sent more […]
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Texas Governor Announces Plan to Place Austin Police Under State Control
By GQ Pan Legislation to place the Austin Police Department under state control has been drafted for lawmakers to consider in the coming January session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday. The Republican governor wrote on Twitter Monday afternoon that the Legislative Council has sent “draft language” for a proposed law that would transfer control of the Austin Police […]
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Texas AG: Supreme Court Should At Least Hear Our Arguments
By Janita Kan Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday expressed regret over the Supreme Court’s decision to deny their request to sue four battleground states, saying that the justices should have at least heard the arguments in their case. Paxton made the comments during an interview with Fox’s Maria Bartiromo when he lamented the fact the nation’s top court […]
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Trump Approves Filing Retooled Texas-Style Election Challenges: Giuliani
By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump’s legal team is planning on filing retooled lawsuits, his lawyer said Saturday. “We move immediately, seamlessly, to plan B, which is to bring lawsuits now in each one of the states. We had them ready. They’re just a version of the one that was brought in the Supreme Court. […]
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Texas GOP Chair Floats Forming Union of ‘Law-Abiding’ States After SCOTUS Election Ruling
By Ivan Pentchoukov Texas Republican Party Chairman Allen West on Friday mused whether a group of “law-abiding states” should form a union after the Supreme Court rejected an election challenge filed by Texas earlier this week. “This decision establishes a precedent that says states can violate the US constitution and not be held accountable. This decision will have far-reaching ramifications for […]
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Texas Tells SCOTUS That Defendant States Didn’t Address ‘Grave’ Election Issues
By Zachary Stieber The state of Texas argued in a filing to the Supreme Court on Friday that the four states it is suing didn’t address “grave issues,” instead “choosing to hide behind other court venues and decisions.” Texas sued Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin in the nation’s top court this week, alleging that the states unconstitutionally changed election laws, treated voters unequally, […]
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Pennsylvania House Leaders File Brief to Support Texas in Supreme Court Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania
By Jack Phillips Pennsylvania’s House speaker and majority leader on Thursday filed an amici curiae brief with the Supreme Court against the state of Pennsylvania and in favor of Texas’s lawsuit against the commonwealth and three other states. A brief (pdf) filed by Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, both Republicans, requests that the Supreme Court “carefully consider the procedural […]
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6 States Ask Supreme Court to Join Texas Election Lawsuit
By Ivan Pentchoukov The states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Utah on Dec. 10 asked the Supreme Court to let them intervene in an election lawsuit filed earlier in the week by the state of Texas. In a brief motion to intervene filed on Thursday, the six states outlined the reasons they […]
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17 States Urge Supreme Court to Review Texas Bid to Challenge Election in Battleground States
By Janita Kan Seventeen states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Texas’s request to challenge the 2020 election results in four battleground states. The states, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Dec. 9 underscoring that the case filed by Texas is of great public importance and requires the attention of […]
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Trump Says He Will Intervene in Texas’ SCOTUS Election Case
By Tom Ozimek President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he and/or members of his legal team would join, as intervenors, the lawsuit brought by Texas’ Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton to the U.S. Supreme Court against four battleground states. “We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a […]
