UPDATE - 12/15/24: The arguable politics of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

LATEST: New York Attorney General Letitia James today released a statement after the Attorney General of Texas filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor for providing telehealth abortion care. See it here.

Ken Paxton

What is the goal of this sue-happy backwoods lawyer from Texas in his non-stop litigation? He has filed 100 lawsuits against Joe Biden, alone. He is so proud of this distorted interpretation of the law that he posts it on his own site. He is suing companies over forever chemicals, also filed a lawsuit to stop Texas counties from sending out voter registration. The list goes on and on with this scenario...

"In 2020, seven members of Paxton’s staff reported concerns to federal authorities that he was abusing the powers of the office of Attorney General. All of those aides were subsequently fired, resigned, or placed on leave. Four of those fired aides then filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Paxton. And while Paxton survived a trial in the Texas Senate over their allegations, the lawsuit remained."

This is Texas politics and Paxton, along with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, are beginning to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis look good. These two tyrants have turned the state of Texas into an oligarchy, and the residents of the state seem either oblivious or uncaring. There is even an influx of people moving into the state. I dare say most of them are conservatives since most liberals would not deign to this kind of rule. Paxton was denied in appeal his motion to allow Texas fair-goers to carry guns in the fairgrounds.

Paxton joined Abbott in erecting barbed wire and floating marine barriers on the Mexican border for the purpose of denying immigrants entry. Two died from the razor wire and, since 1998, at least 8,000 undocumented migrants have died attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the US. Of course these people from Mexico and other countries should be forced to enter legally, and that is a huge shortcoming by both the right and the left, but the way

Greg Abbott

Texas is handling it is barbaric. 

And yet another massively inhumane law, The Texas Heartbeat Act, which has been in effect since September 2021, prohibits abortions once a 'fetal heartbeat' is detected, except in emergency situations. Any doctor who violates this strict law risks up to 99 years in prison. There have been three deaths of Texas women who weren't allowed the care to save their lives. This has prompted many women to travel out of the state for abortions. The law has also motivated several doctors to close practices and move out of Texas.

So, I say, why would anyone want to live where the state government is in perpetual litigation for, in some cases, questionable issues.. Your tax dollars are paying for the millions in attorneys fees from the law firms Paxton has hired. The time spent on all these escapades could certainly go toward more productive things for the people of Texas. The Washington Post wrote in 2022...

"Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, has been under felony indictment for securities fraud since 2015...He is under FBI investigation for assisting a real estate developer who allegedly hired his mistress and remodeled his home."

And Texas politics strikes once again. Prosecutors in March of 2024 agreed to drop the securities fraud charges facing Attorney General Ken Paxton if he performs 100 hours of community service and fulfills other conditions of a pretrial agreement. 

Yes, people are still dying from the killing machine at the border, and women die because of a cruel law that sacrifices their life for political gain. It is all beyond understanding.