Dianne Hensley, who received a warning last month from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, will be represented by First Liberty Institute, a high-profile religious liberty law firm with close ties to the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
Ken Paxton
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Texas AG Ken Paxton joins effort to stop Fort Worth hospital from removing 9-month-old girl from life support
The case centers around the Texas Advance Directives Act, a controversial law that allows doctors to end treatment for patients when further care is deemed futile.
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Top Texas Republicans order investigation into mother who supports child’s gender transition
A bitter child custody dispute became a flashpoint in the state’s culture wars this week as Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged state involvement.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recuses himself from opinion, citing conflict of interest
A local official had asked Paxton for legal guidance on special prosecutor pay — a major question in the criminal case against Paxton himself.
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State Government
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google’s new competition cop, says everything is “on the table”
In a multi-state investigation that is focused on online advertising, Paxton vows to get to the bottom of Google’s business practices.
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Analysis: For Texas Republicans, one election is no longer enough
Add a word to the Republican vocabulary in Texas: November. After two decades of GOP dominance, the party’s candidates are still winning, but they can’t safely assume that they’ve got an election in the bag after they win the GOP’s March primaries.
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Ken Paxton is leading a probe against Google with almost every other attorney general in the U.S.
The investigation will look into whether Google is monopolizing the online advertising market.
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Immigration
Two years after Trump announced an end to DACA, “Dreamers” look ahead with hope and anxiety
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the case in November. Its decision will affect hundreds of thousands who received protections under the Obama administration.
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Politics
5th Circuit upholds Indian Child Welfare Act as constitutional, reversing lower court
The appeals court overturned a 2018 decision from a federal district judge who ruled that the law, which gives adoption placement preference to Native American tribes, was unconstitutional. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the law in 2017.
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Analysis: Texas Democrats sensing a theme in Republican misfortunes
With the speaker of the house and state attorney general under fire, the long-suffering party sees a potentially helpful thread heading into 2020.
