Texas Scorecard By Brandon Waltens January 24, 2025
Paxton decried the State Bar’s efforts as politically motivated lawfare.After four years of contentious legal battles, the Texas State Bar has officially dropped its effort to sanction Attorney General Ken Paxton. The move comes shortly after the Texas Supreme Court dismissed a related case against Paxton’s First Assistant, Brent Webster, in December 2024.
In December 2020, following a presidential election filled with concerns about election integrity, Paxton led 18 states in filing Texas v. Pennsylvania at the United States Supreme Court. The case challenged the voting procedures in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin and sought to temporarily block those states from certifying vote counts ahead of the Electoral College vote. The Supreme Court eventually dismissed the case, stating that Texas lacked standing to bring the lawsuit.
In 2022, the Texas State Bar—the professional organization that certifies lawyers—attempted to censure and sanction Paxton and Webster for having filed the suit, calling it frivolous. The Bar filed a lawsuit against them to strip their law licenses.
In a statement, Attorney General Paxton decried the State Bar’s efforts as politically motivated lawfare and celebrated the conclusion of the case.
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