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Polling Texas 2020
UT/Trib, Apr 25: Trump 49, Biden 44
DT/PPP, Apr 29: Biden 47, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, May 3: Trump 43, Biden 43
Emerson, May 13: Trump 47, Biden 41
Quinnipiac, June 3: Trump 44, Biden 43
PPP, June 5: Trump 48, Biden 48
PPP/PT, June 23: Trump 48, Biden 46
Fox, June 25: Biden 45, Trump 44
UT/Trib, July 2: Trump 48, Biden 44
PPP/Emily’s List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43
CBSNews, July 12: Trump 46, Biden 45
Quinnipiac, July 22: Biden 45, Trump 44
Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45
Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46
Polling Texas 2018
WPA, Jan 5: Cruz 52, O'Rourke 34
PPP, Jan 27: Cruz 45, O'Rourke 37
Quinnipiac, April 19: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, May 31: Cruz 50, O'Rourke 39
PPP, June 8: Cruz 48, O'Rourke 42
GQR, June 16: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
CBS/YouGov, June 24: Cruz 44, O'Rourke 36
UT/Trib, June 25: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 36
Gravis, July 10: Cruz 51, O'Rourke 42
Lyceum, July 31: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 39
Quinnipiac, July 31: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
PPP, August 2: Cruz 46, O'Rourke 42
NBC News, August 23: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 45
ECPS, August 27: Cruz 38, O'Rourke 37
Crosswinds, September 12: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, September 18 (LV): Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45
Ipsos, September 19 (LV): O'Rourke 47, Cruz 45Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50.3, Clinton 42.4Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38-
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Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50,3, Clinton 42.4
Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37
Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38
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Who else can we think of who’s alleged to have violated Texas securities law?
Into every story about cryptocurrency, some amount of absurdity is sure to follow. Texas is investigating celebrities who had endorsed FTX, the now bankrupt cryptocurrency firm, for potentially violating state securities laws. The Texas State Securities Board started looking into FTX’s … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, bankruptcy, cryptocurrency, FTX, Ken Paxton, Steph Curry, Texas, Texas State Securities Board, Tom Brady
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SCOTx allows provisional votes to be counted
Good. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Harris County can include about 2,100 ballots cast during an extra hour of Election Day voting when officials certify the midterm results. But the state’s highest civil court also ordered Harris County … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2022, Legal matters
Tagged Attorney General, Bell County, Christian Menefee, Commissioners Court, DaSean Jones, Election 2022, election contest, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, HCDP, judicial races, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, provisional ballots, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tami Pierce, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project
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Forced birther lawsuit targets abortion pills
Did you think you were going to have a nice, peaceful Thanksgiving week? Sorry, no can do. Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday that takes aim at medication abortions, asking a federal judge in … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, FDA, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Joe Biden, lawsuit, mifepristone, misoprostol, Texas
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Paxton sues to prevent some provisional votes from being counted
On brand. Always, always on brand. The Texas Attorney General’s office is attempting a last-minute intervention to toss out 2,000 provisional ballots before a Harris County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday to certify the November election. The ballots in question were … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2022, Legal matters
Tagged absentee ballots, Attorney General, DaSean Jones, Election 2022, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, HCDP, judicial races, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, provisional ballots, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tami Pierce, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project
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Collin County DA denies sexual harassment allegations
Pretty damn forcefully, but also in a way that’s kind of telling. Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis repeatedly called accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation against him “false, defamatory and outrageous” at a news conference Wednesday, where he presented … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Wirskye, Cheryl Williams, Chris Hill, Collin County, Darrell Hale, District Attorney, Duncan Webb, EEOC, Fallon LaFleur, Greg Willis, Keith Henslee, Ken Paxton, Kim Pickrell, lawsuit, sexual harassment, Susan Fletcher, Texas, Texas Workforce Commission, VyKim Le
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Paxton taken off the hook for testifying in abortion funds’ lawsuit
By the Fifth Circuit, of course. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not have to testify as nonprofits that help patients legally obtain abortions seek clarity on whether they can do their work in states like Texas where the procedure … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Afiya Center, Ashley Maxwell, Briscoe Cain, Clinic Access Support Network, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Frontera Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Jane's Due Process, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lilith Fund, Marva Sadler, Mistie Sharp, Sadie Weldon, SCOTUS, Sean Mehl, Sidley Austin LLP, Stigma Relief Fund, subpoena, Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, The Lege, West Fund
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The state of the AstroWorld lawsuits
We’re still at the beginning of a very long road. The roughly 2,500 plaintiffs who filed lawsuits in the aftermath of the Astroworld Festival are now part of what is expected to be a yearslong legal process to seek recourse from … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, ASM Global, Astroworld, Brent Coon, Daniel Petrocelli, Harris County, Harris County Sports & Convention Corp, Houston, HPD, Jason Itkin, lawsuit, Live Nation, Michael Rapino, Neal Manne, Reliant Stadium, Scoremore Shows, Tony Buzbee, Travis Scott
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Trump judge blocks student loan forgiveness order
Same crap, different day. A federal judge in North Texas ruled on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is “unlawful,” the latest challenge to the policy that has seen several attacks from conservative groups. U.S. District Judge … Continue reading
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Tagged Job Creators Network Foundation, Joe Biden, Justice Department, lawsuit, student loans, Texas, US Department of Education
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So what if anything will come of that SCOTx ruling on the extra voting time?
I have no idea. The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday set the stage for a legal fight over whether to count ballots Harris County voters cast during an extended hour of voting ordered by a lower court. That lower court … Continue reading
Anti-gay Waco JP’s lawsuit still tossed
Good. An Austin intermediate appellate court has upheld a Travis County judge’s decision to throw out McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley’s lawsuit against the state panel that sanctioned her in 2019 for refusing to perform same-sex weddings. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dianne Hensley, gay marriage, gay rights, Justice of the Peace, lawsuit, Liberty Institute, McClennan County, SCOTUS, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Texas, Third Court of Appeals, Travis County
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Fifth Circuit releases the True the Vote duo
Thanks for making the streets less safe. After spending nearly a week in jail, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — leaders of Texas-based right-wing voting activist group True the Vote — have been released. They’d been held for contempt of court since Halloween, … Continue reading
A True the Vote twofer
An update on a different lawsuit they’re involved in. A disgruntled supporter of the True the Vote campaign to find voter fraud in the 2020 election preserved a claim on appeal, at least temporarily, against the organization’s law firm. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Engelbrecht, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Eugene Yu, FBI, Fred Eshelman, Gregg Phillips, Konnech Inc, lawsuit, Texas, True the Vote
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It always comes down to fluoride
I swear, it’s at the root of most election conspiracy fantasies. Laura Pressley and three other people huddled inside a Fredericksburg courtroom Monday, bowing their heads, closing their eyes, holding hands, and beginning to pray in hushed voices. “In Jesus’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Election 2019, fluoride, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, hacking, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Supreme Court, Texas Civil Rights Project, voter registration
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There is still a right to free speech at Collin College
Good. A Texas professor who said she was fired from Collin College in North Texas after she publicly criticized the school’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has won her job back for two more years according to a legal settlement … Continue reading
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Tagged Collin College, Collin County, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, lawsuit, Lora Burnett, Michael Phillips, Neil Matkin, Suzanne Jones, Texas, Texas Faculty Association, Toni Jenkins
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True the Vote leaders officially held in contempt
How long do you think they’ll be willing to sit in jail? Federal marshals escorted two leaders of True the Vote out of a Houston courtroom on Monday morning and into a holding cell. Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips have … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Engelbrecht, Election 2020, Eugene Yu, FBI, Gregg Phillips, Konnech Inc, lawsuit, Texas, True the Vote
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From the department of “The rent is too damn high”
A lawsuit to watch. Renters are suing Richardson-based RealPage and some of the largest property management firms in the nation for allegedly forming what they call a “cartel” to artificially inflate apartment prices above competitive levels. Five renters are challenging … Continue reading
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Tagged apartments, lawsuit, RealPage, Texas, YieldStar
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Contempt of court in the True the Vote lawsuit
Wilder and wilder. After a chaotic day of testimony on Thursday, a federal judge in Texas found Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — known as leaders of the group True the Vote — in contempt of court. They are facing … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Engelbrecht, Election 2020, Eugene Yu, FBI, Gregg Phillips, Konnech Inc, lawsuit, Texas, True the Vote
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How long has it been since the Fifth Circuit upheld a voter suppression law?
However long it’s been, they’re back at it. A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a 2021 Texas law that set new residency requirements for voter registration, including one that civil rights groups alleged essentially blocked college students from signing … Continue reading
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Tagged absentee ballots, lawsuit, LULAC, Paul Bettencourt, Senate, Texas, The Lege, voter registration, voter suppression, Voto Latino
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The “abortion sanctuary cities” lawsuit at SCOTx
A big decision this will be. The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether a defamation case brought by several abortion funds against prominent anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson should be dismissed. In 2019, Waskom in Harrison County became the first Texas city to … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, ACLU of Texas, Afiya Center, lawsuit, Lilith Fund, Mark Lee Dickson, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, Waskom
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Today is a court day for Steven Hotze
As you may recall, local wingnut crackpot Steven Hotze was sued last May by air conditioner repairman David Lopez after a couple of Hotze goons led by former HPD Captain Mark Aguirre assaulted him on the road in an unhinged … Continue reading
New sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Deshaun Watson
Number 26, that we know of. A new sexual assault lawsuit has been filed against former Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, accusing him of pressuring a Houston massage therapist into giving him oral sex. The lawsuit was filed in Harris County … Continue reading
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Tagged Anissah Nguyen, Cleveland Browns, Deshaun Watson, football, Houston, Houston Texans, lawsuit, NFL, Roger Goodell, Rusty Hardin, sexual harassment, Tony Buzbee
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The True the Vote lawsuit continues to be wild
This is crazy. Inside a nearly empty federal courtroom Thursday, a fiery argument broke out between a judge and the lawyers representing Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote in a defamation and computer fraud case filed by a Michigan-based election software … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Engelbrecht, Election 2020, Eugene Yu, FBI, George Gascón, Gregg Phillips, Konnech Inc, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Michigan, Texas, True the Vote
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You can be gay, you just can’t act gay
So rules a notoriously anti-gay Trump judge, narrowing a SCOTUS ruling from just two years ago at the behest of the usual suspect. A federal judge has ruled that Biden administration guidelines requiring employers to provide protections for LGBTQ employees … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights Act, Donald Trump, gay rights, Joe Biden, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, SCOTUS, Texas, transgender rights, US Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra
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SCOTx to rule on the HISD takeover lawsuit
This feels like something from another era. The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments on a yearslong case over whether the Texas Education Agency has the authority to remove all of the Houston school district’s board members and temporarily … Continue reading
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Tagged Board of Managers, Doris Delaney, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2019, Election 2021, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, lawsuit, Mike Morath, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Education Agency, The Lege
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Evade this, Kenny
Paxton gets ordered to testify, along with an old-fashioned bench slapping. A federal judge has ordered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to testify in an abortion rights lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman had previously quashed the subpoena, which Paxton … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Afiya Center, Ashley Maxwell, Briscoe Cain, Clinic Access Support Network, Frontera Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Jane's Due Process, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lilith Fund, Marva Sadler, Mistie Sharp, Sadie Weldon, SCOTUS, Sean Mehl, Sidley Austin LLP, Stigma Relief Fund, subpoena, Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, The Lege, West Fund
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Fifth Circuit does its thing with appeal of voter purge case
Get out the rubber stamp. A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas does not need to release details about a list of 11,737 registered voters whom the state has identified as potential noncitizens. The U.S. Court of Appeals for … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU of Texas, Campaign Legal Center, David Whitley, DEMOS, DPS, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Greg Abbott, John Scott, lawsuit, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, MALDEF, NVRA, Secretary of State, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, voter registration
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The Paxton subpoena-fleeing saga gets more ridiculous
Because of course it does. Lawyers in an abortion lawsuit tried for days to subpoena Attorney General Ken Paxton before sending a process server to his home Monday, and notified his office that their server was there before Paxton fled … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Angela Paxton, Attorney General, Election 2022, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Rochelle Garza, subpoena, Texas
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More on the lawsuit against True The Vote
NPR takes a deep dive. Konnech, a small Michigan company that makes election logistics software, says a “smear campaign” whipped up by the controversial group True the Vote has led to death threats and forced the company’s CEO to leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Engelbrecht, Election 2020, FBI, Gregg Phillips, Konnech Inc, lawsuit, Texas, True the Vote
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Texas to appeal that ridiculous ruling that forbade banning handgun sales to those under 21
Good. Now we’ll see if their heart is in it. Texas is gearing up to fight a judge’s ruling that the state can’t ban adults under 21 from carrying handguns, a move that’s drawing anger from some gun rights groups. … Continue reading
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Tagged Firearms Policy Coalition, Greg Abbott, gun control, guns, handguns, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Texas, The Lege
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CCA tells Paxton again that he’s not the supreme prosecutor
Good, but this isn’t over. It just means that the fight will have shifted. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s last-ditch attempt to regain the power of his office to unilaterally prosecute election cases was rejected by the state’s highest criminal … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Attorney General, campaign finances, Chambers County, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Court of Criminal Appeals, Dan Patrick, Greg Abbott, Jefferson County, Ken Paxton, Texas, The Lege, Zena Stephens
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Uvalde parents file lawsuit against multiple defendants
Keep an eye on this one. The first major lawsuit has been filed over the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde by the families of three surviving students. “The horrors of May 24, 2022, were only possible because … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Bonner, Customs and Border Patrol, Daniel Defense, Don McLaughlin, DPS, Firequest International, gun control, guns, lawsuit, Monique Alarcon, Oasis Outback, Pete Arredondo, Schneider Electric, Shawn Brown, Stephanie Sherman, Texas, Uvalde
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The hearing that Paxton was trying to flee from
It’s about whether the First Amendment rights of abortion funds have been abridged by threats of prosecution from people like Ken Paxton. You know, no big deal. Leaders of Texas’ most prominent abortion funds on Tuesday implored a federal judge … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Afiya Center, Ashley Maxwell, Briscoe Cain, Clinic Access Support Network, Frontera Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Jane's Due Process, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lilith Fund, Marva Sadler, Mistie Sharp, Sadie Weldon, SCOTUS, Sean Mehl, Sidley Austin LLP, Stigma Relief Fund, Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, The Lege, West Fund
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