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Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief Oppos­ing Depart­ment of Labor Rule that Harms Small Businesses

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined an Ohio-led amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to oppose a Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule that attempts to re-interpret the definition of a “tipped employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and unconstitutionally deprives states of their sovereign power over economic activity within their own borders.

November 03, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Supreme Court Ami­cus Brief to Pro­tect States’ Sov­er­eign Immunity

Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate cert-stage amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court to defend states’ sovereign immunity, which, among other protections, generally prevents individual states from being sued in the courts of other states.  

April 27, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Stands Up for Amer­i­cans’ Con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly Pro­tect­ed Prop­er­ty Rights

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief to defend the property rights of Americans.

April 18, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Ami­cus to Ensure that Unelect­ed Enti­ties Do Not Exer­cise Undue Influ­ence Over Dal­las Citizens

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Texas to roll back powers that were unlawfully granted to an unelected body that oversees Dallas’s municipal employees’ retirement fund. 

March 23, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions Texas Supreme Court to Reverse Low­er Court’s Deci­sion in Case Deter­min­ing Child Custody

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Texas to ensure appropriate custody decisions are made on behalf of Texas children and to ensure that Texas appellate courts review legal judgments correctly and uniformly.  

March 22, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Tax­pay­er Funds by Clar­i­fy­ing Rules on Attorney’s Fees

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Georgia-led amicus brief that is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the legal framework for when attorney’s fees are to be awarded to “prevailing parties” in civil lawsuits.  

March 08, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Defends Flori­da Law that Pre­vents Bio­log­i­cal Males from Com­pet­ing in Women’s Sports

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Alabama-led amicus brief in support of a Florida law designed to protect and bolster women’s sports by preventing biological males from competing against females.

February 21, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions Texas Supreme Court to Pre­vent an Unlaw­ful Char­ter Amend­ment From Being Placed on San Anto­nio Vot­ers’ Bal­lots in the Upcom­ing May Election

Attorney General Paxton has filed an amicus letter brief in the Texas Supreme Court to stop an unlawful charter amendment from being placed on the ballots of San Antonio, Texas voters in the upcoming May 2023 municipal general election.

February 16, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Builds on Pre­vi­ous Efforts to Stop Unlaw­ful Fed­er­al Stu­dent Loan Program

Attorney General Paxton has filed two new multistate amicus briefs with the United States Supreme Court to stop the Biden Administration from forcing hardworking Americans to pay off billions of dollars of debt for college-educated individuals.

February 16, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Leads Effort to Stop Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Forc­ing Left-Wing Sex­u­al Ori­en­ta­tion” and Gen­der Iden­ti­ty” Poli­cies on States

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to stop the Biden Administration’s relentless pursuit of new so-called sexual orientation and gender identity policies.  

February 01, 2023 | Press Release