AUSTIN — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s...
Their orders often put Biden’s policies on hold while the cases are litigated, and those delays can tie up the Democrat’s agenda for months.
“It’s kind of gotten to the point where I think the Biden administration feels it can’t sneeze without being sued by Texas,” she added.“For the time being, it seems like Paxton is as important as the [federal government] in deciding what immigration policy is implemented these days,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School.
The Collin County Republican is part of a long tradition of attorneys general suing administrations of the opposite political parties. But legal experts say the lawsuits are coming faster and have more far-reaching effects now that judges are more willing to impose their orders nationwide.. “It’s one thing to win cases before randomly assigned judges, it’s another thing to pick the judge and then declare victory,” said Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who has filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme CourtPaxton has played up his assumed role as Biden’s chief courthouse antagonist. At an election night party in Plano, heto come because a newly divided Congress may push Biden to take more executive actions.
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