A Bunch Of Attorneys Think Ken Paxton Should Be Disbarred

[douglas9]

Maybe Texas Attorney General Ken "Don't Give A Damn" Paxton should have kept his mouth shut.

After the Supreme Court shocked unreasonable people across the United States by ruling that states cannot discriminate against same-sex couples who want to get married, Texas' beloved Paxton gave the green light to discriminate.

Paxton, who, remember, is under investigation for allegedly violating state securities laws, used his office after the ruling to tell county clerks that they don't have to play ball with the federal government if it violates their religious beliefs.

So if they don't want to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, they don't have to.

This happened just days after the ruling in what may be the quickest request for an opinion any Attorney General in Texas has ever issued.

However, Paxton noted that any clerks choosing to defend their religious liberties would probably face litigation.

Well, last Friday, a group of nearly 150 attorneys signed a letter threatening to file a complaint with the Texas State Bar Association, the Texas Tribune reported.

http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2015/07/06/a-bunch-of-attorneys-think-ken-paxton-should-be-disbarred

[riversedge]

1. This would really hit him in his pocketbook. Good way to go.

[TexasProgresive]

2. A good 1st step-let's get on with indictment, conviction and perpwalk

Prosecutors Developing Criminal Case Against Texas AG Ken Paxton
http://keranews.org/post/prosecutors-developing-criminal-case-against-texas-ag-ken-paxton
The potential criminal case against Attorney General Ken Paxton is apparently growing more serious, with the state's top lawyer hiring heavyweight legal counsel of his own as special prosecutors prepare to take felony charges before a Collin County grand jury.

Late Wednesday, special prosecutor Kent Schaffer said he and co-counsel Brian Wice plan to start presenting evidence to the grand jury in less than a month that Paxton violated the Texas Securities Act.

"We'll be pursuing an indictment for first-degree felony securities fraud," Schaffer said, confirming a WFAA-TV report.

Under state securities law, first-degree felony fraud entails amounts exceeding $100,000.

[DhhD]

4. Seems like Texans need to do some official house cleaning, like getting rid of corrupted Red things.

And Red things seem to go bad. Many Red things were already bad at heart, before becoming official.

Red apples look good, but in Texas, many are rotten to the core.

[Gothmog]

3. Glen Maxey of the Texas Democratic Party has already filed a bar complaint against Paxton

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/107826814

[FloriTexan]

5. Can't Kick this enough. n/t

[Skittles]

6. they are correct