AUSTIN – A Texas district judge has dismissed a state bar push to sanction Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top aide, clouding prospects for a similar effort to...
Last week, Judge John Youngblood sided with the attorney general’s office in determining the suit interfered with the separation of powers. Thedid not address the suit’s central allegations, but found the court lacks jurisdiction to hear it.
A spokesman for the bar declined to comment. It’s not clear whether the commission will appeal Youngblood’s order.. But the ruling in favor of Webster is significant because Paxton’s legal team made similar arguments in his case, stating disciplining him would be an unconstitutional attempt to control the office’s work and could have a chilling effect on future attorneys general.
Jim Harrington, one of several lawyers who filed an amicus brief in support of the State Bar, called Youngblood’s order a “legal charade” and called on the bar to appeal.
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