Texas Republicans, thwarted by top prosecutors who say they won’t prosecute certain crimes, are pushing back on what they call “rogue” district attorneys. Two...
House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, coined the term “rogue” DAs at the start of the legislative session last week and it has been echoed by other GOP lawmakers.“It’s time to rein them in,” Phelan said as he listed his priorities for the legislative session.
Cook served on the House Committee on Criminal Justice Reform, along with Jeff Leach, R-Plano, who said a top priority for him is holding accountable DAs who are “thumbing their nose at the legislature.”, they expressed frustration with five Texas urban district attorneys who pledged in a joint statement with prosecutors across the country not to prosecute people who “seek, provide, or support abortions” after a U.S. Supreme Court decision took away a federal right to have an abortion.
The same five prosecutors announced last year they would not prosecute families whose children receive gender-affirming care after Paxton issued a legal opinion that said certain types of medical care for trans youth are a form of child abuse and Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to open child-abuse investigations into reports of children receiving gender-affirming procedures.
Middleton testified during the hearing and said district attorneys issue statements to convey their positions on issues to voters.
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