The 2 a-hole TeaBaggers torpoedoing the ACA: TX atty general Ken PAXTON & Judge Reed O'CONNOR

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This judge is the go-to for wingnuts funneling their troglodyte cases, born in Houston, appointed by W. Shrub. And who'd a thunk that somebody with three felony indictments (PAXTON) could be so aspirational as to occupy the position of Attorney General, and WIN. Oh, Texas, never mind.

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https://heavy.com/news/2018/12/judge-reed-oconnor/

Judge Reed O’Connor: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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3. O’Connor Blocked Several Obama-Era Policies Aimed at Increasing the Rights of the Transgender Community
.... Then, on December 31, 2016, O’Connor blocked another transgender policy, this time one aimed at protecting transgender individuals from discrimination within health care. According to The Houston Chronicle, O’Connor argued that the policy violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and that the nation’s laws preventing discrimination by sex were being unduly stretched to include discrimination based on gender.

4. O’Connor Struck Down the Indian Child Welfare Act in Another Controversial Ruling in October
On October 5, O’Connor wrote a 46-page opinion declaring the Indian Child Welfare Act to be a “race-based statute.” The act was initially enacted in 1978, and was meant to remedy the epidemic of Native children being separated from their families by private adoption agencies and state child welfare. ....

5. O’Connor Is a Frequent Contributor to The Federalist Society
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from Wiki: Ken Paxton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Paxton (cf., the whole Wiki entry for his full Wingnut resume)
... Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. Paxton is a Tea Party conservative.[2]

Paxton won a second term as attorney general in the general election held on November 6, 2018. In a relatively close contest, he defeated the Democrat Justin Nelson, a lawyer from Austin, 4,173,538 (50.6 percent) to 3,874,096 (47 percent).[3] ....



https://www.statesman.com/news/20180806/ken-paxtons-indictments-now-3-years-old-are-a-campaign-issue

Ken Paxton’s indictments, now 3 years old, are a campaign issue

He’s also been under three felony indictments for 36 of the 44 months he’s been in office — ... ....

Arrested, fingerprinted
On Aug. 3, 2015, Paxton turned himself in to the Collin County Jail in his hometown of McKinney to be arrested, fingerprinted, photographed and released 20 minutes later on bond.

Shortly afterward, grand jury indictments were made public that accused him of two first-degree felony counts of securities fraud for soliciting investors for Servergy Inc. without disclosing that the McKinney tech company was paying him to do so. Paxton also was charged with a third-degree felony, failure to register as an investment adviser representative with state securities regulators.

In the three years since, the criminal case has been repeatedly delayed by fights between Paxton’s lawyers and prosecutors, including unsuccessful defense attempts to dismiss the charges and a successful bid by prosecutors to move the case out of McKinney, where they said they could not get a fair trial. ....

Securities fraud carries a maximum of 99 years in prison, while the failure to register charge can bring a 10-year term. ....

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1. I've no idea why Texas elects people under indictment