Texas attorney general says bar probe is unconstitutional

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for Texas' embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republican's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct, arguing the probe is an unconstitutional overreach.

In late May, the State Bar of Texas began looking into Attorney General Ken Paxton's petitioning of the U.S. Supreme Court to block Joe Biden’s victory based on bogus claims of fraud. The investigation was prompted by a Democratic Party activist’s complaint that the Republican official's actions were frivolous and unethical.

In a wide-ranging formal response Thursday, Paxton's office argued that the activist lacks the standing to bring a complaint against the attorney general and that the bar's investigation amounts to the judicial branch unconstitutionally intervening in the work of the executive.

“The regulation of the professional conduct of attorneys does not extend to the regulation of the decisions of the Attorney General, his Office, or any other agency that happens to be led by a licensed attorney, or any public official who may happen to be a licensed attorney,” a lawyer for Paxton's office wrote in the 22-page reply.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-attorney-general-says-bar-200519054.html

What a horse's ass

[walkingman]

1. First of all Paxton should go to trial for his indictments and then he should be disbarred.

The best end result would be for him to go to jail but we all know our justice system doesn't punish these assholes like they do the rest of US citizens.

Now go pledge allegiance to the corrupt state of America and the Hillbilly State of Texas.

[Make7]

2. That election Supreme Court case was a frivolous pile of crap.

Any lawyer that attached their name to that travesty should be sanctioned.

Ken Paxton was the Counsel of Record.

[gratuitous]

3. The attorney general doesn't just happen to be an attorney

It's part of the job, and if you're practicing law in the state of Texas, the State Bar of Texas certainly has the right, authority, and power to enforce its ethical and professional standards. Even for the state attorney general.

[flotsam2]

4. Try to understand, Try to understand

Try, try try to understand
He's a magic man...