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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures String of Legal Triumphs Amidst National Controversies

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Published on September 19, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures String of Legal Triumphs Amidst National ControversiesSource: Office of the Texas Attorney General

In 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton worked on immigration enforcement, including deporting undocumented immigrants and ending in-state tuition for them. His office also addressed voter integrity by stopping an illegal vote harvesting scheme and defending Texas’s voter ID laws. He led consumer protection and privacy efforts, securing a $1.375 billion settlement from Google, the largest by any state attorney general for privacy enforcement. Paxton said, "No matter the pushback, obstacles, and attacks from all sides, I will always fight for Texas and give whatever it takes to win," according to the Office of the Texas Attorney General.

Paxton opposes what he calls "radical gender ideology," winning court cases that blocked the Dallas Independent School District from allowing transgender students to join sports teams matching their gender identity. He also sued U.S. Master's Swimming over transgender athletes in "women's sports." Additionally, he continues legal action against pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Eli Lilly, accusing them of misleading the public and bribing medical providers, as reported by the Office of the Texas Attorney General.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has promoted prayer in public schools and the display of the Ten Commandments. He has sued the Biden Administration on issues like immigration and energy, secured billions in settlements from pharmaceutical companies for the opioid crisis, defended pro-life laws, and created the Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime section. Paxton also challenged federal limits on firearms and led the Texas v. Pennsylvania Supreme Court case about the 2020 election, as stated by the Office of the Texas Attorney General.