The State Bar of Texas will not mover forward with it's case against Attorney General Ken Paxton after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the assistant attorney general in a similar case last month.

The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

The Commission for Lawyer Discipline tells the Texas Supreme Court that a related ruling made its case against Paxton moot.

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 challenge to Biden's victory.

The State Bar of Texas moved to drop its lawsuit against state Attorney General Ken Paxton for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

The proposal failed last session after protests and criticism that it was discriminatory. Any ban would almost certainly be challenged in court.

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An attorney licensed to practice in California and Massachusetts and admitted to practice at the U.S. Supreme Court is not being allowed to take the Texas bar examination.

The State Bar of Texas is discontinuing its efforts to discipline embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for professional misconduct related to Paxton’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers they can have as vice chairs.