Last week, I received a fund-raising letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the letter, Paxton repeatedly proclaimed his support for liberty. Yet, his track record belies this claim. For example, Paxton defended the Trump administration’s use of eminent domain to seize private land along the state’s southern border to build a wall. He…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently defended the property rights of Williamson County property owner John Yearwood. Yearwood’s property is home to the Bone Cave Harvestman, a spider that lives in only two Texas counties. Because the spider is protected by the Endangered Species Act, Yearwood’s use of his property is severely restricted. Paxton is…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken exception to an order by Gunnison County, Colorado that bans non-residents from the county. In a letter emailed to a county official, Paxton stated that the order deprives nonresidents of important rights. It discriminates against nonresident homeowners by entirely prohibiting their ingress to the county and enjoyment of…
The Texas Monthly has an excellent article on the hypocrisy of Texas politicians who proclaim their support for property rights. In the article, the magazine notes that many prominent conservatives–Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, Gregg Abbott, and Ken Paxton–fought the federal government when it sought to use eminent domain to seize property along the Red River…