Paxton Ethics Case Will Continue After Court Finds No Immunity

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be punished by the state bar, if the bar proves his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results was meritless, a Texas court of appeals ruled late Thursday.

A three-judge panel on the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas became the second court to deny Paxton’s request to toss the bar’s administrative action. Paxton (R) had argued that as a member of the executive branch, he’s not like other lawyers whose conduct is subject to state bar discipline.

Rejecting that argument, the panel said, “subjecting Paxton to disciplinary proceedings does not violate ...