Paxton Wins in Texas Supreme Court After Flexing Political Power

The Texas Supreme Court between September and June expanded the investigative authorities of Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and shrunk the powers of his adversaries to investigate him.

The state’s high civil court decided six politically-charged cases that involved Paxton or his office and found in his favor, overturning lower courts, in all but one.

His victories with the bench of justices subject to statewide reelection came after Paxton last year propelled largely unknown challengers to primary upsets against three sitting judges on the state’s high criminal court who had sparked Paxton’s backlash by limiting his ability to prosecute election ...