Panel rules Texas attorney general to face ethics complaint

[Gothmog]

Source: ABC Houston

AUSTIN, TX --
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will face an ethics investigation for advising local officials they could refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses on religious grounds.

The U.S. Supreme Court last June ruled same-sex couples could wed. A complaint filed in July and co-signed by more than 200 attorneys says Paxton's stance encouraged officials to violate the Constitution and break their oaths of office.


The complaint was dismissed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the State Bar of Texas. But an appeals board appointed by the state Supreme Court reinstated it Feb. 2 and said it should be investigated.

Potential penalties could range from a reprimand to disbarment.


Read more: http://abc13.com/news/panel-rules-texas-attorney-general-to-face-ethics-complaint/1195189/

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I am pleased at this turn of events. Texas could soon have a disbarred attorney as its AG

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. I'm Going With Reprimand

I would not expect a repub to get any real discipline in Texas. LONG history of them getting away with things without consequence.

He'll work something out, they always do. Now if he were a Democrat in Texas, that would be a different story.

[Major Nikon]

2. Paxton is also facing a felony indictment on another matter

Sooner or later his fucked up practices are going to catch up with him.

[hobbit709]

3. We checked, he doesn't have any ethics.

[Dustlawyer]

4. I hope they take his ticket!

Unlike doctors, attorneys are pretty vigorously investigated and prosecuted by their State Bars, for the most part. I have seen high profile attorneys beat Bar complaints they were guilty of by spreading a lot of campaign money around and then pulling those strings.

[TexasProgresive]

5. I want Paxton barred not disbarred

That's behind bars. I guess that will happen when the bugman is jailed.