Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other top Texas Republicans have joined Attorney General Ken Paxton and urged the all-GOP Texas Court of...
At issue is whether it takes a constitutional amendment to let the attorney general lead a criminal prosecution — normally the province of county and district attorneys — or whether a law passed by the Legislature is enough.
In separate statements Tuesday, Abbott and Patrick chided the state’s highest criminal court for undermining a big push last year by them and the Republican-controlled Legislature to enact “election integrity” changes, which critics have assailed as being designed to suppress the votes of minorities, young people and other blocs that tend to vote Democratic.
In a written statement, Patrick said “we need checks at the state level to ensure that our elections are fair” and it would be “completely unacceptable” to let a particular county attorney or district attorney have the final say on an election-related criminal prosecution. At issue in the intra-Republican fracas is whether it takes a constitutional amendment to let the attorney general lead a criminal prosecution — normally, the province of county and district attorneys — or whether a law passed by the Legislature is enough.
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