Texas AG Sides With Attorneys Who Claim Texas Bar Violates First Amendment
“Attorney General Paxton is committed to ensuring that Texas attorneys' free speech rights are protected from the State Bar's current unconstitutional practice," said Ken Paxton's spokesman, Marc Rylander.
April 29, 2019 at 02:10 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is supporting the legal arguments of three attorneys who sued the State Bar of Texas alleging it violated their rights by spending part of their mandatory dues for political and ideological speech.
Paxton's office filed an amicus brief Friday in the case, McDonald v. Longley, that said the Texas bar is violating its members rights by compelling their financial support for those alleged activities without first getting affirmative consent. The brief said there's no justification for the bar to force attorneys to fund such activity through mandatory dues. Paxton urged the court to grant the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment on liability.
Paxton's spokesman, Marc Rylander, wrote in an email that the bar is meant to regulate the practice of law and it must limit its spending to that function.
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