Twitter gave Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) a taste of his own medicine on Monday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1364002
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1364002
Good for Twitter.
Paxton is an Asshole Deluxe.
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Paxton to Twitter: “Get in line”.
Among others, Paxton is being sued by four of his own staff for:
The lawsuit is being brought by four former aides fired from Paxton’s office after they joined other agency employees last year in accusing the attorney general of abusing the use of office and bribery. Texas AG’s office lawyer tries to block whistleblower testimony | The Texas Tribune
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No fan of Twitter (if they had real standards, the Orange Cancer would have been excised years ago), but I’m heartened that they’re standing up to governmental bullying. If Paxton prevails with this specious litigation, the internet is pretty much dead as a communications marketplace.
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Wouldn’t he be a Double Deluxe, or Deluxe Surpreme? Anywho I think we need to grandsize this asshole.
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Paxton is consistently waaaay out of this depth vis-à-vis both his actual legal powers and his own intellectual abilities. Twitter should bring their big guns to bear…
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Q: What is the difference between Paxton and a bucket of shit?
A: The bucket.
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Paxton is a smarmy POS who has been allowed to get away with too much over too long a time. Bring the hammer down on his fat head.
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Nice…he is a weasel mouthed POS that ought to be in jail…
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24-carat gold plated and fur-lined.
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Good for Twitter. Somebody needs to teach Paxton that his job as AG is to protect the state of Texas and its citizens, not to promote his own political agenda. Here I can’t see how he is protecting Texans with this request-which is little more that a state sponsored slap suit intended to pressure Twitter to re-admit the Orange Monster.
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…and #LawTwitter is on the case:
So - very rough first impressions:
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 9, 2021
1: Wilmer Hale does a good job signalling that they are serious.
2: I think there's a good argument that the investigation is retaliatory.
3: I'm not sure that a fed court in CA can restrain a state investigation in Texas that's ongoing. https://t.co/RKCQHN4utf
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Fucking Paxton. He’s a fucking criminal wasting time and money on suits that cannot be won or in fact go anywhere.
He has nothing to go on - he can’t tell a private corporation what they can and can’t publish - that’s a violation of the first amendment - he’s government.
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Presumably it plays well with the voters. Is he term limited, or can he keep his AG stay out of jail card?
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Nobody is term-limited here of which I’m aware.
I really thought we’d vote him out last time - he had a decent opponent. Instead he got re-elected and his wife was elected a state senator.
Drives me nuts. This state could be a great place if we could get rid of the fucking GOP.
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Why isn’t Paxton in jail? He’s been under indictment since I think 2015…
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Legislative delays and changes of venue. He’s asked to change the venue I think 3 times. And we have a statutory legislative delay provision for elected officials who get indicted.
Remember how long it took to get Tom Delay to trial? But we did and he lost.
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There are SLAPP suit laws in both Texas and California…
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How is SLAPP applicable here?