supreme court dismissed a lawsuit by texas attorney general ken paxton, who asked for a review of the results of the presidential elections in four states georgie michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin dismissed the texas lawsuit, which was supported by 17 states and 106 congressmen. the supreme court ruled that any state could take unconstitutional actions and violate its own electoral laws. and this will be detrimental to law-abiding states, while the guilty state will not be held accountable. this decision sets a precedent that states that states can violate the us constitution with impunity after being turned away the republican party in texas at the convention will take the initiative for a referendum on the withdrawal of the state from the united states by proposing to hold it in 2023. indeed, history is cyclical and the texet movement is in much about what happened then in the middle of the 19th century, when texas was actually annexed by the united states from mexico , and the plan was implemented in the best traditions of western democracy. at first they rocked the situation fro

the united states dismissed the claim of texas attorney general ken paxton, who asked to review the resultsof the presidential elections in the four states of georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin , rejecting the claim of texas, which was supported by 17 states and 106 congressmen, the supreme court ruled that any state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own electoral laws. and it will have detrimental consequences for law-abiding states while the culpable state will not be held accountable, this decision sets a precedent that states that states can violate the us constitution with impunity by turning aside 2023. indeed , history is cyclical and the texet movement is largely about what happened then in the middle of the 19th century, when texas was actually annexed by the united states from mexico, and the plan was implemented in the best traditions of western democracy. first , they shook the situation from the inside, then they openly invaded the neighbors and forced them to sign a peace treaty on washington's terms, taking vast human lands and natural resources und

but when ken paxton really needs the right outcome he does not go there. instead, he goes all the way to amarillo, a nearly eight-hour drive, t file his suit, specifically in this judged district where h know he will hear it. it i essentially a legal loophole conservatives have hacked th judicial system to create this tiny maga jurisdiction with judge, who they know will rule on what they find and will favorably be relied upon to do what they want. and so far this loophole is working out quite well for them. according to the washington post, judg kacsmaryk has delivered severa wins for the right. one that struck down new bide ministration protections for transgender people, anothe that forced thousands of asylu seekers to return to mexic while they waited processing that was particularly rich that was him declaring fro amarillo, texas, federal immigration -- that asylum ruling was overturned by the supreme court eventually. late last year, kacsmaryk also side with the christian father wh did not want his daughters t access birth control without his permiss

the united states has dismissed a lawsuit filed by texas attorney general ken paxton, who asked for aiew of the results of the presidential election. the tri -state georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin dismissed a texas lawsuit supported by 17 states and 106 congressmen , the supreme court ruled that any state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own electoral laws. and it will be detrimental to law-abiding states while the guilty state is not. no responsibility, this decision sets a precedent that states that states can violate the us constitution with impunity if they get turned away the republican party in texas at the convention will take the initiative for a referendum on the exit of the state and the united states by proposing to hold it in 2023. indeed , history is cyclical and the texet movement is in many ways about what happened then in the middle of the 19th century, when texas was actually annexed by the united states from mexico, and the plan was implemented in the best traditions of western democracy. at first shook the situation from the inside, th

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you have the attorney general, ken paxton, who has become a cultural warrior on this issue.tt, who spends -- it seems like he is spending all his time policing our uteruses. so, i'm not hopeful, just because texas is so, so obstinately conservative and right-wing. but i am so glad that these women are putting up a fight. we need to put up a fight everywhere. the midterms that we just had demonstrate the power of women. and the anxious and the fury that they incited. and it shows that women are not just going to stand by and allow for government officials, priests and pastors and religious figures to tell us what we can't or cannot do with our bodies. this is our country. this is not anyone's church. >> and lindy li, in the midst of these abortion bans, why isn't there already a system in place to confirm that doctors can proceed with an abortion whenever a woman's life or that of her fetus is at risk? >> i think these exceptions for rape or incest which, by the way, texas does not have -- their kind of lip service. republicans tout these exceptions but they are not implement

ken paxton has run for reelection as texas attorney general twice and he has won both times. eventually, presumably he will go on trial on multiple felony counts but, at least so far texas republican voters don't mind that he's under indictment. and judging from the look at his face, doesn't seem to be bugging hit much either. even if you just want to stay in texas as a whole bunch of these this is the very nice mugshot not the composition isn't good mirror but the tile looks fantastic this is a mugshot who's indicted in 2014 while he was serving as governor of texas his name is rick after he was indicted in 2014 he got fingerprinted he got this nice mugshot taken with a perfect not in his tie just a few months later he announced he was running for president of the united states while he was still under felony indictment in fact for the duration of his 2015 presidential campaign rick perry was under felony indictment that did not drop the felony indictments until a few months after he dropped out of the presidential race but he was so still no big whoop don trump went on to n

ken paxton is the attorney general of texas, and he joins me now. let me bring this up, your honor.d to play whistleblowers $3.3 million and apologize. now you're on trump's texas leadership team. you know heir going to go after you for the whistleblower and the apology, right? >> well, look, we haven't actually settled. the legislature ultimately has to decide whether we settle. we kid it based on the cost of litigation. we have about 35,000 cases right now. it's usually based on economics and other factors, so we'll see what the legislature does. if the legislature decides not to settle this, take the settlement, we'll go back to court. stuart: but they will come after you now that you're on trump's, the amendment. >> i'm used to being come after just like the president is. i've been doing this job for a little over eight years, and i was a state senator, state rep. if you're fighting for your people, your constituents and the american people, you're going to take some heat. that's just the way it is in the odd the's politics. stuart: 61% of americans do not want former president

a spokesperson for the texas attorney general ken paxton says he's quote committed to doing everythingr to protect mothers, family and unborn children and he will continue to defend and enforce the laws dually enacted by this texas legislature. we've not heard back from the other defendants nor the texas governor greg abbott. >> thank you. >>> the details coming in on the two americans back on u.s. soil after being kidnapped in mexico and tragically two others from their group that are now dead. stay with us. ♪ my relationship with my credit cards wasn't good. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. between the high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debt, debt, debt. so i broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up. break up with bad credit card debt. get a personal loan with no fees, low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. ♪ you love closing a deal. but hate managing your business from afar. y

ken paxton has run for re-election as texas attorney general twice, and he g has won both times. eventually, presumably he will go on trial on multiple felony counts.ly but at least so far texas republican voters don't mind that he's under indictment. and judging from the look on his face, it doesn't seem to be bugging him much either. even if you just want to stay in texas, there is a whole bunch of these.yo this is the very nice mug shot. the composition isn't good. there's a little too much headroom here, but the tie lookh fantastic. this is the mug shot of a man who was indicted in texas in 2014 while he was serving as governor of texas.le his name is rick. after he was indicted in 2014, he got fingerprinted, he got this nice mug shot taken with the perfect knot in his tie. just a few months later, he t announced he was running for ew president of the united states, while he was still under felony indictment. in fact, for the duration of his 2016 republican presidential campaign, rick perry was under felony indictment., they did not drop the felony charges against him until a

note cnn has reached out to the defendants here, we have reached out to texas attorney general ken paxtonboard executive director as well as texas governor greg abbott specifically about this lawsuit. as of this interview and this moment we have not yet heard back. >>> such an important story. in california a separate battle over abortion rights is brewing, this after walgreens announced it would stop dispensing abortion medication in 21 republican-led states, california's governor gavin newsom now says his state will not do any business with the drugstore. >> the democratic governor tweeting california, as jim just said, won't be doing business with walgreens or any company that could you wers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk. ending that tweet with we're done. walgreens has said that it plans to dispense in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so. in some of those 21 states it is still legal. republicans, though, have threatened some legal action. we will keep an eye on that story as well. >>> still ahead, what hosts on fox news said on air about 2020 e

attorney general ken paxton. thank you. thank you very much.and applause] representatives ronny jackson. love him, texas, because he is special. [cheers and applause] he is a doctor and a politician, congressman. i said which do you like best? i think he said maybe being a doctor, but he gave me a cognitive test. you know, ronny jackson in the white house, you know what they said this guy is brilliant he would destroy our country and he is taking it over. ok, they had all different narratives but then they say he is dumb as a rock. dumb as a rock. then they say something else. he is in the middle. they had about 19 different narratives. i said to ronnie jackson, is there a test i can take to prove how smart i am? well, sir, we have does so and so cognitive test given by walter reed. i said, is it tough? he said actually after the first few questions it gets pretty tough. the problem is if you do badly we will not be able to shield it because it is a public place in other doctors see it and other doctors are there when the test is given. i said,

this morning, five women suing the state of texas attorney general ken paxton and the state's medicalstanding behind me was a violation of their texas constitutional rights. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, anna's water broke just four months into her pregnancy leaving the baby without any amniotic sac inside the womb. >> they said even with the best neonatal intense care, a fetus cannot survive outside the womb at 19 weeks. my heart broke into a million pieces. >> reporter: aborting is typically advised in these cases because the mother could face sepsis, a life-threatening condition that happens when the body has an extreme response to infection. when the amniotic sac ruptures too early, the risk of infection increases for mother and baby. >> the child i was so excited for wasn't going to live and i needed an abortion to preserve my health but couldn't get one in texas. >> reporter: the lawsuit backed by the center for reproductive rights, an abortion rights group, isn't asking for the state's abortion ban to be lifted. instead they're trying to get a judge to provide medical