TEXAS TRIBUNE
While at the Tribune, working as a Copy Editing Fellow, I had the unique opportunity of being part of the final copy editing processes of a three-part series, detailing the rise of conservatism in the office of the Texas Attorney General. At this time, AG Ken Paxton faced removal from office after a successful impeachment vote in the Texas House, making the series even that much more timely.
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In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward.
With his election as Texas attorney general, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn planted the seeds of conservatism. Gov. Greg Abbott used his tenure to cultivate them into an aggressive strain of right-wing activism aimed at driving the nation’s courts and laws to the right.
Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribune
TEXAS BACKLASH TO OBAMA FUELED CONSERVATIVE DRIVE TO REINTERPRET U.S. CONSTITUTION.
Barraging the Obama administration with lawsuits, the Texas attorney general’s office wasn’t just trying to block policies. It was injecting disruptive, overtly Christian legal philosophies into the mainstream, and grooming a generation of conservative legal warriors.
Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribune
UNDER TRUMP, TEXAS' FOOT SOLDIERS BECAME FEDERAL JUDGES, SECURING A CONSERVATIVE STRONGHOLD IN FEDERAL COURTS.
A federal judiciary full of ideological allies is helping Texas block Democratic priorities and advance right-wing legal doctrines. But the bigger prize is conservative control of the rule of law itself.
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