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The Attorney General position has been among the main tools used by far-right groups and politicians to weaponize the law, especially against public and higher education. Who should come after Paxton? Nathan Johnson.

UT Austin Faculty and Students march to defend academic freedom on their campus. Photo by: Ahna Merryman-Stewart, CCR Studios Last week, Texas AFT-AAUP sued Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in April and December. Plaintiffs allege that the fallout has reached well beyond any one classroom and does not follow any consistent pattern. Faculty have been asked to cut specific words and phrases from

Last Thursday, the notably conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal filed by a coalition of advocacy groups, Austin Community College, and affected student Oscar Silva to defend the Texas DREAM Act. This comes after a district judge ruled in June 2025 to end the 24-year state law. Gov. Greg Abbott praised last week’s decision on X, saying it secured “another major victory for the rule of law." Rep. Rick Noriega authored House Bill (HB) 1403 during the 20

In our latest litigious win, A federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of key aspects of SB 12 in Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD until the case is fully resolved.

Something unprecedented is happening in Texas: last Fall, state officials launched investigations into more than 350 educators based on their personal social media posts. Teachers were fired, doxed, and threatened while lawmakers have made some of these threats with impunity. This hypocrisy matters and should be worrisome to anyone that values constitutionality and individual liberties.

On Monday, January 26, Texas AFT filed a request for a preliminary injunction in our ongoing litigation against TEA’s unconstitutional investigations of educators exercising their First Amendment rights in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

On January 6, Texas AFT filed a federal lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency and Commissioner Mike Morath, challenging their unconstitutional investigation of more than 350 educators for exercising their constitutionally protected First Amendment rights on their personal social media.

A federal court in Houston held a hearing on a preliminary injunction that would block the state from enforcing key provisions of SB 12, but a ruling has not yet been made.

More parents across Texas are joining the diverse legal effort to stop the implementation of Senate Bill 10, the state law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.