When most Texans hear “Attorney General,” they think it’s basically the state’s super-lawyer. The top cop and litigator, who files all the lawsuits. However, in Texas, the Attorney General is a discretionary constitutional authority, which is a fancy way of saying that person gets to choose which cases Texas gets to argue. They decide what the State of Texas will defend. They decide what the State of Texas will stop defending. They decide whethe…
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