The Republican attorney general of Texas has already filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a local marijuana decriminalization ordinance in Dallas that voters passed at the ballot earlier this month. While 67 percent of Dallas voters approved the reform measure, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is continuing his so far unsuccessful campaign to reverse local decriminalization policies, filing suit against the state’s third most populous city on Wedne

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Texas GOP Attorney General Sues To Overturn Voter-Approved Marijuana Decriminalization Law In Dallas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who never met a federal law he didn't want to defy, has suddenly discovered his inner control freak when it comes to what Texans can put in their own bodies. Despite his constant chest-thumping about Texas sovereignty and telling the feds to mind their own business, Paxton is now throwing a legal tantrum over Dallas residents having the audacity to vote for their own marijuana policies. — Read the rest  The pos…

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Freedom-hating Texas Attorney General sues Dallas for voter-approved measure to end pot arrests

According to Paxton, the charter amendment renders marijuana statutes unenforceable by local law enforcement in violation of Texas law.    The post AG Ken Paxton Sues Dallas Over Decriminalization of Marijuana   appeared first on Texas Scorecard.

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The Republican attorney general of Texas has already filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a local marijuana decriminalization ordinance in Dallas that voters passed at the ballot earlier this month. While 67 percent of Dallas voters approved the reform measure, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is continuing his so far unsuccessful campaign to reverse local decriminalization policies, filing suit against the state's third most populous city on Wedn…

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