Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah joined Texas as plaintiffs in the challenge, along with gun rights groups.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2024. Paxton announced Wednesday that Texas was leading a four-state coalition that sued to block federal requirements expanding background checks before gun sales.
for his role as the primary Republican negotiator, hammering out compromises on the bill with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.Cornyn stands by his support for the law but has criticized the new ATF rules as an overreach far beyond what Congress intended. As with the Title IX lawsuit and a half-dozen other challenges by Paxton’s office, the ATF petition was filed in Amarillo, a single-judge division. That means it’s almost certain to be heard by Matthew Kacsmaryk, a federal district judge with socially conservative views who was appointed by former President Donald Trump.
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