







Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution
By Eleanor Klibanoff The Texas Tribune " Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, ...
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Part 1: 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.


Part 3: Under Trump, Texas’ foot soldiers became federal judges, securing a conservative stronghold in the 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.







