By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation's Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices' long-held special status in federal courts.In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden.
The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S.
Supreme Court.More recently, an association that is affiliated with their political arm, the Republican Attorneys General Association, became entangled in the Jan.