Paxton

[pak-stuhn]

noun

1. Sir Joseph, 1801–65, English horticulturist and architect.

Paxton

/ ˈpækstən /

noun

1. Sir Joseph. 1801–65, English architect, who designed Crystal Palace (1851), the first large structure of prefabricated glass and iron parts

Example Sentences

Few have embodied that strategy more than Paxton, who has often been described as focusing on culture war issues as attorney general.

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Paxton condemned the ruling as a constitutional crisis, slamming the court’s “activist judges,” along with the all-GOP Texas Supreme Court for declining to step in.

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Within hours, Paxton, who is charged with defending the state’s laws, joined the federal government in filing a joint motion that asked the court to declare the law unconstitutional.

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The governor and Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed for the arrest of the absent lawmakers and weighed ways to strip the legislators of their seats.

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Five years before Paxton found himself suing to remove sitting lawmakers, he waged another boundary-pushing legal battle on behalf of his political ally in the White House.

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