得克萨斯州法官权衡AG Ken Paxton能否对检察官实施新的数据报告规则。 Texas judges weigh if AG Ken Paxton can enforce new data-reporting rules on prosecutors.

得克萨斯州法官正在审查检察总长肯·帕克斯顿(Ken Paxton)是否有权执行新的报告规则,要求大县(主要是民主县)的检察官向其办公室提交详细的刑事案件数据。 Texas judges are reviewing Attorney General Ken Paxton’s authority to enforce new reporting rules requiring prosecutors in large, mostly Democratic counties to submit detailed criminal case data to his office. 规定要求对起诉书,案件决议和内部通讯进行报告, 不遵守可能导致被免职. The rules, implemented in March, mandate reports on indictments, case resolutions, and internal communications, with noncompliance potentially leading to removal from office. 9名被起诉的检察官认为这些规则违宪,造成过高的费用——达拉斯县估计超过2 200万美元——并侵犯司法独立。 Nine prosecutors sued, arguing the rules are unconstitutional, impose excessive costs—estimated at over $22 million by Dallas County—and infringe on judicial independence. Travis县法官暂时阻止执行,第十五上诉法院听取了关于德克萨斯州政府法是否授予AG对当选检察官的广泛决策权的论点。 A Travis County judge temporarily blocked enforcement, and the 15th Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether the Texas Government Code grants the AG broad rulemaking power over elected prosecutors. 其结果可能决定AG对当地检察官的监督程度。 The outcome could shape the extent of the AG’s oversight over local prosecutors.