Paxton’s lawsuit claims that a get-out-the-vote advertisement campaign from Harris County’s office essentially constitutes reverse racism because it encouraged Black and Latino voters (groups with historically lower access to elections) to vote. Harris County is Texas’s most diverse county, notably housing Houston.
Anyone can sue for anything and if you don’t respond you automatically lose.
It’s no doubt a SLAPP suit. There’s no intention for or belief in winning, the suit exists only to threaten someone into silence/insction. Trial attorneys are a specific type, the expensive type. They usually want a 4 figure retainer just to read/review.