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Texas for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) is one of the biggest perpetrators of the Austin swamp.
What started with a noble goal in the mid-1990s, to rein in Texas’ civil courts, has morphed into a 30-year entity at war with conservative values.
TLR’s PAC donated millions of dollars to Democrats, so we shouldn’t be surprised that TLR impedes conservative policy outcomes.
Instead of protecting you by advocating for conservative policies, TLR protects big business, big pharma, and big insurance. TLR appears to have abandoned its original goals and now, more often than not, fights against the best interests of Texans.
Despite the many millions donated to Democrats, TLR’s donations to so many RINOs, and others, affords it an astounding influence with Republican lawmakers. So much influence that we believe many legislators “trusted” TLR, without closely studying the policy outcomes TLR sought to advance. The many millions of dollars in campaign contributions buy TLR an exaggerated influence in the Texas Legislature.
At RATLR, we believe TLR has lost its way. Protecting big business, big pharma, and big insurance should never override protecting you, Texas’ citizens. Will you join us and tell your elected officials to reject Texans for Lawsuit Reform’s harmful policies?
Dive Deeper
A new investigation from The Daily Signal looks beyond TLR’s traditional lawsuit-reform message and examines a much broader political record—a record that is the driving force of what we do at RATLR, which includes TLR’s millions of dollars to Democrats, opposition to legislation championed by Texas conservatives, involvement in contentious Republican primaries, and support for
A new Texas Tribune report confirms what RATLR has advocated and grassroots Republicans have increasingly recognized: Texans for Lawsuit Reform does not represent Republican values. For decades, TLR successfully framed nearly any opposition to its legislative agenda as the work of liberal trial lawyers. Today, that argument is losing its effectiveness. Texas Republicans still oppose
The Islamification of Texas is real. And it’s funded in part by Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR). Among the over $6 million dollars TLR has donated to liberal Democrats are 2 Muslim lawmakers, State Rep. Salman Bhojani and State Rep. Suleman Lalani. These Democrats placed their hands on the Quran instead of the Bible when
It is a well established fact that TLR has donated over $6 Million dollars to liberal Democrats, but did you know TLR has also been funding the war on conservatives? In the 2024 Republican Primary, TLR spent over $6.5 million dollars backing 15 losing incumbents. Many of the “Republicans” TLR supported were known as RINOs,
Everywhere we go, activists ask how they can help the Republicans Against TLR (RATLR) movement. The easiest way is to sign up for our mailing list and share our posts on social media. We are on Facebook here, X/Twitter here, and Instagram here. Another great way to help is by introducing a resolution at your
Texas for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) is one of the biggest perpetrators of the Austin swamp. Their Political Action Committee (PAC) has donated over $6,000,000 to Democrats. Millions more have gone to RINOs who actively oppose conservative policy. Take a deeper look at some of the Democrat recipients of TLR’s money.
Texas law states that when a semi-truck driver can’t read or speak English and crashes his 60,000-pound semi into you or your loved ones, the jury automatically learns the driver doesn’t know our language. In 2025, Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) tried to change the law to stop juries from automatically learning when a semi-truck driver can’t read or speak English.
In 2025, Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) wrote and tried to pass a bill that made it illegal for a victim of harm to speak about or even hint at their family values, religious values, or community values in Texas courts when someone injures them or kills a family member.