How Dem AGs Planned Early for Anti-Trump Lawfare– www.dailysignal.com
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As early as July of last year, during the heat of a presidential race, a group of Democrat state attorneys general coordinated on challenging the White House on environmental policy.
Fast forward to 10 days after Republican Donald Trump was elected to another term as president, and Democrat attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia agreed that they “have a common interest in developing potential litigation to challenge executive action related to ending or curtailing birthright citizenship.”
In the following days and weeks after the election and before Trump was inaugurated, attorneys general–such as Letitia James of New York, Rob Bonta of California, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Brian Schwalb of the District of Columbia, and others–planned other hypothetical lawsuits regarding immigration, environmental regulations, health care, and gun control.
“States have learned they can better protect their own residents and interests by working together to fight unconstitutional executive overreach,” Mike Faulk, spokesman for Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, told The Daily Signal in an email statement.
Government Accountability and Oversight first obtained the documents from the attorneys general offices of James in New York and Schwalb in D.C., said Chris Horner, an attorney for the group. The group shared the documents with The Daily Signal.
The Daily Signal called and emailed the New York and D.C. attorneys general offices multiple times on Tuesday and Wednesday. The offices of Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, Maryland Attorney General Antony Brown, and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser responded to inquiries for this story and declined to comment.
