Contrarian - On Tuesday, they filed suit in Massachusetts alleging that the “Defund” provision in the big, ugly bill targeting Planned Parenthood was unconstitutional. The prior day, they filed a suit in the Northern District of California “challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.”
Last week, they obtained a nationwide injunction to suspend Donald Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional attempt to repeal birthright citizenship. That was also the week they sued the Trump regime for an abrupt imposition of onerous documentation requirements that could block legal immigrants’ access to Head Start, community health centers, anti-poverty centers, and other critical programs.
Who are these dogged litigants? Democratic attorneys general, their states’ chief prosecutor. Democratic AGs from 23 states and the District of Columbia have, week in and week out, gone to court to stop Trump’s authoritarian power grabs (e.g., challenging DOGE). The suits have covered a wide range of subjects threatening our way of life, including interruption of vital funding (for health research, natural disasters, education, etc.), violation of individuals’ privacy in sharing confidential documents, illegal implementation of tariffs, dismantling of the Department of Education, distribution of machine gun conversion sets, and imposition of abortion restrictions. More
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