AS PROTESTERS across America raged against Donald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement, barring Syrian refugees indefinitely and restricting travel for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, state attorney-generals and city attorneys got to work. On January 29th, 17 Democratic attorneys general signed a letter vowing to “use all of the tools of our offices to fight this unconstitutional order.” Four Democratic attorneys-general have officially filed or signed onto lawsuits challenging the restrictions. On January 31st, the city of San Francisco sued Mr Trump over another executive order demanding that federal funding be withheld from so-called “sanctuary cities” that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities. “The president’s executive order is not only unconstitutional, it’s un-American,” said Dennis Herrera, the city attorney (pictured). “That is why we must stand up and oppose it. We are a nation of immigrants and a land of laws".
States have long used litigation to resist federal policies. In 2007, an alliance of 12 Democratic attorneys-general sued George W. Bush’s administration in the hope of...Continue reading
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