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States sue Trump administration at record pace
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| Contributor | WA Indy |
| Last Edited | WA Indy Feb 12, 2020 10:56am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Reid Wilson |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State attorneys general have filed an unprecedented number of lawsuits against the Trump administration, as Democratic-led states exercise new levers of power to block some of President Trump’s most controversial initiatives.
States have formed coalitions to file 103 multi-state suits against the administration in its first three years, according to data compiled by Paul Nolette, a political scientist at Marquette University. The vast majority of those suits, 96, have been led by Democratic attorneys general.
By contrast, states filed 78 multi-state suits in the eight years of President Obama’s administration, and 76 multi-state suits during President George W. Bush’s eight years in office. Democratic attorneys general sued Trump 40 times in his first year in office alone, more lawsuits than have ever been filed against an administration in a single year. |
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