From opposing robber barons to the New Deal to desegregation to DOGE, state attorneys general have long taken on Washington

By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College

The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been a bonanza for the attorneys general of blue states. As the president has released his blizzard of executive orders and axed federal funding and programs on which states rely, these attorneys general have filed suits designed to put the brakes on what Trump is trying to accomplish.

As the Washington…

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