Since Donald Trump was elected president, Democratic state attorneys general have been forming a co-ordinated wall of legal resistance over immigration, environmental protections, health care and other major issues. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told The Associated Press that lawyers, including attorneys general, are having an "awakening" regarding the Trump administration. On Sunday, 17 Democratic attorneys general signed a letter vowing to "use all of the tools of our offices to fight this unconstitutional order." Attorneys general have taken smaller actions since Trump was elected, both on their own and in concert. State attorneys general have a history of banding together.

Source: CBC News February 01, 2017 00:09 UTC