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20 Democratic Attorneys General, from California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, joined the August 26, 2019 lawsuit “State of California v. Kevin K. McAleenan.”

• List Of Parties And Attorneys
• Link To Lawsuit
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• “States Sue Trump Administration Over Indefinite Detention for Immigrant Children

Weiser failed to fight for our environment.

• In The May 2020 Lawsuit “California v. Wheeler,” 18 Democratic Attorneys General Sued The Trump Administration’s Attempt To Remove Protections For All Ephemeral Streams, Many Wetlands, And Others Waters From The “Water Of The U.S. Rule.” (California v. Wheeler, 5/1/20)
• June 2020: Phil Weiser Refused To Join 16 Democratic Attorneys General Who Filed A Lawsuit To Defend Obama-Era Mercury And Air Toxics Standards Protecting Clean Air From Coal And Oil-Fired Power Plants. (Westmoreland Mining Holdings v. EPA, 6/22/20)
• Phil Weiser Refused To Join 15 Democratic Attorneys General In Filing A Lawsuit To Stop Trump’s Plans To Authorize Oil And Gas Drilling On Public Lands In The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Washington v. Bernhardt, 9/9/20)

Before he ran for Governor, Phil Weiser joined fewer lawsuits against Trump than almost any other Democratic Attorney General in the country.

• Colorado Sun on June 17, 2019: “Weiser has not been as active as the country’s other Democratic attorneys general in pushing back against the Trump administration.”

Michael Bennet on the campaign trail in video and as pictures.