California’s Rob Bonta has been one of the busiest AGs in the country. In Trump 1.0, a loose coalition of democratic attorneys general worked to resist the administration’s forays into lawless power grabs. In Trump 2.0, the chief law-enforcement officers of 23 blue states have become an organized, surgical, and vital bulwark against the White House’s assaults on the Constitution. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been one of the busiest. On this week’s Amicus podcast, Bonta explained his state’s developing litigation strategy to Dahlia Lithwick. Their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Dahlia Lithwick: If my math is correct, as California’s attorney general, you are now signed off on 46 lawsuits against the Trump administration. How does your office decide what’s worthy of a suit and what goes on the back burner? How do you decide what’s a priority?
Rob Bonta: We don’t have the luxury of choosing. We have one simple position: If Trump breaks the law and it hurts the state of California, we sue him. If he doesn’t break the law, we don’t. So if he decides that he’s going to issue an executive order on Inauguration Day, after he just raised his right hand and swore to defend the Constitution, then goes into another room to issue an executive order that violates the Constitution, we sue.
Summary of key points
- CaliforniaAttorney General Rob Bonta has been highly active in litigation against the Trump administration.
- The strategy centers on suing when the law is violated and harms California.
- The approach emphasizes organized, collective action among Democratic state attorneys general.
Author’s note
California AG Rob Bonta describes a principled, law-driven approach to litigation as a coordinated effort among states to check executive power.
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