New York Attorney General Letitia James, a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit, characterized the funding freeze as an element of an ongoing “campaign of chaos and retribution” that will disproportionately harm “the most vulnerable families.”
“I was deployed all over the world, and have trained other servicemembers on the line between military and civilian law enforcement,” Weninger said in a statement. “South Carolina’s National Guardsmen should not be asked to undertake illegal deployments, or be used to score political points by our government.”
“This Department of Justice has now sued 23 states for failing to provide voter roll data and will continue filing lawsuits to protect American elections,” Bondi said in a press release. “Accurate voter rolls are the foundation of election integrity, and any state that fails to meet this basic obligation of transparency can expect to see us in court.”
“[T]he TEA appears to mandate investigations only for school personnel voicing criticism of the Commissioner’s preferred political figure,” the lawsuit alleges.
“Congress created the CFPB, funded it, and gave it a clear mission: protect consumers,” Jackson said in a statement. “No agency official has the authority to override that decision. This lawsuit is about making sure consumers don’t lose a watchdog that has already returned billions of dollars to millions of people who were unfairly treated.”
New York Attorney General James, a lead plaintiff in the case, accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy of making false claims about the dangers of gender-affirming care.
One of the individual plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, Susan Tincher, claims that she attempted to observe Immigration and Customs Enforcement-related activity on December 9. However, within 15 seconds of her arrival, she was “on the ground in handcuffs.”
“They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with Jan. 6 that I didn’t say, and the beautiful words that I said, right, the beautiful words talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said, they didn’t say that,” Trump said on Monday.
“No presidential administration can rewrite immigration law,” Bonta said during a press conference. “No president can ignore the co-equal branch of government, of Congress, ignore the Constitution, or ignore the law.”
“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever—not President Trump, not President Biden, and not anyone else,” the lawsuit alleges. “And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.”