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While Donald Trump continues to trample over local authority in Democratic-led cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. , institutions like universities, law firms, and hospitals are capitulating. This erosion of accountability and—let’s be honest—courage has meant that state attorneys general have been left to defend the rights of their residents.

On this week’s episode of Amicus , Mark Joseph Stern spoke with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin about the role state AGs play in this phase of Donald Trump’s abuses of power. Platkin’s team argued the birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court this summer. Their conversation has been edited a

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