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Rob Bonta

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
560 total appearances

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99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And then Mr. Trump was elected president.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And all the things we were doing before, we continue to do.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And we also are taking on the additional role and work of holding this administration accountable when it breaks the law.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

We have a simple proposition.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

If Trump breaks the law, we sue him.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

If he doesn't break the law, we don't sue him.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

Our sweet spot is the facts and the law.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

Courts where we're in sanitized areas.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

environments free of politics where we can present the facts and apply the law.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And we have brought 55 lawsuits in less than that many weeks.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

So more than one lawsuit a week.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And we've won 80% of the time.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

We've protected $188 billion worth of funding that Trump unlawfully tried to withhold from

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

California, we protected key rights and freedoms like birthright, citizenship, voting rights.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

We were able to get the unlawfully federalized National Guard out of California after six months of fighting tooth and nail.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

And, you know, we're fighting on many fronts.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

So that is a politician's answer, long answer to a short question.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

I didn't imagine I would be doing this, but our life has changed considerably, but we continue to do all the things we were doing before.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

Plus on top of that, we've added the important work of holding a president accountable when he breaks the law.

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #7: California AG Rob Bonta

Sure, and it's not a term I prefer.