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Roman Mars

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

I'm kind of down with that.

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

It doesn't happen a lot, but every once in a while.

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

Yeah, clearly.

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

None of those words are there.

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

So it's one of those good reasons.

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

Yeah, yeah.

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

And in the past, this has been used because the states were bad actors in this case, or these counties were doing racist things to stop people from voting.

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

And therefore, the long history of that has made it so that you have to check with us if you change anything.

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

But that's not the case when it comes to however people think these states are misbehaving today when it comes to immigration.

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

Okay.

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

Yeah, I find myself feeling more or less into states' rights, depending on the subject.

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

To tell you the truth, it's fair.

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

So that's all of Article 4 and a little bit of the 10th Amendment, which relates to it.

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

Cool.

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

This is awesome.

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

Thanks so much.

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

When we come back, California Attorney General Rob Bonta talks about the powers granted to the states under the Constitution and how California is using the courts to push back against the Trump administration.

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

And now our conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

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

Since Trump took office in January of last year, California has sued the administration more than 50 times, about a rate of one lawsuit a week.

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

Courts have found in the state's favor about 80% of the time, although many of those decisions are from lower courts.