The California legislature took drew a very strong line in the sand in pledging to stand up against Donald Trump.
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California hires Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to battle against Donald Trump
Democratic lawmakers announced Wednesday that they have hired President Obama’s former Attorney General Eric Holder to represent California in any legal fights against the Donald Trump White House.
California emerging as leading opposition to Donald Trump
The decision by California lawmakers to hire Eric Holder is the latest sign of the coming ideological battle that is expected to play out over the next four years between California’s predominantly Democratic state and Washington D.C. which is now controlled by Republicans. Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by more than 4 million votes in California so the message to California lawmakers is clear – stand up to Trump.
The Democratic leader in the Senate Kevin de Leon said in an interview, “Having the former attorney general of the United States brings us a lot of firepower in order to prepare to safeguard the values of the people of California. This means we are very, very serious.”
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Leader de León said that he expects California to challenge Washington D.C. on a series of issues including the environment, immigration and criminal justice. He continued by saying that California Democrats have decided to pick Eric Holder as they watched Mr. Trump assemble his cabinet.
de Leon continued, “It was very clear that it wasn’t just campaign rhetoric. He was surrounding himself with people who are a very clear and present danger to the economic prosperity of California.”
In California the Democratic Party now controls two-thirds of both the Assembly and the Senate and every statewide elected office.
Eric Holder to serve as legal advisor to California against Trump Administration
Eric Holder who was Barack Obama’s attorney general from 2009 to 2015 and was the first African-American to hold that position. He is now a partner at Covington & Burling, a law firm in Washington that specializes in representing states and companies against the federal government.
Eric Holder said in a statement, “I am honored that the Legislature chose Covington to serve as its legal adviser as it considers how to respond to potential changes in federal law that could impact California’s residents and policy priorities. I am confident that our expertise across a wide array of federal legal and regulatory issues will be a great resource to the Legislature.”
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