New Jersey attorney general is one of the Democratic top prosecutors across the country vowing to fight President Donald Trump in court. It didn’t take long for them to make good on the promise. On Tuesday, Attorney General Matthew Platkin joined a group of 20 state and local leaders suing the White House over Trump’s executive action aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
Platkin has been warning that lawsuits may be necessary since Trump’s election. Last week, he joined a group of 14 states readying legal action against the administration to protect health care coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.
But the first real legal fight of the second Trump administration appears to be focused on birthright citizenship. Platkin spoke with NOTUS on Tuesday as he prepared to make the formal announcement of his state’s involvement in the suit. This Q&A has been edited for space and clarity.