Blue States Take Up Texas Federal Suit Tactic: Texas Brief

Blue-State AGs Pick Up a Texas Habit

During Joe Biden’s presidency, Attorney General Ken Paxton proudly took the lead on many multistate lawsuits against the administration.

Now Democratic attorneys general are continuing a similar strategy against President Donald Trump—and, before his second term has even reached the halfway mark, they are on pace to outstrip the number of multistate suits filed against Biden and during Trump’s first term, Eric Heisig and Ryan Autullo report.

States have teamed up to sue the federal government nearly 100 times since January 2025 on issues including citizenship, mail-in voting, and environmental regulations, according ...