Like a bull in a china shop, Mr. Musk is wielding an enormous amount of illegitimized power over sensitive systems and important government programs that are vital to the American way of life.
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U.S. State Attorneys General
Quotes from current and former U.S. state attorneys general.
Current attorneys general
IABrenna BirdIowa36 Quotes
CARob BontaCalifornia159 Quotes
MDAnthony G. BrownMaryland87 Quotes
WANick BrownWashington38 Quotes
MAAndrea Joy CampbellMassachusetts173 Quotes
GAChris CarrGeorgia6 Quotes
VTCharity ClarkVermont15 Quotes
OKGentner DrummondOklahoma37 Quotes
MNKeith EllisonMinnesota298 Quotes
MSLynn FitchMississippi7 Quotes
NVAaron D. FordNevada48 Quotes
ARTim GriffinArkansas68 Quotes
MOCatherine HanawayMissouri19 Quotes
NEMike HilgersNebraska35 Quotes
SDMarty JackleySouth Dakota17 Quotes
NC-DJeff JacksonNorth Carolina50 Quotes
NYLetitia JamesNew York257 Quotes
DEKathy JenningsDelaware2 Quotes
VAJay JonesVirginia45 Quotes
WIJosh KaulWisconsin32 Quotes
KSKris KobachKansas53 Quotes
ID-RRaúl LabradorIdaho37 Quotes
ALSteve MarshallAlabama27 Quotes
AZKris MayesArizona62 Quotes
LALiz MurrillLouisiana40 Quotes
MIDana NesselMichigan115 Quotes
TXKen PaxtonTexas140 Quotes
ILKwame RaoulIllinois11 Quotes
ORDan RayfieldOregon30 Quotes
INTodd RokitaIndiana219 Quotes
DCBrian SchwalbDistrict of Columbia7 Quotes
CTWilliam TongConnecticut46 Quotes
FLJames UthmeierFlorida118 Quotes
COPhil WeiserColorado64 Quotes
SCAlan WilsonSouth Carolina61 Quotes
NDDrew WrigleyNorth Dakota4 Quotes
OHDave YostOhio5 Quotes
Former attorneys general
DOGE's ransacking of federal agencies has sown tremendous chaos, instilled distrust among the American people, and has caused deep harm to our country.
Worse still, Trump installed Elon Musk at the head of that agency without vetting and Senate confirmation, and Musk has proceeded to use that unconstitutional appointment to try to cut the federal government to the bone.
Donald Trump seems to think a narrow electoral victory makes him into a king. He could not be more wrong.
No cabinet secretary or director has the ability to just wholesale eliminate a congressionally created agency. It was created through an act of Congress. It can only be eliminated through an act of Congress.
We've never had a special employee of the president behave as basically a super cabinet secretary who has authority over every single agency in federal government.
He is an unelected billionaire, who is acting really like a king.
President Trump is right: we must restore the meaning and value of American citizenship.
President Trump may believe that he is above the law, but this injunction sends a clear message: he cannot rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen.
We just won a court order blocking President Trump's hateful and unlawful executive order on birthright citizenship.
President Trump has delegated virtually unchecked authority to Mr. Musk without proper legal authorization from Congress and without meaningful supervision of his activities.
The founders of this country would be outraged that, 250 years after our nation overthrew a king, the people of this country—many of whom have fought and died to protect our freedoms—are now subject to the whims of a single unelected…
The Biden administration supports reproductive health.
Our state laws, including the Green Light law, protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe.
President Trump does not have the power to give away Americans’ private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress.
Our state laws, including the Green Light law, protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe. I am prepared to defend our laws, just as I always have.
I am confident that executions can now proceed in compliance with state and federal law.
We are on the brink of a dictatorship, and America has never been in a more dangerous position than she is today.
He was elected president, but no one put a crown on this guy's head.
It is clear that Attorney General Alan Wilson has built his career on protecting the most vulnerable in our state; any statement otherwise is blatantly false and politically motivated.
Republicans deserve better in their next leader and Texans deserve another conservative senator.
This is really outrageous. It's completely unprecedented and I believe that the courts are going to make the right decision.

