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Rob Bonta: “Attempt to, with a stroke of the pen, amend the Constitution…”

Featuring: Rob Bonta, Democratic | Attorney General of California

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The first two cases, they were first in time, and they kind of represent the body of 37 cases. In some ways, they cover two main buckets that the cases can be put in broadly. First case was the Attempt to, with a stroke of the pen, amend the Constitution and end birthright citizenship. That was our first case. And that one is very meaningful. We've had other cases attacking constitutional rights like voting rights, and we got an injunction in that case as well. (32:29–32:35)

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Asserts that there was an attempt to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship.

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