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What A Day

The Many Legal Fights Facing Dem AGs

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids. It’s the latest example of how Democratic state attorneys general are fighting a multi-front fight right now. They’re the top law enforcement officials in their respective states, responsible for protecting their laws and policies. At the same time, they’re pitched in a near-daily battle against the Trump administration’s push to upend the federal government. Colorado Democratic Attorney General Philip Weiser talks about how he’s managing both tasks.

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, March 11th.

0:03.9

I'm Jane Koston, and this is Weddeday, the show that felt pretty okay, until it heard

0:08.1

Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville talking to Larry Cudlow on his Fox show Monday,

0:13.1

where he said this.

0:14.7

We have no chance unless he does tariffs and holds people accountable to what's been going on.

0:20.7

I don't like where this is going.

0:28.3

On today's show, the Trump administration is asking undocumented immigrants to self-deport

0:33.3

using the Customs and Border Patrol app.

0:36.0

And more than a million Americans could expect to see a hike in their utility bills as the tariff war on the northern border heats up.

0:43.1

But let's start with our series of conversations with Democratic Attorney General, currently tasked with dealing with all of this.

0:50.7

On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that they decided to hear a case challenging Colorado's ban a conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids.

0:58.3

The plaintiff, a Christian therapist, argues that it is a violation of her First Amendment rights for the government to prevent her from helping her patients stop being gay, lesbian, or transgender.

1:10.4

Of course, conversion therapy is stupid because there is absolutely nothing wrong with being LGBTQ.

1:16.9

Also, it doesn't work, and it causes real and lasting harm to the people who have endured it.

1:22.9

But the Supreme Court says, eh, let's hear this out.

1:27.0

As we've said, Democratic attorneys general are

1:29.5

fighting a multi-front war. First, they're the top law enforcement officials in their states.

1:34.7

That means they are handling criminal cases and working on behalf of their constituents to stop,

1:38.8

say, robocalls or debt collection fraud schemes. But they're also having to battle the Trump administration's efforts

1:45.8

to limit the ability of states to determine how their citizens live their lives. From cases on

1:50.8

birthright citizenship to arguments over the administration's efforts to stop federal funding for

1:55.1

services, from wildfire prevention to helping rural communities access much-needed services,

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