They are an active decision. The AG has a legal obligation to defend the state, but there are many instances where the AG (at the state or federal level) declines to vigorously offer a defense to the state's position. Harris did not do that. She defended the laws aggressively.
Biden did the opposite. He had no obligation to intervene on P…
They are an active decision. The AG has a legal obligation to defend the state, but there are many instances where the AG (at the state or federal level) declines to vigorously offer a defense to the state's position. Harris did not do that. She defended the laws aggressively.
Biden did the opposite. He had no obligation to intervene on Prop 12, and it's relatively rare to see Presidents act in that fashion. A dispute about state law has relatively little to do with a President's legal domain. But Biden put his thumb on the scale, and in a very aggressive way. I have no doubt this affected the Justice he had just nominated, and the animals were very close to suffering a defeat as a result.
Biden is, in my opinion, one of the worst Presidents in recent history on animal rights, partly for that reason. It is one of the many reasons I am grateful he stepped down from his campaign.
They are an active decision. The AG has a legal obligation to defend the state, but there are many instances where the AG (at the state or federal level) declines to vigorously offer a defense to the state's position. Harris did not do that. She defended the laws aggressively.
Biden did the opposite. He had no obligation to intervene on Prop 12, and it's relatively rare to see Presidents act in that fashion. A dispute about state law has relatively little to do with a President's legal domain. But Biden put his thumb on the scale, and in a very aggressive way. I have no doubt this affected the Justice he had just nominated, and the animals were very close to suffering a defeat as a result.
Biden is, in my opinion, one of the worst Presidents in recent history on animal rights, partly for that reason. It is one of the many reasons I am grateful he stepped down from his campaign.