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Speaker 1: And now it's time for a daily Bloomberg Law Brief,

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Speaker 1: a d R dot org. Today, Bloomberg Law host June

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Speaker 1: Grasso at Greg Story speak with Maryland Attorney General Brian

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Speaker 1: Frosh about why he is opposing President Donald Trump's executive

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Speaker 1: order on immigration in addition to signing the letter you

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Speaker 1: have tweeted condemning Trump's executive order. Explain why you and

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Speaker 1: the other a g s say it's illegal. Well, we

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Speaker 1: think it violates the Constitution. We think it's illegal, and

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Speaker 1: so far for United States, federal courts have agreed with

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Speaker 1: those positions. Beyond that, I think it's important to note

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Speaker 1: that these this order will not make us safe. It'll

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Speaker 1: make us less safe. Uh, it's great propaganda fodder for

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Speaker 1: for ISIS. On top of that, it's bad for American business.

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Speaker 1: The executive words will hurt American companies. It'll make us uncompetitive,

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Speaker 1: cost us jobs, and finally, you know, it'll cost us

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Speaker 1: millions and millions of dollars to carry out this folly. General,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't that long ago that Democrats are saying that

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Speaker 1: Republicans state attorneys general who were assuming the Obama administration

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Speaker 1: over immigration policy didn't have standing to sue. Now that

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Speaker 1: everyone served on the other side of this issue, what

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Speaker 1: business does a state have in taking on uh the

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Speaker 1: federal government and the president on immigration policy. The actions

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Speaker 1: that Trump administration has engaged in have harmed residents of Maryland,

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Speaker 1: They've harmed businesses in Maryland, and the state attorneys general

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Speaker 1: across the country though some some and not others have

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Speaker 1: parents patriarch authority to act on behalf of the citizens

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Speaker 1: and on behalf of the state in those instances, Maryland

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Speaker 1: happens to be one of the states that does not

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Speaker 1: have that common law authority, and that's why I say

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Speaker 1: we're seeking it from the General Assembly and the governor.

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Speaker 1: How do you view your role as attorney general in

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Speaker 1: this political environment we're in now. I think it's our

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Speaker 1: job to stand up for our people and our our

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Speaker 1: state to protect them from orders executive orders that either

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Speaker 1: exceed the president's authority or that harm our citizens and

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Speaker 1: are otherwise illegal. And that's Maryland Attorney General Brian frog

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Speaker 1: Spreak speaking with Bloomberg Law host June Grasso at Greg's Store.

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