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Every lawsuit my team has filed against the Trump Administration has been important. They each say something about who we are as a people: that we will stand up for the Constitution, basic decency, and fundamental American values. This month, my office challenged the Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border — a rogue, cruel and unconstitutional policy that must be stopped. Earlier in June, we filed suit against major tech companies for breaking our state campaign finance laws. Whether I’m bringing a case against multinational companies violating our state laws or unlawful, unconstitutional policies at the border, my goal is always to defend the state and protect Washingtonians. In this issue:
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Sincerely,
Bob Ferguson |
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Challenging President Trump’s family separation policy The Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border is not just unconstitutional. It’s inhumane and cruel. My office led a coalition of 18 states in challenging the policy, arguing that splitting up families at the border violates the Constitution and federal asylum laws. I’ve asked the judge to accelerate our case. We collected nearly one hundred declarations describing the harmful effects of separating children from their parents. This included declarations from parents themselves and interviews with some of the detained children. Their stories are gut-wrenching. These families deserve justice as quickly as possible. The Trump Administration’s policy continues to harm thousands of parents and their children. It violates fundamental American values. I will keep fighting to end it.
The Seattle Times The Spokesman-Review KUOW KING 5 |
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Holding Facebook and Google accountable Washington state law requires commercial advertisers to be transparent about who is buying political advertising. This applies to all advertisers, from small-town papers and TV stations to large corporations. In early June, my office filed suit against Facebook and Google for not providing legally required information about Washington state political advertising. According to documents filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission, in the last decade, Washington candidates and political committees reported about $3.4 million in payments to Facebook and $1.5 million to Google related to advertising. Under Washington law, the companies must disclose where that money is coming from. The information advertisers are legally required to collect includes:
However, Facebook and Google were not providing this information. For example, Eli Sanders, the associate editor of The Stranger, hand-delivered a letter to both companies’ Seattle offices requesting information on 2017 municipal election political advertising, but neither company provided him any of the legally required information. Washingtonians deserve to know who is paying for political advertisements that come up on their news feeds.
The Seattle Times The Stranger Geekwire |
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