Ellison warns of democracy backslide under Trump administration

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a June 4 interview that states serve as a sovereign bulwark against federal power grabs, according to the Minnesota Reformer. Ellison said he and other Democratic attorneys general prepared for President Donald Trump’s second term by studying Project 2025 and organizing legal responses in advance. After the Office of Management and Budget froze distribution of certain federal funds, the group filed suit the next day. The attorneys general have filed more than two dozen lawsuits in five months. Ellison criticized recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and warned, “We are a whisper away from Jim Crow.” Despite this, he expressed optimism that even conservative justices may resist executive overreach.