Legislators in several states have passed, or are considering, laws to push back against the federal government’s overreach under the second Trump administration. These statues are modeled off of older laws in Maine and California.

This Maine Lawsuit is Testing the Boundaries of Suing Federal Immigration Agents - BoltsFederal law makes it very difficult to file lawsuits against federal officers, but some states have adopted their own laws to give people a so-called cause of action to sue.boltsmag.org