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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nFor some reason, the State of California announced today that they hired former US Attorney General Eric Holder “Girding for four years of potential battles with President-elect Donald J. Trump” says the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n [Kevin de Le\u00f3n, the Democratic leader of the Senate] said he expected California to challenge Washington \u2014 and defend itself from policies instituted in Washington \u2014 on issues including the environment, immigration and criminal justice. He said California Democrats decided to turn to Mr. Holder as they watched Mr. Trump assemble his cabinet and begin to set the tone for his presidency.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very clear that it wasn\u2019t just campaign rhetoric,\u201d Mr. de Le\u00f3n said of Mr. Trump\u2019s proposals over the past year. \u201cHe was surrounding himself with people who are a very clear and present danger to the economic prosperity of California.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I wonder how he got the phrase “the economic prosperity of California” out of his mouth without a chortle.<\/p>\n The Legislature has an ample stable of lawyers on staff, but officials said Mr. Holder and his firm brought specific litigation and political skills that could be needed in the coming years. Mr. de Le\u00f3n said the final compensation for the firm had not been set, but would be publicly disclosed once it was.<\/p>\n \u201cThe cost will be very minimal compared to the billions of dollars at stake if California doesn\u2019t adequately make its case,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, California has quite a surplus to toss around to fund extra lawyers. According to the California Debt Clock<\/a>, they’re already more than $450 billion in the hole, so throwing a few billion at Holder won’t hurt much. In case Mr Deleon, hadn’t noticed, Holder worked for Obama and Obama is leaving town in 2017 taking with him any influence that Holder might have. Unless California wants to get into the gun-running business, like Leland Yee, former California State Senator, current Federal prisoner, Holder won’t be of much help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"