Eric Schneiderman, the Jewish New York state attorney general, is leading the legal barrage against President Trump.
Since the election, he has been busy attacking Trump in a near daily barrage of lawsuits, statements, tweets and news conferences.
Schneiderman was among the litigants who got the courts to stay one of Trump’s first major executive orders, which temporarily banned entry into the U.S. by refugees as well as travelers from seven Muslim majority countries.
Schneiderman is a leading figure among the assorted activists, influencers, lawmakers and lawyers who have united to undercut, contain and combat President Trump.
Shneiderman is proud of his Jewish roots and recently told JTA that “My work for justice is very much grounded in what I see as the Jewish tradition’s commitment to justice,”