Letitia James, New York state’s Trump-obsessed attorney general, is fond of saying “No one is above the law.” Virtually her entire campaign was based on a “Get Trump for anything” theme, and she brought a legally dubious real estate fraud suit against him when there were no victims, and the banks involved all said they would continue to do business with him. The fine slapped on the Trump Organization by obviously biased Judge Arthur Engoron, almost half a billion dollars, was so excessive that an appeals court threw it out in August.

That’s how Letitia James operates, by skating on the edges of ethical conduct and bullying those she perceives as ideological enemies.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that a school board chair in the Empire State is suing the AG for allegedly threatening to remove board members who dared to differ from the progressive (lunatic) line on men in women’s sports.

The alleged threats came in a "guidance letter" [from James] that warned of the removal of any school board member who uses the wrong pronoun for a trans person, or if they allow students to publicly speak out at school board meetings about their fears and discomfort with student trans athletes using the wrong locker room for their biological sex. 

A plaintiff in the suit, Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James' office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls' locker rooms and sports.

Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James' office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls' locker rooms and sports.

— Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) December 9, 2025

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Wachter says James’ intimidation tactics are meant to silence her and others:

"They're saying if we allow this discussion in our board meetings, she can come in and remove us from the board," Wachter told Fox News Digital. "They want me to stop public comment and stop them from speaking."

Wachter added that trans students were not being directly named in any board meetings, and conversations were only based around the feelings and concerns of female students.

James wrote that school board members can be removed when “they willfully neglect their duty or violate legal protections for students in their districts,” adding that the state's Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) bars harassment and bullying. 

2023. Letitia James: No matter how powerful you are...no one is above the law. pic.twitter.com/7RI7F3UOCA

— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 9, 2025

However, Southeastern Legal Foundation Attorney Kim Hermann has a reminder for Letitia. There’s something called the First Amendment:

"The First Amendment here reigns true, and so whether or not you have these state laws, a state cannot come in and just erase the First Amendment out of the Constitution," Hermann said. "Whether or not statements and discussions about transgender and these different policies actually violate those state laws is absolutely irrelevant for what we're talking about in this lawsuit.

James has proven repeatedly that she is a partisan bully who will politicize her powers and use her office to “get” people she doesn’t care for. Let’s hope this lawsuit has some legs.

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