we have checks and balances built into the federal system. certainly congress has a role here, but let s look at what we mean when we think about things like the mortgage crisis of a few years ago. it was state attorneys generals who stepped forward to take on some of those terrible predatory abuses that really wrecked the economy. congress may pass laws, but at the end of the day it is up to either the department of justice or state attorneys generals to enforce those laws. they are not self-executing. if the federal government refuses to enforce laws that are there to protect consumers, workers, investors, students, you name it, protect our civil rights, then the role of a state attorney general becomes that much more important because day in and day out, our job is to represent people, the interests of our states, and to make sure that the laws are followed. so if president-elect trump does what he promises about obamacare as in repeal it on day one, what will your office do?