These 8 Attorney-General Races Could Make A Big Difference To Trump’s Agenda

“State attorneys general have become nationally more important in a time of political gridlock, said James Tierney, a former attorney general of Maine and a lecturer at Harvard Law School. Apart from their ability to sue the federal government directly, there are other ways for AGs to influence policy — whether they believe the problem is federal overreach or underreach. They can, for example, limit how much state and local law enforcement officers cooperate with federal immigration agencies or step in to sue companies when they believe the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect citizens.”

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Nathaniel Rakich, “These 8 Attorney-General Races Could Make A Big Difference To Trump’s Agenda,” FiveThirtyEight, October 22, 2018.