An Educational Resource on the Office of State Attorney General
Going beyond the headlines to examine the often overlooked issues and cases that highlight the wide-ranging impact and role of state attorneys general.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court wisely stated decades ago that the powers of the state attorney general are not "exhaustively defined." Nowhere is this more true than when an AG utilizes his or her "power to convene" in order to make law enforcement work a little better. In this instance, the AG of Montana, far away from the headlines, convened a local forum of law enforcement and crime victims in order to enhance justice in his state.
StateAG.org offers in-depth analysis of the role of state attorneys general in the American legal system. It was founded by James E. Tierney, former Attorney General of Maine and a Lecturer at Harvard Law School where he also directs the Harvard Attorney General clinic. For thirteen years he was Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School.
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