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The Role of the State Attorney General
Resource 13 . 4

Selected Attorney General Opinions (2007 - 2019)

James E. Tierney

Links from packet below, where available:

Attorney General: Tobacco trust funds off limits to lawmakers

 

Editorial: All-day kindergarten costs money; legislature must figure out whose

  • No link available.

 

Attorney General Opinion Rules Parole Board Cannot Commute Parole-Ineligible Sentences To Parole Eligible

  • No link available.

 

Attorney General: Gay couples can adopt children in Tennessee

  • No link available.

 

LIV: Phil Power: Cox's anti-immigrant move falls flat

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Attorney general: Use of funds from lottery unconstitutional

 

How Can Gaithersburg Prevent Day Laborers From Gathering?

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Attorney General won’t say whether governor not living in Governor’s Mansion violates law

 

Attorney general: No funds for vouchersWeiers can't grant excess House Money for education, office says

Arizona Republic, Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Tennessee AG says photo ID bill likely unconstitutional

 

McKenna: Don't ask me about medical pot

 

AG declines request for formal opinion on Sioux nickname

 

Attorney general backs Lugar on residency

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Attorney General declines to issue legal opinion on Price Lab

 

Cuccinelli: Tax credits likened to school vouchers OK

 

Attorney General's office won't issue opinion on constitutionality of state budget

 

Cities cannot mandate smoke-free parks, Oklahoma attorney general opinion rules

 

Tennessee attorney general says prohibiting U.N. election observers is 'constitutionally suspect'

 

Attorney General: Bryant can't run Medicaid by executive order

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Longer version of same story:

AG Jim Hood issues non-binding opinion that governor can't run Medicaid by executive order

 

Ark. AG: Schools can't arm teachers, staff

 

State AG: Public health districts must offer birth control, abortion

 

Attorney general: Governor overstepped authority in stopping capital projects Martinez blocked $13.5 million in funding for construction work statewide By Milan Simonich Texas-NewMexico Newspapers

  • No link available.

 

Kansas AG: Guns OK in some polling places

 

Attorney General: Funds Transfer Unconstitutional

 

Attorney general withdraws opinion sought by prosecutors who oppose pot legalization proposal

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Christie doesn't have to disclose gifts from friends, N.J. Attorney General's Office says

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Attorney general can’t amend university firearm policy

 

Same-sex couples can commit adultery too, attorney general says



Va. Republican demands opinion on transgender issues from attorney general

 

Virginia attorney general: State law allows cities to remove some Confederate monuments [DG: Slightly different title - same article]

 

Attorney General William Tong Okays Captive Audience Bill; May Face Court Challenge if Passed

 

Nessel: Civil rights panel not bound by ex-AG’s LGBT opinion

Selected Attorney General Opinions (2007 - 2019)

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