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Selected Attorney General Opinions (2007 - 2019)
Links from packet below, where available:
Attorney General: Tobacco trust funds off limits to lawmakers
- Original: https://www.newson6.com/story/5e367bb32f69d76f6208e6d7/attorney-general:-tobacco-trust-funds-off-limits-to-lawmakers
- Archival: https://perma.cc/8MAH-KLYG
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
- No link available.
Attorney general: Use of funds from lottery unconstitutional
- Original: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/attorney-general-use-of-funds-from-lottery-unconstitutional
- Archival: https://perma.cc/M7V7-R2WG
How Can Gaithersburg Prevent Day Laborers From Gathering?
- No link available.
Attorney General won’t say whether governor not living in Governor’s Mansion violates law
- Original: https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/early-line/2008/apr/30/attorney-general-wont-say-whether-governor-not-liv/
- Archival: https://perma.cc/J8FS-WLGB
Attorney general: No funds for vouchersWeiers can't grant excess House Money for education, office says
Arizona Republic, Thursday, July 17, 2008
- No link available.
Tennessee AG says photo ID bill likely unconstitutional
- Original: https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2011/apr/13/tennessee-ag-says-photo-id-bill-likely-unconstitut/47304/ (must register to read)
- No archival link.
McKenna: Don't ask me about medical pot
- Original: https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/amp/McKenna-Don-t-ask-me-about-medical-pot-1372486.php
- Archival: https://perma.cc/2KNU-UWE8
AG declines request for formal opinion on Sioux nickname
- Original: https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2154776-ag-declines-request-formal-opinion-sioux-nickname
Archival: https://perma.cc/P94T-PW5W
Attorney general backs Lugar on residency
- No link available.
Attorney General declines to issue legal opinion on Price Lab
- Original: https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-attorney-general-declines-to-issue-legal-opinion-on-price-lab/article_8b094c86-78ec-11e1-a4e2-0019bb2963f4.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/UPK3-M2EG
Cuccinelli: Tax credits likened to school vouchers OK
- Original: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/cuccinelli-tax-credits-likened-to-school-vouchers-ok/2012/05/30/gJQAZwBp2U_blog.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/W99A-PH8G
Attorney General's office won't issue opinion on constitutionality of state budget
- Original: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_f8f94ce7-e81e-559b-a982-4f711556c180.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/PGA4-TQB2
Cities cannot mandate smoke-free parks, Oklahoma attorney general opinion rules
- Original: https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3754509/cities-cannot-mandate-smoke-free-parks-oklahoma-attorney-general-opinion-rules
- Archival: https://perma.cc/U7DM-AMDB
Tennessee attorney general says prohibiting U.N. election observers is 'constitutionally suspect'
- Original: https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/update-tennessee-attorney-general-says-prohibiting-u-n-election-observers-is-constitutionally-suspect/article_c611e2e8-1d08-5811-9078-c862e6812719.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/C4XY-P5WD
Attorney General: Bryant can't run Medicaid by executive order
- No link available.
Longer version of same story:
AG Jim Hood issues non-binding opinion that governor can't run Medicaid by executive order
- Original: https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/06/ag_jim_hood_issues_non-binding.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/8PFA-PZHW
Ark. AG: Schools can't arm teachers, staff
- Original: https://katv.com/archive/ark-ag-schools-cant-arm-teachers-staff
- Archival: https://perma.cc/MY33-78PW
State AG: Public health districts must offer birth control, abortion
- Original: https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/08/21/public-health-districts-must-offer-contraception-abortion-services-ag/
- Archival: https://perma.cc/9BA8-D9KB
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
- Original: https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article1128596.html (A slightly longer version)
- No archival link available
Attorney General: Funds Transfer Unconstitutional
- Original: https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/attorney-general-funds-transfer-unconstitutional#stream/0
- Archival: https://perma.cc/XC3A-ZT2E
Attorney general withdraws opinion sought by prosecutors who oppose pot legalization proposal
- No link available.
Christie doesn't have to disclose gifts from friends, N.J. Attorney General's Office says
- No link available.
Attorney general can’t amend university firearm policy
- Original: https://oanow.com/news/attorney-general-can-t-amend-university-firearm-policy/article_d10fd9a6-371c-11e5-b85a-235f6f650921.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/C2H9-V2SS
Same-sex couples can commit adultery too, attorney general says
- Original: https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-md-adultery-opinion-20150813-story.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/S7N3-NTVA
Va. Republican demands opinion on transgender issues from attorney general
- Original: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-republican-demands-opinion-on-transgender-issues-from-attorney-general/2016/04/20/7c7716cc-0708-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
- No archival link available
Virginia attorney general: State law allows cities to remove some Confederate monuments [DG: Slightly different title - same article]
- Original: https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/virginia-attorney-general-state-law-allows-cities-to-remove-some-confederate-monuments/article_48d73268-5191-5a48-9638-60e830ecd226.html
- Archival: https://perma.cc/A6RW-W9LV
Attorney General William Tong Okays Captive Audience Bill; May Face Court Challenge if Passed
- Original: https://yankeeinstitute.org/2019/05/20/attorney-general-william-tong-okays-captive-audience-bill-may-face-court-challenge-if-passed/
- Archival: https://perma.cc/Y6FJ-GFDF
Nessel: Civil rights panel not bound by ex-AG’s LGBT opinion
- Original: https://apnews.com/article/334788bf1d6b40fabc4179acfd1e81a7
- No archival link available
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