Roving Bandits: A Discussion with Paul Nolette on the Power Wielded by State Attorneys General

Summary: Paul Nolette comes to Liberty Law Talk to discuss his book Federalism on Trial, which demonstrates how state attorneys general quietly became significant national policymakers. What was once a rather staid position in state government has become the source of entirely new regimes of conduct impressed on companies and industries. Incredible evidence of this legal revolution can be seen in the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry, which, courtesy of the attorneys general, sent $200 billion to the states and negotiated an entirely new cartel for the industry without a single vote in Congress.<br> <br> While some attorneys general have challenged…<a class="moretag" href="http://www.libertylawsite.org/2015/04/15/roving-bandits-a-discussion-with-paul-nolette-on-the-power-wielded-by-state-attorneys-general/">Read More</a>