Comments on: State AGs for hire on environmental activism

By: jimc5499

jimc5499 — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:19:14 +0000

In reply to Wfjag. This is where asset forfeiture comes into play.State Attorney Generals, District Attorneys and Police Departments have a revenue stream coming in that is not controlled by Legislatures and other elected officials. This allows them to pretty much do what they want.

By: Wfjag

Wfjag — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:59:12 +0000

Silly me. I thought that the Legislature controlled the budget. If a former NYC Mayor gets to hire and direct the work of states’ AG Office attorneys, cannot all other special interest groups do the same?

By: jdgalt

jdgalt — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 22:03:18 +0000

I’m all for allowing private prosecution if the same access is given to all groups that want to pursue it and are willing to pay the lawyers involved. (I would expect this to work like private prosecution societies in the UK, which still exist.) Other groups that might benefit from such access include CEI itself, ACLU, IJ, Judicial Watch, and many like them.

I hope that such access will lead to the reexamination, and hopefully the repeal, of all forms of immunity from prosecution, whether given to prosecutors, cops, judges, or legislators. Any law that we’re going to have should apply to everybody and be prosecutable by anyone harmed, even indirectly, by a violation.