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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 07:12 AM Apr 2019

Iowa GOP lawmakers approve limit to attorney general powers

Power mad fucks

Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have passed a bill limiting the powers of the state’s attorney general, citing frustration that the Democrat joined lawsuits opposing the actions of President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Tom Miller says the bill approved Wednesday makes Iowa the first state to limit the attorney general to such an extreme and he’ll consider a lawsuit to challenge it.

It requires Miller to get permission from the governor, executive council or legislature to pursue out-of-state lawsuits.

The Senate approved a state justice system budget 32-18 that included the limit on the attorney general’s action. The restriction was added late in the session with no committee hearings. It passed in the House 54-45 on Tuesday.
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Iowa GOP lawmakers approve limit to attorney general powers (Original Post) 47of74 Apr 2019 OP
Republicans are so predictable Phoenix61 Apr 2019 #1
And Miller is doing what the people who voted him in wanted him to do. 47of74 Apr 2019 #2
Thank Dog we still have Tom Miller. progressoid Apr 2019 #3

Phoenix61

(17,044 posts)
1. Republicans are so predictable
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 10:16 AM
Apr 2019

When they think they might be losing the game they change the rules. My special education elementary school children have a more developed sense of ethics.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
2. And Miller is doing what the people who voted him in wanted him to do.
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:11 AM
Apr 2019

He's not Governor Reynolds personal lawyer. Ugh.

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