From Competitive Enterprise Institute:

Washington, D.C., July 22, 2010 – The worst state attorneys general in the country abuse the power of their office for political ends, a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute finds.

“In recent years, many state attorneys have increasingly usurped the roles of state legislatures and Congress by using lawsuits to impose interstate and national regulations and extract money from out-of-state defendants who have little voice in a state’s political processes,” explains Hans Bader, author of the CEI Issue Analysis, The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General.

Six state attorneys general comprise the worst-in-the-nation list:

1. Jerry Brown, California
2. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
3. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma
4. Patrick Lynch, Rhode Island
5. Darrell McGraw, West Virginia
6. William Sorrell, Vermont

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