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Slatery: Proposed Amendment Would Make State AG a ‘Political Office’

Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 19, 2021

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery on Monday criticized a proposed ballot initiative that would require the state AG be confirmed by state lawmakers after being selected by the Supreme Court, the Associated Press reports. Speaking to the Nashville Rotary Club, Slatery said it “would be a shame” to make the position a “political office.” Slatery said the measure would allow involvement by companies under investigation by the attorney general’s office and worried could leave the attorney general position empty for months due to when annual legislative sessions take place. “Legislators will then be lobbied and the Supreme Court would have to say, ‘Instead of the top lawyer, we’ve got to be sure, we’ve got to get somebody who can actually be confirmed, that the legislators will like,’” Slatery said. The amendment would also cut the AG’s term from eight to six years.

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