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The Legal & Political Importance of State Attorneys General - UCLA Law School - Fall 2022

State Attorney General Opinions

All State Attorneys General have the authority to issue formal opinions. They provide advice on issues large and small to government actors, from municipalities up to the Governor and are widely disseminated to the public. This section reviews that authority, and the factors that go into when, and when not, to issue an Attorney General opinion. The Chapter includes a series of hypotheticals in which students will be asked to vote on whether or not an opinion should issue.