The state attorneys general meet each Spring in Washington, D.C., for the annual meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General. I had the opportunity to attend in 2007, when then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke to the group one afternoon as the U.S. Attorneys scandal was still unfolding.
This year, Attorney General Eric Holder attended, and stateline.org, a program of the Pew Charitable Trusts that I’ve added to the blogroll, had this report about Holder’s meeting with the attorneys general:
State attorneys general, who this month attended their first meeting with new U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, say they are hopeful they can forge better relations with Washington, D.C., on environmental protection, sex offender policy and other subjects that became state-federal battlegrounds during the Bush administration.In interviews with Stateline.org during and after their annual meeting in the nation’s capital March 2-4 — where Holder delivered a speech and fielded questions — state attorneys general of both parties said there were early signs that the Obama administration is working to improve relations in several areas of interest to the states.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found