AGs Ask Congress to Adequately Fund Legal Services Corporation
NAAG is calling on Congress to provide robust funding for the Legal Services Corporation which provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. Letters were sent to House and Senate leadership.
Attorneys General Ask for Simple Amendment to Federal Law to Fight Sex Trafficking
Federal enforcement alone has proved insufficient to stem the growth in online promotion of child sex trafficking. Those on the front lines of the battle against the sexual exploitation of children — state and local law enforcement — must have the clear authority to investigate and prosecute facilitators of these and other horrible crimes.
Evidentiary Foundations for Government Attorneys Manual
The Evidentiary Foundations for Government Attorneys manual from the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute equips litigators with a greater understanding of the process of laying proper and sufficient evidentiary foundations. Containing over 200 pages and covering more than 80 examples, the manual gives users much more than simple question lists. Each foundation provides…
Letter to ABA Supporting Proposed Standards Relating to Postconviction Remedies
We, too, have deep concerns over the sweeping changes to established law and practice that the proposed Standards advocate. And we join in our colleagues’ concern about the impact these Standards would have on the finality of criminal convictions and the interests of crime victims.
NAAG Endorses First Step Act
As our jurisdictions’ Attorneys General, public safety and the faithful execution of the law fall squarely on our shoulder. Constituents hold us uniquely accountable for ensuring our communities provide a safe place to work and raise a family. To that end, we have supported legislation that strongly punishes criminal conduct while making sure people exiting prison pose less of a threat than when they entered.
AGs Ask Congress to Support Legal Services Corporation Funding
For more than 40 years, LSC funding has helped veterans and military families secure important benefits, supported survivors of domestic violence, and assisted families facing foreclosure, victims of natural disasters, seniors and disabled Americans. Today it is also an essential support for rural and low-income Americans, as well as families affected by opioids and addiction.
State AGs Endorse CLOUD Act
The Act both confirms law enforcement’s ability to obtain probable-caused-based warrants for electronic communications stored abroad and creates a clear avenue for service providers to challenge an SCA warrant that targets a foreign person and which would require a provider to violate foreign law.
56 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Adopt Key Changes to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a bipartisan letter today signed by 56 state and territory attorneys general urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families. Specifically, America’s Attorneys General want Congress to…
The Evolving Debate Over Batson’s Procedures for Peremptory Challenges
This article considers the procedures for obtaining a fair and representative jury, specifically the procedures established in Batson v. Kentucky, and then discusses proposals to strengthen steps one, two, and/or three of those procedures.
“Lawful Investigative Activities,” Pretext, and Rule 8.4(c) of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct
There are important considerations to ensure a lawyer’s oversight complies with local ethics rules. This article addresses Colorado’s rule and provides practical considerations for lawyers to consider in conducting their own such investigations.
