The election for Illinois’ attorney general comes at a dramatic legal moment

“James Tierney, a lecturer at Harvard Law School and former attorney general of Maine, said attorneys general races are particularly important now, when the U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that are rapidly changing the legal landscape of the United States.

Tierney said attorneys general have unique authority to make arguments in front of the Supreme Court, and as a lawyer for the people of the state, attorneys general have discretion in how they enforce laws and which cases they pursue.

’This is a dramatic moment in the development of the office of attorney general. Who your attorney general is, is going to significantly impact the lives of all the people of Illinois. They may not know it, but it will.’”

Shannon Heffernan, “The election for Illinois’ attorney general comes at a dramatic legal moment,” WBEZ Chicago, October 12, 2022.