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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:53 Written by rslcpol Friday, 22 January 2010 12:28
From Capitol Watch:
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz Wednesday followed through with her intention, stated last week, to formally request a legal opinion from state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal as to whether she meets the state’s statutory qualifications to run for attorney general herself.
Her request fuels an existing controversy over whether she has accumulated “at least 10 years’ active practice at the bar of this state” – which is what state law requires Connecticut’s attorney general to have. The controversy erupted last week, almost as soon as Bysiewicz declared her candidacy for attorney general – the office to which Blumenthal is not seeking re-election as he runs for the U.S. Senate.
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