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To: patriciaruth
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 5 EXECUTIVE

SEC. 13. Subject to the powers and duties of the Governor, the Attorney General shall be the chief law officer of the State. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced. The Attorney General shall have direct supervision over every district attorney and sheriff and over such other law enforcement officers as may be designated by law, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their respective offices, and may require any of said officers to make reports concerning the investigation, detection, prosecution, and punishment of crime in their respective jurisdictions as to the Attorney General may seem advisable. Whenever in the opinion of the Attorney General any law of the State is not being adequately enforced in any county, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute any violations of law of which the superior court shall have jurisdiction, and in such cases the Attorney General shall have all the powers of a district attorney. When required by the public interest or directed by the Governor, the Attorney General shall assist any district attorney in the discharge of the duties of that office.

Also pretty clear, the AG works for the Governor. If the AG doesn't do what he's told move on the the assistant AG, etc. etc.

77 posted on 02/21/2004 11:24:21 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
I think the greatest FReep of all would be for us to show up with animals and insist on being married.
87 posted on 02/21/2004 11:26:14 PM PST by patriciaruth
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To: jwalsh07
"When required by the public interest or directed by the Governor, the Attorney General shall assist any district attorney in the discharge of the duties of that office"

This last sentence is interesting. The Governor and "direct" the AG to assist a DA. If so, then why can't the Governor "direct" the AG to do other things as well ..?? Sec 13 begins with: "Subject to the powers and duties of the Governor", the AG shall. Looks like to have to find out exactly what the "powers and duties" are.
297 posted on 02/22/2004 1:43:37 AM PST by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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