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Maine is the only state to select its attorney general in such a manner; [2] in 2023 a group of state Republicans called for the Attorney General to be selected by popular vote, though no action was taken on the proposal. [3] The powers of the Attorney General are derived from the Maine Revised Statues Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 9.
Maine is one of the states which prohibits the legislature from chartering corporations. This is dealt with in Article IV part Third Sections 13 and 14. Section 13 Special legislation. The Legislature shall, from time to time, provide, as far as practicable, by general laws, for all matters usually appertaining to special or private legislation.
In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general is appointed by the governor. [1] The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. [1] [2] In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term. [1] [2]
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) this week announced a lawsuit against major oil companies and their top lobbying group, alleging they knowingly concealed the role of fossil fuels in climate ...
(The Center Square) — Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed a lawsuit against a handful of major oil companies, alleging they have "deceived" the state for decades about the role fossil ...
Portrait of Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Frederick Alton Powers. Frederick Alton Powers (June 19, 1855 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 13, 1923) [1] was Attorney General of Maine from 1893 to 1897 and a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from January 2, 1900 to 1907.
In separate legal actions, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine sued the Trump administration over its executive order on Monday to rescind birthright ...
A Democrat, he first entered politics in 1992 as a member of the Maine House of Representatives. In 1998, he became the 94th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, serving until he was term-limited from the House in 2000. [3] In 2001, Rowe was elected as the 54th Maine Attorney General, serving eight years in that position.