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California Attorney General's Office is Unethical, Court Proclaims

Law professor Shaun Martin found this disturbing language from an opinion issued today:"While it is clear that this case was not moot at the time of our decision, we feel constrained to comment on the circumstances surrounding the Director?s bringing this ?new? law to our attention. AB 1183 became effective on September 30, 2008, yet the Director waited more than a year to file the instant motion. Though we heard argument in Independent Living on February 18, 2009, just ten days before the new rate reductions were to end, the Director said nothing about the pending termination. The Director now ?regrets? the delay in bringing this issue to our attention and asserts that counsel did not become aware of it until preparing a ?potential? petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 21, 2009 (boomark / email).