Attorneys general

Public nuisance Public nuisance is the interference with the lawful activities of Her Majesty s subjects or a substantial section of them. One person cannot suffer a public nuisance. Public nuisance is a crime and is actionable by the Attorney General or (under Section 2.2.2 of the Local Government Act 1972) by the local authority. There is no prescriptive right to commit a public nuisance. 

According to O Brien, the Mellon banking family, which was Senator Byrd s endowment of the arts largest contributor. This member would be referred to as the "Governor." He would later become Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Attorney General, Dick Thornburgh. 

Royal Commission,Report of the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines (J.M. Ham, F.R. Hume, C.C. Gray, A.L. Gladstone, J. Beaudry, E.A. Perry, R.P. Riggin, eds), Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario, Canada (1976). 

The following summary of cocaine preparation and trade was prepared by the California State Attorney General in 1973.)... 

National Association of Attorneys General. (1993). Orkin Unsubstantiated safety claims for pesticides. National Association of Attorneys General, Consumer Protection Report 32. Washington, D.C. NAAG. 

Reeve VC Marijuana and alcohol a driver performance study, final report. California Office of Traffic Safety Project 087902. California Department of Justice Report, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento,... 

The Attorney General has power to subject immigrants to indefinite detention or deportation even if no crime has been committed (Sect. 411 and 412). 

State and local public universities are mandated to collect information on students that may be of interest to the Attorney General (Sect. 507 and 508). 

To add to the legal turmoil, in May 2001 U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft announced that the Justice Department would essentially adopt the individual rights approach to the Second Amendment, while at the same time saying that it would not challenge any existing federal gun laws. 

Besides the guns themselves, gun records also became the subject of confrontation. The U.S. attorney general, John Ashcroft, has refused to allow records from firearms back ound checks to be used by terrorism investigators. New York senator Charles Schumer (a prominent gun control advocate) has argued that every day the FBI is barred from using this [back ound check] information, the investigatory trail grows colder. 

January 17 At his confirmation hearing, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft reiterates the Bush administration s support for extending the ban on assault weapons when it comes up for renewal. 

May 17 In a letter to NRA chief lobbyist James Jay Baker, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announces a radical shift in Justice Department policy in which it will accept the individual rights theory of the Second Amendment. However, subsequent statements imply that the Justice Department will not seek to overturn any existing federal firearms laws on Second Amendment grounds. 

Criminal Back ound Check System) for criminal and antiterrorist prosecutions in addition to its intended use for checking gun buyers. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft opposes such measures, however. 

Metaksa, Tanya K. Constitutional Quake Rocks California Gun Ban. American Rifleman, vol. 146, May 1998, p. 44. Reports on a California district court decision that prevents the state attorney general from adding new firearms to the state assault weapons ban. The court said the existing procedure was arbitrary and failed to provide due process. 

A chief law enforcement officer to whom a transferor has provided notice pursuant to paragraph (l)(A)(i)(III) shall make a reasonable effort to ascertain within 5 business days whether receipt or possession would be in violation of the law, including research in whatever State and local recordkeeping systems are available and in a national system designated by the Attorney General. 

AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN OEEICIAL INFORMATION.— Notwithstanding any other law, the Attorney General may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States such information on persons for whom receipt of a firearm would violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code or State law, as is necessary to enable the system to operate in accordance with this section. On request of the Attorney General, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the system. 

OTHER AUTHORITY.— The Attorney General shall develop such computer software, design and obtain such telecommunications and computer hardware, and employ such personnel, as are necessary to establish and operate the system in accordance with this section. 

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