West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s op-ed in the April 16th Washington Examiner provides a starting point for a nationwide discussion. The discussion should not concern Morrisey’s latest longshot lawsuit against the Obama administration, but rather the way attorneys general like him use litigation as a political platform.

Morrisey’s methods are likely to be cheered by some in the short run, but they are debasing a critical office with litigation that is publicity-seeking, partisan and worst of all, frivolous.

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