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Quelling political barbs directed at her lawyer qualifications, Susan Bysiewicz announced today that she's seeking a legal opinion on her eligibility to run for Attorney General. She announced via an email to supporters, "I have filed suit for a Declaratory Ruling in the Hartford Superior Court as to the state's legal requirements for the office of Attorney General." That's a reversal from her earlier statements. Connecticut state law requires that a candidate for attorney general be "an attorney of at least ten years' active practice at the bar of this state." The definition of "active practice at the bar of this state" is what's at stake here. And no, the bar is not a local watering hole but one of those legal terms tossed about for distinguishing the language of lawyers from that of regular people. A literal interpretation would be that the law wants ten year's practice in a court room. Bysiewicz maintains that her service as Secretary of State counts, even though she has ticked off checkboxes on forms indicating that she has not been practicing law.
The attorney general slot is not uncontested. Former Senate Majority Leader and Ned Lamont campaign chairman George Jepsen and State Rep. Cameron Staples are also seeking the Democratic nomination.
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