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Professor Gillers said that shifting standards for the conduct of attorneys general would harm the rule of law, especially if Mr. Blanche’s successors followed his example.
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Professor Gillers stated that shifting standards for the conduct of attorneys general would harm the rule of law.
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Professor Gillers
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{
    "topic": "Conduct of attorneys general",
    "speaker": "Professor Gillers",
    "statement": "Shifting standards would harm the rule of law"
}
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US Politics Justice Department Law Ethics
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Created
September 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM (3 weeks ago)
Last Updated
September 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM (3 weeks ago)

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Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/todd-blanche-doj-midterm-elections.html

Attorney General Todd Blanche has repeatedly participated in campaign events and spoken in partisan terms about the coming midterm elections, despite criticism that he violated a longstanding Justice Department principle of steering clear of electoral politics. This behavior breaks an ethical norm going back to Watergate.

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