Attorneys General are supposed to enforce the rule of law. They are not supposed to use lawsuits to achieve policy outcomes not enacted by the legislature. They are not supposed to pick targets that are politically unpopular and then try to find some hammer with which to attack them. They are not supposed to transform perfectly sensible business practices into “fraud.” They are not supposed to use lawsuits as a vehicle for political advancement.
It is obvious that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has forgotten these basics, as evidenced by her recent lawsuit filed against ExxonMobil. She makes four allegations.
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