James E. Tierney is the former Attorney General of Maine, a Lecturer at Harvard Law School, and founder of StateAG, an educational resource on the role of State Attorneys General. https://www.stateag.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/stateag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stateag.bsky.social/post/3lk264w5rp22p“[K]eeping North Carolina out of multistate lawsuits wouldn’t damage efforts to challenge Trump orders. But it could have a major impact if North Carolina doesn’t push back over policies that target the state specifically.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/07/nation/north-carolina-republicans-trump-agenda/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/07/nation/north-carolina-republicans-trump-agenda/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results10 Mar 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ffkn4dgfifgtcd3xpgxrxvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk264w5rp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/stateag.bsky.social/post/3lfgkntpi2s2x“‘The AG must first serve the American people and justice,’ said James Tierney… ‘She can never serve the personal interests of the president or others seeking favors from him.’” Eric Lipton & Kate Kelly, “A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to AG Pick…,” NYTimes, Jan. 8, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general-lobbyist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oU4.BDlP.TogNJXlImQuO&smid=url-share11 Jan 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:3ffkn4dgfifgtcd3xpgxrxvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgkntpi2s2x