{"id":"DUT-CT-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Attorney General William Tong (Office of the Attorney General, press release)","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-125 (the Attorney General as the State\u0027s legal officer); statement on the Governor\u0027s authority under the emergency declarations","instrument":"Attorney General Tong Statement in Support of the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders (Apr. 20, 2020)","title":"Attorney General Tong Statement in Support of the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20 (public statement of the State\u0027s legal officer)","end":"n/a (statement)","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally (statement addressed to the public and to challengers of the orders)"],"clause":"Our Constitution is unambiguous—the Governor has broad authority to protect Connecticut families during a public health emergency. His executive orders have been both lawful and justified and I am behind him 150 percent.","enforcement":"none (statement); the release also cites Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-234 on price gouging during the declared emergency","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s chief legal officer\u0027s public statement, one month into the emergency, that the Governor\u0027s executive orders were lawful and would be defended; the office thereafter defended the orders in Amato (Ex. DUT-CT-007) and Casey (Ex. DUT-CT-011) and prevailed in both. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (Attorney General statement).","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2020-press-releases/attorney-general-tong-statement-in-support-of-the-governors-executive-orders","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210728141544/https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Press-Releases/2020-Press-Releases/Attorney-General-Tong-Statement-in-Support-of-the-Governors-Executive-Orders","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":284877,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-013","citation":"Attorney General William Tong (Office of the Attorney General, press release), Attorney General Tong Statement in Support of the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CT-013)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-007","DUT-CT-011"]}