NOW's piece "A Justice for All" gives a glimpse of the legal precedent setting power of state attorneys general. These men and women are the highest legal officials in each state. It's a position that is likely to grow in importance as the nation's Supreme Court, increasingly pro-states' rights, is expected to send a greater number of decisions back to the states for judgment.

State attorneys general are also the front line in consumer protection. A visit to your state's Web site will help you access important information about fraud, identity theft and no-call programs. Many state sites have special areas to help protect younger citizens. Visit South Dakota's Child Abduction Amber Alert Site and Virginia's Safe Surfin' page dedicated teaching kids about online safety to learn more. In the role as guardians of the public interest, several attorneys general are responsible for the massive tobacco awards now propping up state coffers. And, just last year, New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed, and won, a landmark suit against several large Wall Street firms accused of corporate malfeasance.

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