Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge applauds the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision to reject the frivolous lawsuit filed by political opponents questioning her constitutional duty to protect and educate Arkansans from con artists and an overreaching federal government. The Court held that Attorney General Rutledge’s litigation and consumer-education efforts challenged by this lawsuit were legal. The Justices reversed every claim against the Attorney General before the Supreme Court and effectively ordered the circuit court to dismiss what remains.

“While I am pleased as Arkansas’s chief legal officer that the Supreme Court rejected this frivolous stunt of a lawsuit by my political opponents, I am frustrated that my office was forced to spend precious resources defending our lawful duty to carry out our statutory job responsibilities,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “For the last seven and half years, my office has held bad businesses accountable, taken legal actions against the federal government’s illegal mandates, and assisted hundreds of thousands of Arkansans who reached out in need. The Supreme Court’s decision has major implications for every officeholder in the State, and I’m proud of my team for this victory.”