There are 50 states. There 50 sets of qualifications for State offices. The United States Attorney General is a member of the President's cabinet. He is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Other than being an adult US citizen there is no other legal qualification.
There is no law that states that the Attorney General must be an attorney.
One would think that they would have to be an attorney, but there is such qualification on the position. The Attorney General of The United States is a member of the President's Cabinet and the President can name ANYONE they wish to the post.
Only three states, plus D.C., appoint the attorney general. See http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/rpt/2003-R-0231.htm
In the United States, the Attorney General is a cabinet level position. The Attorney General is in charge of the US Justice Department.
The attorney general is the head of the United States Department of Justice.
The Unites States Attorney General is a Cabinet member and therefore has a salary of $191,300 (as of 2008.)
As of January 2011, Eric Holder is the Attorney General of the United States.
The US Attorney General is a member of the president's cabinet and is the main legal adviser for the government. The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice and the chief law enforcement officer for the United States government.
A. Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General who led raids on suspected communists. He was Attorney General from 1919 to 1921.
Yes, the singular is Attorney General, the plural is Attorneys General. It is usual to have just one attorney advising an administration, this person would be that administration's Attorney General. However a number of administrations (eg the states comprising the US of A) would each have an Attorney General and collectively these many attorneys would be referred to as the Attorneys General of the states.
They are somehow under the US Attorney General. I just know that the US Attorney General is the head of the US Department of Justice.
The United States Attorneys serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General.