U. S. Senator Jeff Sessions is using the Senate debate over a comprehensive national tobacco policy to launch a double-barreled assault on the lawyers hired by states to lead their charge against tobacco companies. Sessions, a freshman Republican and a former Alabama attorney general, joined Sens. It's a mater of unjust enrichment, a real windfall, a jackpot justice situation that cannot be sustained. The district attorney is the highest law enforcement officer in the county or district.
Most district attorneys run for the elected position, uncontested.
Candidates for the district attorney's seat must be at least 18 years of age, a state resident for a minimum of one year, a U.S. citizen for a minimum of one day, and a registered voter. He or she must be licensed to practice law in the state and must have resided in the district which he or she seeks to represent for one year before the election. The district attorney serves a term of six years with no term limit. Texas seems to think so, and its current target is Nolo Press books. The Texas Supreme Court has summoned Nolo to a closed-door hearing in Dallas this August.