Litigious Lisa

Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General and presumed leading Democrat gubernatorial candidate in the next cycle, has been named among the WORST attorneys general in the country by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (Hat tip Capitol Fax). The Madison County Record:

"Madigan... is an enthusiastic proponent of dragging out-of-state businesses into Illinois courts over lawful business practices that occur outside her state's boundaries," the report says. The report ranks the attorneys general who have held office since 1998, when the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was reached. Madigan, who took office in 2003, is criticized for giving preferential treatment to campaign contributors and using the office to set policy.

Well, where have we heard that before? And this:

It also cites Madigan urging the Supreme Court to grant state attorneys general immunity from suit in the courts of every state but their own. "Madigan's attitude could be summed up as, 'immunity from suit for me, but not for thee,'" Bader wrote.

Litigious Lisa ranks just ahead of Wisconsin's former AG as one of the worst:

Former Wisconsin AG Peg Lautenschlager is ninth. The report cites an incident where she drunkenly drove a state car into a ditch after misappropriating it for her own personal use. "While busy bringing meritless suits against out-of-state businesses, she allowed the backlog at the Wisconsin state crime lab to triple to well over 1,000 cases, leading to a delay in apprehending a rapist who went on to murder a Wisconsin State Department of Justice Agent," the report says.

CEI report here in full. No prizes for guessing the Democrat trial lawyers lobby is driving the litigation, driving jobs out of Illinois, and raising costs for all of us.