Landry drops fight with Edwards over Common Core lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general ended a political feud with the state's new governor on Thursday over Common Core, saying he agrees it is time to drop a lawsuit claiming that federal authorities were trying to force states to adopt the math and English education standards.

Jindal, a Republican who made an unsuccessful bid for the GOP presidential nomination, had already lost at the district court level.

"Put simply, the Attorney General does not have procedural or constitutional authority to substitute himself into this case, nor does he have the authority to override the Governor's decision about its direction," Block wrote.