Another reason to support an elected Attorney General in DC

rather than a mayorally appointed toadie and attack dog, (courtesy of DCWatch) comes from a letter from DC Attorney General Peter Nickles to DC City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, and the response by Councilmember Philip Mendelson, who also chairs the City Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary. From the conclusion of the Mendelson letter:

As the city's chief attorney it is your duty to work with both the legislative and executive branches of government, not to bypass the legislature by fiat — acting unilaterally to change the law because you could not get your way collaboratively last year on this matter.

The curfew is an issue, for you, of inconvenience. It is not a constitutional issue. It has a sound basis and there is an alternative the Executive should pursue with the courts. Regardless, it is not for you to decide and direct what laws will be followed.