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re: AG threatens 8 New Orleans leaders with removal from office in court clerk battle
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:37 pm to 4cubbies
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:37 pm to 4cubbies
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Right. I started a thread about the State threatening local elected officials if they try to elect a Clerk of Court after the State wrote a law giving us a Clerk that it selected for us.
Okay, you're going to make me walk you through this step-by-step.
WHY is the State threatening the local officials? Because they're trying to elect a Clerk of Court after the State Legislature abolished the office of criminal clerk and transferred those duties to the civil clerk. I understand you disagree and disapprove of that action, but that's beside the point; the legislature had the constitutional authority to abolish the office and they did; this thread isn't about whether that was a good idea or a bad idea, its about the AG "threatening the local officials" if they call an election.
The question, therefore, is whether those local officials have the authority to appoint an interim clerk and call an election for replace Ms. Napoleon during her term of office as established by state law? If the answer is "no" the local elected officials are acting illegally and the AG was simply doing her job when she "threatened" them. So what's the point of this thread (other than the fact that it gives you a platform to complain about what the legislature did)?
You keep wanting to turn this into a proxy fight over your disapproval of the legislatures decision to abolish the office of criminal clerk. Okay, we get it, you think that was a bad move. But what does that have to do with the AG "threatening local elected officials if they try to elect a Clerk of Court after the State wrote a law giving us a Clerk that it selected for us?"
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:44 pm to 4cubbies
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I'm driven by the idea that the State should not invalidate local elections just because it can.
Don't lie. This is about Calvin Duncan and your perception of what a person like he would do in the position as Clerk of Court.
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I've stated this over and over and over again.
You have. You've just been dishonest about it.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:51 pm to 4cubbies
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The election was not invalidated by abolishing the office of the election and rendering the outcome obsolete.
Correct. It was not invalidated. The office he ran for was abolished. Does he want a nameplate or something?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:52 pm to 4cubbies
Your title should read:
State AG informs belligerent, overstepping New Orleans Dems that there will be consequences for their poor decisions.
State AG informs belligerent, overstepping New Orleans Dems that there will be consequences for their poor decisions.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:53 pm to 4cubbies
We get it, you hate Republicans and love your corrupt, racist POS leftist commie Democrats.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:54 pm to moneyg
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She's being driven by the idea that a person who was "wrongfully imprisoned" being Clerk of Court would be a good thing. She wants revolution.
“The wrongfully imprisoned guy will do a super duper job of overseeing fat old women scanning paper?”
Is that the thing they’re going for?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:55 pm to 4cubbies
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I’m sorry that it hurts you that lazy redundant bureaucrats are unable to leech tax dollars.
I’m sorry that your party allegiance prevents you from thinking.
This is hilarious coming from a commie prog filth leftist New Orleans Democrat.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:01 pm to 4cubbies
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Landry says we aren’t allowed to because he already appointed a clerk for us.
It is one that was working and elected. The other hadn't taken office yet...so no problem
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:26 pm to Indefatigable
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t was not invalidated. The office he ran for was abolished.
You mean the office he was elected to was abolished after the election. Just be honest about the facts.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:41 pm to 4cubbies
You mean the office he was elected to was abolished before he ever took office. Just be honest about the facts.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:54 pm to 4cubbies
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Every time the state legislature eliminates an office in response to the outcome of the election for that office and transfers the duties of the eliminated office to a different elected office, a new election should be held.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:08 pm to 4cubbies
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I started a thread about the State threatening local elected officials if they try to elect a Clerk of Court
That highlighted part is against the law.
But hey...if they go through with it you get to vote on a bunch more new folks as well. Your current officials might well be in jail.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:13 pm to 4cubbies
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You mean the office he was elected to was abolished after the election. Just be honest about the facts.
I have been honest. His office was abolished because it was a pointless waste of money. Yes.
He KNEW it was going to be abolished when he ran. So did everyone else. How did they know that? Because it was broadcast plainly.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:16 pm to Indefatigable
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The criminal clerk was abolished and its office merged into the Civil Clerk’s office.
This, my brother and his wife are both attorneys in NOLA- they both claim that the civil clerk’s office was well run and will now be a catastrophe because of the criminal component being added.
Pretty disappointed in Landry overall- I feel like he’s trying to run the state as his own little fiefdom.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:21 pm to subMOA
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my brother and his wife are both attorneys in NOLA- they both claim that the civil clerk’s office was well run and will now be a catastrophe because of the criminal component being added.
Sounds like your brother is a moron.
The clerks office does nothing that a retard four year old couldn’t do. It’s the most hilariously overrepresented job in public service.
The clerk of court does nothing. They’re a repository of records. That’s it.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:52 pm to Indefatigable
Considering he’s won a number of 7 figure awards, as much as I hate to admit it- I don’t think he’s a moron.
But since you know so much about practicing law, I will defer to you and tell him he absolutely does not need the clerk’s office any longer- and it could be run by preschoolers.
But since you know so much about practicing law, I will defer to you and tell him he absolutely does not need the clerk’s office any longer- and it could be run by preschoolers.
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:30 pm to Red Stick Rambler
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the legislature had the constitutional authority to abolish the office and they did;
I have legitimate questions about this: does the legislature have the ability to appoint (or declare by law) COC for every parish? It seems like it likely does. Why don’t they?
What discretion or framework was used to determine Civil should absorb Criminal’s duties and not vice versa? Do you think that’s relevant?
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:33 pm to 4cubbies
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:36 pm to Red Stick Rambler
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You mean the office he was elected to was abolished before he ever took office. Just be honest about the facts.
The legislature passed a law preventing him from assuming the office to which he had already been elected. In the name of efficiency, the State rendered that election politically meaningless by abolishing the office immediately before the elected official could assume it, despite the election itself already having occurred.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:40 pm to 4cubbies
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I’m sorry that your party allegiance prevents you from thinking.
Exhibit A
It is a common observation among psychologists and researchers that members of high-control groups (cults) often lack self-awareness regarding their situation.
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