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Louisiana Supreme Court upheld Act 15, and nullified the election of Calvin Duncan
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:20 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:20 am
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:26 am to TBoy
So the court sided with the state?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:27 am to Mushroom1968
The Court sided with Landry.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:28 am to Mushroom1968
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So the court sided with the state?
Yes.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:28 am to Mushroom1968
What is this about? I don’t follow Louisiana state politics. Is this good or bad?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:30 am to TBoy
The opinion is very underwhelming. Basically all it says is that the legislature passed a law so it is what it is.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:31 am to Rip Torner
LA legislature abolished the Criminal Clerk of Court in Orleans Parish, which is the only such parish with split civil and criminal clerks.
They moved the criminal clerk’s duties under the civil clerk.
The person elected to that position, who never took office, is suing to have their post reinstated so they can be sworn in.
IIRC, it was well known the governor was pushing to have that office abolished before the last election, so few people were willing to run for it.
They moved the criminal clerk’s duties under the civil clerk.
The person elected to that position, who never took office, is suing to have their post reinstated so they can be sworn in.
IIRC, it was well known the governor was pushing to have that office abolished before the last election, so few people were willing to run for it.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:31 am to TBoy
4cubbies incoming in 3,... 2,...
***edit: she got in before I posted
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***edit: she got in before I posted
***This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 10:32 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:32 am to Bard
Too late 
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:32 am to 4cubbies
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4cubbies
Have you figured out who killed Sandra bland and Trayvon martin yet?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:33 am to teke184
Is that a good or bad thing?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:33 am to 4cubbies
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The opinion is very underwhelming. Basically all it says is that the legislature passed a law so it is what it is.
Reading between the lines, that seems to say “this is working as planned, so we don’t need to expound upon our decision.”
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:33 am to 4cubbies
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The opinion is very underwhelming. Basically all it says is that the legislature passed a law so it is what it is.
What more do you think it should say?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:34 am to Rip Torner
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Is that a good or bad thing?
It’s a thing.
Ostensibly this is a cost cutting measure by having the civil clerk handle everything rather than have two clerks and two sets of staff.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:35 am to Rip Torner
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What is this about? I don’t follow Louisiana state politics. Is this good or bad?
New Orleans has always had a separate Civil Clerk of Court and Criminal Clerk of Court. Both are elected.
In November last year, Calvin Duncan, a black man who served time at Angola but who was exonerated and released years after his conviction, ran for the Criminal Clerk of Court and was elected. One of the issues that was important to Duncan is that the Clerks of Court are generally not very accommodating to requests by inmates for file information to be used for the filing of habeas corpus applications and appeals. He pledged to run an open operation and be responsive to requests like the request that led to his exoneration.
Jeff Landry and Republican leaders in the legislature did not want a black man-exoneree to assume the office of Criminal Clerk of Court. So after Duncan was elected, they hastily drafted Act 15 (2026) and abolished the office of Criminal Clerk of Court, transferring the duties to the previously elected Civil Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish, a white lady.
Voters in New Orleans sued contending that Act 15 unconstitutionally nullified their votes, and created a new office, Clerk of Court (neither Civil nor Criminal) for which a new election had to be held. Duncan would have likely won the election.
The Civil Clerk of Court filed suit in East Baton Rouge Parish contending that everything was cool and Duncan is out.
This is the ruling of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:36 am to teke184
Reading between the lines, it says “lol at all you morons who think anyone cares about voters or local governance”
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:37 am to teke184
The whole thing has been badly handled.
The AG had a personal greivance against Calvin. It was a bad look, regardless of the outcome,..
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:37 am to teke184
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Ostensibly this is a cost cutting measure by having the civil clerk handle everything rather than have two clerks and two sets of staff.
Except that both staffs are still fully intact.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:37 am to 4cubbies
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Reading between the lines, it says “I’m a coward who refuses to admit she was wrong and Sandra bland killed herself and Trayvon martin was justifiably killed in a self defense altercation with another citizen ”
Fify.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:37 am to 4cubbies
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Reading between the lines, it says “lol at all you morons who think anyone cares about voters or local governance”
It’s a state established office. The legislature giveth, the legislature can taketh away.
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