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re: New Orleans asks Supreme Court to reject removal of Calvin Duncan’s seat as Orleans Clerk
Posted by BugAC on 10/5/26 at 3:32 pm to I-59 Tiger
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Why would anyone want to take action to remove him from an elected office?
He is not the subject here. The office is no more. People that are injecting Duncan in here are using it to craft the typcial left "muh racism" narrative, which is hilarious considering the other clerk who's office this was merged with is a black woman. As stated earlier, NOLA was warned that the office was being resolved. New Orleans went ahead anyway and held an election. Then AG said, "if you continue with this, there could be consequences". Then the left does what it does and tried to indict the AG. That backfired spectacularly and you have cubbies still here pretending this is some great injustice to the city of New Orleans when it's a relatively straight forward and simple matter.
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Just because the State found a legal loophole
The state constitution verbiage is in no sense of the term a "legal loophole". It's the constitution. A "legal loophole" would be if the verbiage in our constitution did not explicitly state the power of the state legislature, and the Governor used a city law or ordinance to assert it's power, and not the constitution.
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The office was abolished after the election, rendering the election obsolete. The state certified election results, then nullified the election results it certified in the name of "efficiency."
Just because the State found a legal loophole to do this does not mean that the State acted appropriately.
Again, explained to you in the other thread.
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To get to that answer, I'll need to catch you up on the recent history leading up to this point.
Back near the end of the 19th Century (1879, to be exact) Orleans parish decided to split their Clerk of Court office into two separate offices: Criminal Clerk of Court and Civil Clerk of Court. Under the state constitution each parish must have a Clerk of Court, but because Orleans was by far the most populous area of the state the extra office (and employees) was grandfathered in.
Since that time, Orleans parish has fallen to be the 3rd most populated parish and is continuing to lose population. Along with that, no other parish in the state has had two Clerk positions except for Orleans.
Flash forward to the 2025 legislative session where Act 15 was passed, it was then signed into law in August 2025 (with some provisions not taking place until January 2026). The Act dissolved the Criminal position and folded all the offices under it to what was formerly the Civil Clerk (now the only Clerk position for the parish).
Calvin Duncan was elected to the Criminal Clerk of Court position in November 2025.
The Act was enforced by AG Murrill, dissolving the position. Then Moreno and the City Council attempted to appoint Duncan into the position even though it legally didn't exist any longer.
Murrill sent Morena, the DA and members of the City Council a letter warning that if they continued to try to do this they could face legal penalties, including removal from office (this is akin to a state trooper warning you that if you continue to speed, you're going to get a ticket). The DA and some "special prosecutor" (still murky on that one) empaneled a grand jury to charge Murrill on 16 felony counts, including public intimidation and malfeasance (yes, that's how they viewed the letter). The indictments went out right at the beginning of the 4th of July weekend. The state supreme court quickly jumped in and stayed the indictments.
A New Orleans judge then used the indictments as grounds to issue an arrest warrant for Murrill during the July 4th weekend. The state supreme court then jumped in again and stayed the warrant.
Oh yeah, and Duncan is black so some of the pro-Criminal Clerk folks are crying "racism" because they're desperate to prove the city/parish has primacy over the state.
And now you're caught up.
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I thought you'd never ask!
Per the Louisiana Constitution adopted 150 years ago, Orleans Parish has a separate criminal and civil clerk of court. They are two separate office with separate officials occupying them. Every other parish had a consolidated position of Clerk of Court.
When the latest Constitution was adopted 50+ years ago, it contained a provision allowing for the separate offices in Orleans Parish to be altered by state legislation.
Calvin Duncan, a man who spent decades in Angola before being exonerated, ran for Orleans Criminal Clerk and was elected with more than 60% of the vote. Landry decided that was not OK. He had Jay Morris draft legislation to consolidate the offices in Orleans Parish, effectively nullifying the outcome of the election.
The legislation was signed into law and Calvin Duncan's office was abolished.
Orleans Parish is challenging this egregious abuse of power, total disregard for local democratic governance, and state overreach.
Apparently, you forgot that you were explained how all of this works in the other thread you were on.
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Article 137 did indeed explicitly create the Criminal Clerk of Court position in the 1879 state constitution.
However, that was overruled by the passage of the 1973 state constitution and from that point on it was empowered only through statute.
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I would have thought that even you would know the 1879 Constitution you linked was discarded on January 1, 1975 after Edwin Edwards was able to arrange a Constitutional convention the Spring of 1974 and convince voters to accept the new constitution by a statewide vote in April, 1974.
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Unpopular opinion: you should never feel safe unless you are at home.
To those of us that live in a civilized society, that is an extremely pathetic way of thinking. Civilization comes with an expectation of peace, manners, and it shouldn't even be said, but non-violence.
However, if you do not wish to be a part of a civilized society, then i guess your comment makes sense.
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That’s because they were stricter covid nazis than almost anyone else, and continued being nazis long after everyone else loosened up.
I think you are thinking of avenue pub.
re: One thing I noticed about Landen Clark is that the lights do not seem too bright for him
Posted by BugAC on 9/27/26 at 8:49 am to John Rambeaux
Leavitt got better once he got hurt. He became more of a QB and was throwing dimes. Clark I don’t think threw a single pass. Maybe that’s by design for the time he was in, but I want to see more passing from him.
I’m not excited about having a run first backup after it appears our starter may have finally broken his run first mindset and is showing he has an arm.
I’m not excited about having a run first backup after it appears our starter may have finally broken his run first mindset and is showing he has an arm.
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Did the Nazis attack them? I don’t remember Germany ever attacking either
Spain, is rich considering their dictator from the ww2 era died of old age in 1975. I don't expect Spain to make any choices of moral distinction.
re: Per Kane and Andrew Kolvet, there is a definite polling psyops going on right now.
Posted by BugAC on 9/25/26 at 12:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Also, there is the whole issue wish Trump/MAGA going against what they sold. Iran, Epstein, inflation, Ukraine, etc. You're going to get the black pill with the NPCs who feel upset about this, and you're going to get moderate who don't vote or vote or protest vote or vote for moderate DEMs (depends on where they are, as this isn't an election with single individuals to discuss).
Did you not read the rest of the post you replied to?
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Now i understand if your agument is "gas prices and ME wars" so i'm thinking 3rd party or sitting this one out. I at least understand that mindset. However, i am also of the mind that "sitting this one out" gives democrats a better chance of winning and as i've pointed out, they are the polar opposite of exactly what the Trump types, and "i'll sit this one out" types truly want.
Thus the rational explanaiton of the "once Trump supporter turned Democrat supporter" doesn't' really hold any water. I acknowledge and understand the middle ground, as explained above, but there is a cadre of either "never Trumpers and Democrats who respond as if they at any point ever considered voting Trump, but because of oil and wars, Democrat is now the way. That doesn't make any rational sense in 2026. Early 2000's yes, now, no.
re: Per Kane and Andrew Kolvet, there is a definite polling psyops going on right now.
Posted by BugAC on 9/25/26 at 12:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Lindsey Clancy is not political to people who don't follow politics
You should see public perception. White liberal women is tied to Clancy per the public.
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People who don't follow politics don't know who Hasan Piker is
His name is being thrown out enough that his comments are on non-political social media clips. I don't do tik tok, but my wife watches reels on there and it his comments are beginning to get more widely viewed. Take it for what its worth.
re: Per Kane and Andrew Kolvet, there is a definite polling psyops going on right now.
Posted by BugAC on 9/25/26 at 12:44 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Why is declaring who you're voting necessary for this discussion (other than reinforcing a binary in/out group dynamic used to engage in the framing I discussed)?
Because, per my previous post above, their is no rationality from being a "MAGA type" trump voter to then saying, "well, if it wasn't for these gas prices, i would vote for trump, so instead i support the democrats". That is nothing rational behind that line of thought at all. Which means, the person who implies that is simply gas lighting.
Now i understand if your agument is "gas prices and ME wars" so i'm thinking 3rd party or sitting this one out. I at least understand that mindset. However, i am also of the mind that "sitting this one out" gives democrats a better chance of winning and as i've pointed out, they are the polar opposite of exactly what the Trump types, and "i'll sit this one out" types truly want.
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Yes, and it’s been going on for a very long time.
But it feels like we are more aware of it these days.
I can tell you, as someone who has stayed away from this board, for the most part, for at least a month, and also stopped listening to political radio and shows, these are the things i notice.
1) Most of the bitching here is inconsequential and boredom fillers.
2) Gas prices are noticeable. This is a real problem, and something needs to be done.
3) The social justice bullshite has seemed to have slowly melted away out of normal society.
4) Grocery prices are still around the same level as when Biden was in office.
5) No one, at least in Louisiana, has had an epiphany to all of a sudden support liberals. The price of things are shitty, but majority of people haven't all of a sudden decided to flip to the polar opposite on every issue they once held.
6) Lindsey Clancy and Hasan Piker shite has not helped out the Democrats in any form or fashion. All it has done is provide ammo for the Republicans.
Again, this is my perception from eveyday interactions and/or random stuff i hear on tv or from social media.
Their is NO COMMON GROUND between Republicans and Democrat voters. None. The 2 sides are polar opposites from each other. Yes, the politicians have a lot of common ground, but the ideologies are a clear split.
IMO, i have never seen it this clear cut before.
re: Per Kane and Andrew Kolvet, there is a definite polling psyops going on right now.
Posted by BugAC on 9/25/26 at 12:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
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SlowFlowPro
See my response above, jackass
re: Per Kane and Andrew Kolvet, there is a definite polling psyops going on right now.
Posted by BugAC on 9/25/26 at 12:30 pm to SlowFlowPro
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The way they've framed the discussion, Trump can never be wrong because the alternative is [insert caricature of evil]. Not exactly a high bar or ringing endorsement, and excludes a ton of rational, legitimate criticism.
The same can be said for the opposite. When you say, "too bad gas prices are high" and imply you are considering voting for the left, then you are being intentionally dishonest or willfully ignorant of the Biden/left era of governance. You are also removing rational/legitimate criticism.
Rather than say, "you messed up" a caveat would be, "but i'm still voting Trump, not voting, or voting democrat", so we know where the truth lies.
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Sorry boomers
Most people don't like middle east wars and high gas prices.
So you're response is to reopen borders and raise the gas prices higher, while increasing violent crime, rapid fraud/government NGO funding, targetting of PTA's, rapid increase in pushing tranny pyschosis?
People remember when the left controlled things. You people don't create, you destroy.
re: Passing game is going to have to run through Jackson Harris while Trey’Dez is out
Posted by BugAC on 9/22/26 at 12:53 pm to TigerMonkey7
Am i the only one to notice that Harris can't catch the football very well? Clemson and Ole Miss he bobbled and dropped a bunch of passes, it seemed.
re: Is a Blake Baker D finally going to stop a mobile quarterback?
Posted by BugAC on 9/18/26 at 11:59 am to Meauxjeaux
Watching Clemson and La Tech, i noticed our D's, specifically our LB's pursuit angles were so much better than previous years. Previous years, our LB's would just sprint directly at the QB, and for someone like Chambliss, pretty easy to side step or roll out to avoid. Specifically Clemson, our guys seemed rather than get hurried, focused on containment prior to making the tackle.
What does “RPM” mean?
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Which of my positions is pro-big government?
School lunches
Welfare
Healthcare for all
Butching when state government eliminates a clerk of courts office because it’s redundant.
Need me to go on?
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