Wrongfully convicted of murder, the New Orleans native decided to run for New Orleans’ Clerk of Criminal Court, aiming for that office strictly because, according to him, it had denied him access to trial records that would have proved his innocence decades prior. In a runoff against incumbent Darren Lombard, Duncan won with 68 percent of the vote.
But he will not get to serve in his duly elected office.
On Thursday (Apr. 23), the Louisiana state legislature rushed through Senate Bill 256, eliminating the Clerk of Criminal Court position effective in August. Duncan had been ceremonially sworn in on Tuesday (Apr. 21) and was set to take office on May 4. Now the Clerk of Criminal Court will fall under the Clerk of Civil Court and what Duncan referred to as the culmination of his life’s work, will be denied to him.
State Sen. Jay Morris admitted that the bill was introduced with the urging of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. Landry has vehemently opposed Duncan’s election and allegedly is seeking to deny him compensation for the time he was wrongfully imprisoned at the state penitentiary at Angola.
If white people aren’t hated for being complete shit stains, they feel weird and have to start some shit somewhere.
Gotta love the persecution fetish.
I don’t see how this is legal unless it takes effect at the end of the term so it would go through next election. I mean once the people voted the position should not be able to be removed until the end of the term. It would simply not appear then on the next election.
Administration of the state courts are left up to the states (the legislature and executive). There can be no federal oversight of this because administration of the state courts are left up to the states such that the states don’t deny voting b/c age, race, sex; don’t have a slave trade like before the Civil War; and the states recognize the Bill of Rights.
Basically, this is a federalism thing comingling with a state’s separation of powers (there is no redress in the state-court system b/c the separation of powers as mentioned above).
I did not mean in a federal vs state way. I meant in any democracy type way. This goes back to common law. Things like you can’t pass a law that makes something illegal before the point the law started or grandfather clauses.
Well, without looking at how the course of things developed, it could be possible for the other another branch to eliminate the position (likd if the legislature defunds the position to take effect immediately).
grandfather clauses.
On the federal level, once Congress has appropriated funding for something, it cannot be revoked and the executive must spend the money. So, that would be the most grandfather-y thing, but Congress could always defund the program/position next year.
As for the state level, it looks like funding can be taken away immediately. But, even if it can’t, there is no obligation for a state legislature to continue funding something a year later. Basically works like that for everything. Only true positions that exist are the executive, the lieutenant executive, at least 1 judge, and a few legislatures. W erything else is at the financial whims of the legislature. So, you’re out if they want you out.
Sounds like he should run for State Senate.
I lived in Louisiana for a few years. I’m a white yankee and I used to dread situations where I’d end up in a room full of white native Louisiana dudes that I didn’t know very well. Absolutely guaranteed that within ten minutes somebody would throw out the N-word and then everybody would be laughing and saying racist shit.
The worst was when I was a member at the local YMCA. Fat old white dudes that worked at the courthouse (like judges and prosecutors) would sit around naked on nasty old leather couches in the locker room literally making jokes about sending innocent black men to Angola prison.
The only reason I can’t say Louisiana is the worst state in the country is that I also lived in Mississippi.
Fat old white dudes that worked at the courthouse (like judges and prosecutors) would sit around naked on nasty old leather couches in the locker room literally making jokes about sending innocent black men to Angola prison.
I 100% would have recorded these conversations and leaked them
I travel a lot for work, and get to Louisiana regularly. I’m not a native, so I don’t spend much time with the people, but at least LA has a culture, with at least two great foods - Cajun and Creole - and fantastic music of all kinds. I come from Central Florida, which doesn’t even have a culture, other than just the most commercial bullshit in existence.
I was a grad student in NC, I’d (white guy) be sitting alone at the bar having a Guinness, couple other whites dudes take a seat, start chatting, 75% of the time the racial jokes start after the second beer.
There was another great article in the Gambit that pointed out the insane hypocrisy of members of the Louisiana Senate, and their unabashed attempts to apparently emulate Fog Horn Leg Horn, but it looks like the article may have been removed :'(
Luckily, it’s archived here:
disgusting. lousiana you got to get rid of Landry just like flroida needs to get rid desantis.
It is really hard not to comment something that would get me banned (and probably arrested) right now.
If you’re NOT on a government watch list by now, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Officer! Found another one!!! Right here, officer!
Horrible! Does he have any options?
You kidding? They’ve handed him all the ammunition he needs to campaign for Landry’s job, if he isn’t too disgusted with US politics to make the attempt.
You voted for me to help bring in change and they denied your wishes. I guess we need to go to a higher level of government. Let’s do it again!
