LA Republicans eliminate elected position before Democrat was to assume office

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before Democrat was to assume office

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Sara Cline and Jack Brook (3 May 2026)

Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before an exonerated man who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based clerk seat was set to take office.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday quietly signed into law legislation abolishing the long-standing Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court position, according to Louisiana Secretary of State spokesperson Trey Williams.

Republicans say wiping away the office is a consolidation effort meant to make the local judicial system more efficient and cut costs. But Democrats condemn the change as government overreach, arguing that it infringes on a predominantly Black parish's decision at the polls.

Calvin Duncan, who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, easily won election to the criminal court clerk position in November, beating the incumbent and earning more than two-thirds of the vote. He had been set to take office Monday and has asked a federal judge to allow him to take office as scheduled.

"It's a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction," Duncan said. "They will do what they do, and I will do whatever I have to do to vindicate the voters of New Orleans and make sure that what happened to me never happens to anybody else."

[Lori Dee ✅]

This is so wrong on so many levels.

It doesn't matter what the voters want; Republicans do it anyway.
It doesn't matter what the Constitution says; Republicans do it anyway.
It doesn't matter if the action is illegal; Republicans do it anyway.

We need to take the power away from the Parties and enforce the will of the people.
And soon.