[Enterprise]

"You can bet your last dollar that "Vasco Road Blood Alley Beneficiary" Bill Lockyer is in this to pull Moonbeam's fat out of the fire."

If anything, it is classic. The law means what it says, unless Democrats don't like it because it doesn't benefit them. Then, the law means something else. The court should slap Brown and Lockyer down. But I don't think it will.

What would be my scenario would be is for the court to rule that Brown in ineligible to be A.G. at this time. Then, Brown wins. And then the Governor states he is going to follow the direction of the court and declare the position vacant, and then appoint Poochigian and swear him in.

[kingu]

The court should slap Brown and Lockyer down. But I don't think it will.

The California Supreme Court is, for a court in California, quite conservative and literal in most interpretations of the state constitution. The state legislature had every opportunity to change this before the election, the candidate signed the statement indicating that he met all conditions for the position he was running for, and a prospective AG arguing that he wasn't aware of an aspect of the law? Don't think that'll fly.

The only issue before the court will be about the state bar itself. For a time there, it was effectively nonexistent. Does that interruption nullify the constitutional requirements? That's the coin flip, I think. I wish I paid more attention which years the state bar had their problems.

[editor-surveyor]

Problem is that Arnold would rather appoint an enviro-weenie dem.