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Lawsuit Hearing To Remove Xavier Becerra as California Attorney General
Canada Free Press ^ | 07/15/18 | Katy Grimes

Posted on 07/15/2018 10:20:35 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Lawsuit Hearing To Remove Xavier Becerra as California Attorney General

Should the powerful be allowed to ignore or change the laws they don’t agree with? Of course not. But that issue is at the heart of a lawsuit filed in May by former Attorney General candidate Eric Early against the unelected, appointed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is running to keep his office. The case was heard Friday morning in Sacramento Superior Court.

When Becerra filed his election paperwork with the California Secretary of State, he represented that he was qualified for the position of Attorney General. However, according to Early, Becerra had been unlicensed by the California State Bar Association for 26 years when Gov. Jerry Brown appointed him, and continues to be unqualified for the elected position based on California Election Code.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; attorneygeneral; awanbros; becerra; blogpimp; california; clickbait; election2018; election2020; ericearly; jerrybrown; lawsuit; pimpmyblog; sacramento; xavierbecerra
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To: bitt; pinkpig
He was in an "Inactive" status with the CA bar from 01.01.1991 until made "Active" in 01.01.2017.

Yet, according to CA law ARTICLE 1. General [12500 - 12504] :

No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless he shall have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his election or appointment to such office.

The California Legislature confirmed Becerra to the post on on January 24, 2017

He was only in 'Active' standing with the state bar for 23 days prior to being sworn in. And of course, this says nothing of the fat that he had to be admitted to practice before the state supreme court for 5 years.

Therefore, if the information that the State of CA has is true and accurate regarding Becerra, he is not lawfully holding the position of Attorney General...if CA law is to be upheld.

But hey...if the NBC clause of the U.S. Constitution can be put aside for a "chosen one"...then what state law can stand in the way of progressive progress?

41 posted on 07/15/2018 11:03:46 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: generally

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article124524459.html

Eric holder hired to work with Becerra to try and impede Trump


42 posted on 07/16/2018 3:33:35 AM PDT by edzo4 ("Well I truly would be thrilled if all/most of the Q stuff turns out to be real")
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To: The Cuban
No the judge is not correct, but in any event, but unless he goes over the rules of stutory interpretation with a fine comb and comes to the correct conclusion - to enforce the constitutional provision according to its clear and unambiguous terms, this is headed for the COA.

Pity the poor judge (well I don't actually), but if he disqualifies Becerra he is toast and if he lets it go without a colorable argument, the court of appeals (or ultimately CA supreme court) gets to smack him down.

43 posted on 07/16/2018 5:00:14 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Sean_Anthony

Easy! Beccera should simply photoshop a license and post it on the Internet!

Hey! It’s been done before. /s


44 posted on 07/16/2018 5:00:51 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: AndyJackson

What about “No Standing”. It worked wonderfully well with a birth certificate.


45 posted on 07/16/2018 5:02:52 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Hostage

Here’s hoping it finds Gavin Newsom and Kama Harris.


46 posted on 07/16/2018 7:21:30 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: rxsid; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ..

see #41, thanks rxsid

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(Becerra) was in an “Inactive” status with the CA bar from 01.01.1991 until made “Active” in 01.01.2017.
Yet, according to CA law ARTICLE 1. General [12500 - 12504] :

No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless he shall have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his election or appointment to such office.
The California Legislature confirmed Becerra to the post on on January 24, 2017

He was only in ‘Active’ standing with the state bar for 23 days prior to being sworn in. And of course, this says nothing of the fat that he had to be admitted to practice before the state supreme court for 5 years.

Therefore, if the information that the State of CA has is true and accurate regarding Becerra, he is not lawfully holding the position of Attorney General...if CA law is to be upheld.

But hey...if the NBC clause of the U.S. Constitution can be put aside for a “chosen one”...then what state law can stand in the way of progressive progress?


47 posted on 07/16/2018 7:42:17 AM PDT by bitt (Obama was eloquent with his lies, ..Trump is brutal with his truth!)
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To: bitt

Yeah.....but the Cali-Slobbovians are arguing there is precedent for this.

Becerra is not the first Slobbovian to hold the office under these circumstances.


48 posted on 07/16/2018 8:18:57 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Lawless Governor Moonbeam created a problem for his party, but he's an old white jackass, constrained by term limits (finally!), so he has no political future anyway.

49 posted on 07/16/2018 2:00:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: CondorFlight

Does Xavier Becerra propose paying all of the skipped licensing fees for the past 27 years or so? NO HARM NO FOUL

Wonder if that works for armed robbers?
Give back the cash and go home.


50 posted on 07/16/2018 4:49:26 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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