Posted on 09/17/2019 5:05:35 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
A Louisville man has filed a lawsuit to remove Republican candidate for attorney general Daniel Cameron from the ballot in November.
The lawsuit filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court alleges that Cameron has not been a practicing attorney for long enough to become attorney general. State law requires candidates to have practiced law for at least eight years.
The Kentucky Bar Association admitted Cameron on Oct 21, 2011 — a little more than eight years before Election Day on Nov. 5.
But the lawsuit, filed by Louisville resident Joseph Jackson, alleges that the two years Cameron spent clerking for a federal judge shouldn’t count towards Cameron’s years as a practicing attorney.
“A federal judicial clerkship cannot reasonably be considered the ‘practice of law’ as defined by the Kentucky Supreme Court because it does not involve any legal service to ‘one requiring the services’ as there is no client involved in federal judicial clerkships,” Jackson’s lawsuit alleges.
Cameron worked for U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove between 2011 and 2013.
Ethical rules ban federal judicial clerks from practicing law unless they are representing themselves a family member or in some pro bono cases.
The lawsuit seeks to have Cameron removed from the ballot, which would send Republicans scrambling to find a replacement.
In a statement, Cameron’s campaign accused Democratic candidate Greg Stumbo of being involved in the lawsuit and trying to “steal the election.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wfpl.org ...
Cameron has been significantly outraising Stumbo so desperate times call for desperate measures.
ping
Well corrupt lawsuits are how Obama won his first two elections.
Then being Black and having a Muslim name was just too much for most Americans to not vote for.
As a layman it seems this hinges on the definition of “practicing law”. A technicality maybe but it would seem clerking for a judge is the kind of experience one may want in an AG and should count in this case as “practicing law”.
If you’re a Democrat it’s okay the Attorney General in California was appointed and he didn’t meet any of the criteria. Then he was elected how I don’t know the cities I guess
Standard playbook for the Rats. Win elections by litigation and leftist judges. Piss on the ballot box.
Cameron is far too appealing to be allowed a fair shot via the ballot.
A fair hearing for a black conservative in Jefferson County? Yeah, sure. Take a walk up Bardstown Road in the Highlands wearing a MAGA cap. See how that works out.
Soros and Holder at work... Everywhere...
Some Republican “resident” needs to file a lawsuit against the ‘RAT candidate, Stumbo.
“...Cameron has not been a practicing attorney ...”
“...unless they are representing themselves a family member or in some pro bono cases.”
So, he was practicing law, but he just didn’t have any clients. A lawyer I knew, but would never have hired, was much like that.
-PJ
Stumpy is a despicable, racist $hit. He should be in prison.
Yep, a Jefferson County judge will rule that Cameron isn’t qualified. Leftist Loon capital of Kentucky...home to Rep John Yarmuth and Mayor Greg Fischer.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.