A federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional and stopped it from taking effect, allowing clerk-elect Calvin Duncan to assume office.
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge on Sunday granted a temporary restraining order, blocking a new Louisiana law that would have eliminated the Orleans Parish criminal clerk of court office, allowing clerk-elect Calvin Duncan to take office as scheduled Monday.
U.S. District Court Judge John deGravelles granted Duncan a temporary restraining order and ruled that Senate Bill 256 is “unconstitutional,” according to court records. The order stops Gov. Jeff Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry from enforcing
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