US Politics
The Louisiana Indictment: A Chilling Tale of Power, Retribution, and the Assault on Local Democracy
Louisiana's Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill has been indicted for allegedly attempting to intimidate local officials who opposed a law that abolished the elected position of Orleans Parish criminal court clerk just before a wrongfully convicted man, Calvin Duncan, was to assume the office. This is a blatant and chilling assault on democratic will, racial justice, and the rule of law, representing the very corruption of power the founders sought to prevent.
