Today the prestigious legal newspaper, Metropolitan News Enterprise, became the first newspaper in California to slam Senator Charles Poochigian for his support of a frivolous lawsuit filed against Brown by his surrogates. Much like the lawsuit filed by the Bush campaign in Florida, Poochigian’s lawsuit seeks to stop the counting of votes in the upcoming election.
The newspaper confirms that the Republican case has no merit saying that “no other construction is possible” except that Brown is completely eligible to serve as Attorney General:
Bus. & Prof. Code §6002 provides: “The members of the State Bar are all persons admitted and licensed to practice law in this State…Sec. 6003 of that code says: “Members of the State Bar are divided into two classes: [¶] (a) Active members. [¶] (b) Inactive members.”
Thus, the term “admitted to practice”…includes those who are members, which includes those on both active and inactive status. No other construction is possible. (Metropolitan News Enterprise, October 20, 2006)
The paper goes on to slam Poochigian saying that it is “troubling” he is not “more adept at reading statutes:
The statement by Brown’s Republican rival, state Sen. Charles Poochigian, that the complaint filed yesterday raises a “serious question” is troubling; one who seeks the post of top lawyer for the state should be more adept at reading statutes. (Metropolitan News Enterprise, October 20, 2006)
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