MEMBERS OF THE CALFORNIA REPUBLICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FILE SUIT AGAINST BROWN CALLING HIM UNQUALIFIED TO BE CALIFORNIA’S TOP COP
 
(CRLA urges Brown to do the honorable thing and withdraw from AG’s race.)
 
Yesterday members of the California Republican Lawyers Association (CRLA) filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court requesting the court to enforce California Government Code section 12503 and established Supreme Court precedents to declare Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. ineligible to be California Attorney General.
 
“Jerry Brown should do the honorable thing and withdraw from the race for Attorney General,” said Steve Baric CRLA Chairman.  Baric added “Government Code section 12503 is clear no person shall be eligible for the office of the Attorney General unless he has been admitted to the California State Bar for the five years immediately prior his election.” 
 
All California attorneys must continue to fulfill their obligations to retain their admittance to practice law in California.  An attorney must not only pay their annual dues but they also must meet their continuing education requirements. 
 
Brown became a member of the California State Bar in 1965.  However, from January 1, 1992 through April 30, 2003, Brown did not have active status with the California State Bar save for a brief period in 1996.  Brown did not regain his active status with the State Bar until May 1, 2003.  Shortly thereafter, he stated his intentions to run for the office of Attorney General of California.  Cases of the California Supreme Court have long held that “inactive” status is not sufficient to satisfy the requirement of being entitled to practice law in California.
 
CRLA has long been at the forefront of saying that Jerry Brown is unqualified for the office of Attorney General based on his record.  “Brown’s record on fighting against crime and fighting for victims’ rights is abysmal,” Said Adam Abrahms, CRLA board member and a named plaintiff in the lawsuit.  Abrahms further stated " Brown tried to skirt our laws to avoid enforcing the death penalty and now he attempts to skirt our laws to become Attorney General.”
 
“The law is the law is the law,” stated Michael J. Schroeder former California GOP Chairman and CRLA Board Member.  The job of the Attorney General is to enforce the laws of California not be exempt from them. Schroeder went on to say ”If Jerry Brown wants to be top cop and enforce the law then he himself has to follow the law.”

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