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Lemelle, Ivan L. R.
Born 1950 in Opelousas, LA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Nominated by William J. Clinton on February 12, 1997, to a seat vacated by Veronica D. Wicker; Confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 1998, and received commission on April 7, 1998.
U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984-1998
Education:
Xavier University, Louisiana, B.S., 1971
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, J.D., 1974
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Robert Collins, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, LA, 1972-1974
Assistant district attorney, Parish of New Orleans, LA, 1974-1977
Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 1977-1981
Assistant city attorney, New Orleans, LA, 1977-1978
Assistant state attorney general, Louisiana Department of Justice, 1980-1984
What if it goes on the ballot, and gets voted down?
Go to hell Judge.
Relocate Sec. 8 housing to the judge’s neighborhood then file a motion to reconsider
Impeach him.
IIRC, there have been a few cases in the past where judges have flirted with ‘ordering’ a legislature to impose or raise taxes - looks like this might be the ‘test case’ that crosses that particular constitutional line....
Put the taxes on the ballot, close the schools, fire all the school employees and issue vouchers in equal sums to each student. No discrimination, give judge the finger.
Looking into this a bit more, I’m a little confused. Louisiana must do government school funding differently than Oregon. Is all the funding done at the school district level? It sounds like the issue is that some district or districts in the parish have a smaller tax base, and they want to grab money from the wealthier districts. Is that accurate?
In Oregon, there is district-level funding, but most of the money is collected and distributed to districts by the state, as a result of voter-approved property tax limitations. There is also an equalization formula for the state funds, which makes disparities between districts less of an issue (the disparity in funding/taxation for homeschooling and private schooling, of course, remains; homeschoolers and private school families pay the taxes, but get nothing in return).
Regardless, this judge should be impeached for imposing his will on the electoral process.
Ah, “federal judges”, who are so prone to black-robed fever.
They strike down the will of the people regarding homosexual/lesbian marriage, immigration enforcement, and any other policy they don’t like.
And they are still “ordering” local governments to adopt their rulings by judicial fiat by forced intergration of schools, bussing young kids all over creation to suit their social engineering goals, and also to increase taxes to do so (and to pay to build more jails so they won’t be “overcrowded”.)
It’s way beyond time these prima donas in black robes were reined in. They are a clear and present danger to our republic. (Or at least what’s left of it.)
Its beyond a federal judge’s powers. A judge has no authority to order the government to appropriate money.
He should be impeached for raw abuse of power and removed from office.
I don’t understand the situation.
Who proposed the tax proposal that the local officials rejected?
“...help fund the parish’s estimated $200 million desegregation plan.”
They still do that? I didn’t think there was anywhere left to desegregate.
This judge should be horse whipped.
