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Statement on Withdrawal from the 2024 Oregon Court of Appeals race
My Fellow Oregonians: On Thursday, the 14th of March, I withdrew my candidacy for Position 4 on the Oregon Court of Appeals. I apologize that I have taken some time to collect my thoughts, but I needed it. As an All-American athlete at West Point, as well as an experienced prosecutor, I have never lacked the…
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Statement Opposing Politicization of the Oregon State Bar
We, the founders of Oregon Civil Liberties Attorneys, respectfully Dissent from recent statements by the Oregon State Bar which are not germane to the regulation of the practice of law in Oregon. In the April 2018 edition of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin, the Oregon State Bar published, side-by-side, two documents: a “Statement on White…
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A Dissent in Knopp v Griffin-Valade
In Knopp v Griffin-Valade, 372 Or 1 (2024), the Oregon Supreme Court[1] unanimously found that, as a consequence of the adoption of Ballot Measure 113 in 2022, the Oregon Constitution now prohibits any Legislator from standing for re-election in the election immediately following a legislative session in which that legislator has accrued ten or more…