Okay.

Uh, in the most recent legislative session, lawmakers decided to eliminate the criminal court clerk of Orleans Parish.

Orleans, as I understand it, was the only parish that had both a criminal and a civil court clerk, and the way the law was worded, their intention was to put all the duties of the criminal court clerk under the civil court clerk's job.

But the New Orleans City Council, at the urging of the mayor and with some advice from the district attorney, they decided that their interpretation of the law was that this is a new position, and as such, someone needed to be appointed to fill it, and they needed to call for a special election to properly elect the first person to fill that job.

So they passed, uh, a resolution, two resolutions doing that.

That's what triggered the AG to send the letters to the mayor, the DA, the appointed clerk, and all of the council members who supported it, and-

W- what are we saying with all of what is being done right now to the world, to the nation, most importantly to our fellow Louisianians, and to the average Joe Blow? Melissa, I want your response first.

Um, you know, it's hard to really compare these times to other times before this because Trump's presidency has dramatically changed how people interact with their government and how people trust or don't trust their government.