# Hour 1: The Orleans Parish Criminal District Court bought the overhaul on themselves by performing with minimum efficiency

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-06-02T16:11:26+00:00
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## Resource

This hour, Newell shares his thoughts on the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling in a 4-3 split decision to uphold Act 15, a state law that eliminated the criminal court clerk position won by exoneree Calvin Duncan. Then, Janatan Sayeh, an Iran analyst with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins the show to discuss the latest on the US/Iranian conflict.

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