Dear Candidate,
Congratulations on your decision to run for office.
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- What is your name, and what office are you running for?
- How could the legal system be improved? Please provide your top 2-3 ideas.
- What well-known District Attorney (living or deceased) do you most admire and why?
- What are your views of the legal philosophies and actions of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland? To what degree, if any, do you believe these men have politicized their offices?
- Do you believe there is such a thing as a “woke” District Attorney or a “woke” Attorney General? If so, what do you believe is their legal philosophy, and what is your opinion of their legal philosophy and actions?
- What is your opinion regarding the use of homeschooling as a choice by parents for the education of their children?
- Many lawsuits have been filed against Christian bakers, florists, and photographers over refusing to violate their conscience on the marriage issue. How do you view religious liberty/civil rights tension, and how should this tension be resolved?
- Do you believe all laws should be enforced as written, or do you believe there are certain laws that you would choose not to enforce? Which laws, if any, would you choose not to enforce?
- Would you enforce state or local laws that restrict or prohibit abortion?
- Do you support additional penalties if an unborn child is killed in the commission of a crime against a pregnant woman?
- Do you believe that local law enforcement authorities should cooperate with ICE?
- What is your legal philosophy on constitutional matters?
- What do you believe is the basis for law?
- Do you believe the Constitution is a living document?
- When do you believe life begins?
- What are your views on hate crimes? Should an additional penalty be imposed if the crime was committed based on the perpetrator’s hatred of a protected class of people?
- Should minors accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Do you believe that it should be a crime if someone fails to address someone by his or her preferred pronoun?
- What is your understanding of criminal justice reform and restorative justice, do you support them, and why or why not?
- Do you support truth in sentencing for violent criminals so they serve full sentences with no chance of parole?
- Do you believe that all shoplifting and smash-and-grab crimes should be prosecuted?
- Do you support the use of the death penalty?
- Have you held public office previously? If yes, please list which office(s) and the years you held that office(s).
- Do you think that parents who refuse to let their children live as a member of the opposite sex or get an abortion should be prosecuted or have their children removed from their home?
- Published writings: If you have authored any published writings (not judicial decisions), please provide applicable links/URLs.
- Please describe/list any pro bono or community service activities you have engaged in.
- What person(s) and/or organization(s) have endorsed your candidacy?
- Please detail anything else you believe would assist us in rating you as a District Attorney candidate.
- What are your thoughts regarding the legalization of marijuana, and would you enforce local marijuana laws?
- What are your thoughts regarding sanctuary city laws?
- Do you believe in absolute truth? Why or why not? If you believe in absolute truth, what is the source of absolute truth? If you do not believe in absolute truth, how do you determine what is true?
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Sincerely,
Craig Huey
CraigHuey.com