Combs v. Huff’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “(1)Pursuant to Section 100 of the Constitution of Kentucky no person shall be eligible to seek the office of circuit clerk unless he shall have procured from a judge of the Court of Appeals, or a judge of the circuit court, a certificate that he has been examined by the clerk of his court under his supervision, and that he is qualified for the office for which he is a candidate. (2) No such certificate shall be issued to any person unless that person has received a passing grade of 70% or more on a standard examination to be prepared and administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The examination shall include questions pertaining to the materials included in the Circuit Clerk's Manual, Circuit Clerk's Accounting Manual, and the Personnel Policies of the Court of Justice. (3) The examination shall be given once each year in which circuit clerks are elected on the third Saturday in January. No person shall be eligible to appear on any election ballot for the office for circuit clerk who has not successfully completed the examination in the year of such election, and been so certified except no incumbent circuit clerk shall be required to be re-certified. (4) In the event of a vacancy in the office of circuit clerk, a special examination shall be prepared by the Administrative Office of the Courts to be administered to such person or persons designated by the chief circuit judge responsible for filling the vacancy by appointment, and to be administered to prospecti”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franklin v. Lambert · 133 F. Supp. 2d 536 - Johnson v. Admin. Office of the Courts, Kentucky

2. “Initially, we observe that the duty to determine eligibility was imposed on a judge of the circuit court or Court of Appeals. With the adoption of the Judicial Article, Constitution Sections 109-124, effective January 1, 1976, the Court of Justice became a unified judicial system. See Constitution of Kentucky, Section 109. By virtue of Section 110(5)(b), which designates the Chief Justice as executive head of the Court of Justice, and the rule-making power conferred on the Supreme Court by Section 116 of the Constitution, it is indisputable that the duty to determine clerk eligibility formerly imposed on any Circuit Judge or any Judge of the Court of Appeals now rests exclusively with the Supreme Court. As such, there could be no serious contention that this Court lacks plenary power to determine clerk eligibility limited only by express provisions of the Constitution. [See Ex Parte Farley, Ky., 570 S.W.2d 617 (1978)]. 12”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franklin v. Lambert

3. “No person shall be eligible to the office of Clerk unless he shall have procured from a Judge of the Court of Appeals, or a Judge of a Circuit Court, a certificate that he has been examined by the Clerk of his Court under his supervision, and that he is qualified for the office for which he is a candidate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 F. Supp. 2d 536 - Johnson v. Admin. Office of the Courts, Kentucky