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'''Charles Edward Karst''', known as '''Ed Karst''' (September 18, 1931<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Charles+Edward&gsln=Karst&msbdy=1931&msbpn__ftp=New+Orleans%2c+Orleans%2c+Louisiana%2c+USA&msbpn=34322&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3246%7c21%7c0%7c2249%7c34322%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=upc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=90068985&db=USpublicrecords2&indiv=1&ml_rpos=19|title=Charles Karst in the U.S. Public Records Index|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 18, 2015}}</ref> – July 17, 1992), was an [[attorney]] and [[politician]] remembered for his controversial tenure as the [[mayor]] from 1969 to 1973 of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish]] in central [[Louisiana]]. In 1991, Karst launched a bizarre "No Party" [[governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in which he threatened if elected to fire the members of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]], an elected body over whom the governor has no jurisdiction or, if defeated, as he was, to kill the justices, who had upheld his earlier disbarment. At times, Karst was a member of both the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] and the [[Republican Party|Republican]] parties, but he ran for governor with the "No Party" label, as permitted in Louisiana.
'''Charles Edward Karst''', known as '''Ed Karst''' (September 18, 1931<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Charles+Edward&gsln=Karst&msbdy=1931&msbpn__ftp=New+Orleans%2c+Orleans%2c+Louisiana%2c+USA&msbpn=34322&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3246%7c21%7c0%7c2249%7c34322%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=upc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=90068985&db=USpublicrecords2&indiv=1&ml_rpos=19|title=Charles Karst in the U.S. Public Records Index|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 18, 2015}}</ref> – July 17, 1992), was an [[attorney]] and [[politician]] remembered for his controversial tenure as the [[mayor]] from 1969 to 1973 of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish]] in central [[Louisiana]]. In 1991, Karst launched a bizarre "No Party" [[governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in which he threatened if elected to fire the members of the Louisiana Supreme Court, an elected body over whom the governor has no jurisdiction or, if defeated, as he was, to kill the justices, who had upheld his earlier disbarment. At times, Karst was a member of both the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] and the [[Republican Party|Republican]] parties, but he ran for governor with the "No Party" label, as permitted in Louisiana.
The [[New Orleans]]-born Karst, a son of Charles Karst, Jr. (1890–1981), was educated in the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He then attended [[Tulane University]], and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. He relocated to Alexandria to practice law during the 1960s.
The [[New Orleans]]-born Karst, a son of Charles Karst, Jr. (1890–1981), was educated in the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He then attended [[Tulane University]], and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. He relocated to Alexandria to practice law during the 1960s.
==Karst disbarred==
==Karst disbarred==
Karst was suspended from his law practice after he falsely accused state District Judge Guy Earl Humphries, Jr. (1923-2010), of political corruption. The allegation came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits against architect Joe Fryar in a dispute over a public housing project formerly known as "Karst Park". The bar association initiated disbarment proceedings against Karst on the grounds that his slurs against Judge Humphries constituted misconduct. In a hearing in 1981, Karst admitted that the allegations that he hurled against Humphries were false. Karst failed to be reinstated to his law practice, as the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]] denied each appeal.
Karst was suspended from his law practice after he falsely accused state District Judge Guy Earl Humphries, Jr. (1923-2010), of political corruption. The allegation came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits against architect Joe Fryar in a dispute over a public housing project formerly known as "Karst Park". The bar association initiated disbarment proceedings against Karst on the grounds that his slurs against Judge Humphries constituted misconduct. In a hearing in 1981, Karst admitted that the allegations that he hurled against Humphries were false. Karst failed to be reinstated to his law practice, as the Louisiana Supreme Court denied each appeal.
==1991 race for governor==
==1991 race for governor==