Original sentence: According to the the filing, Brown has not been an active member of the State Bar for the required five years immediately before running for AG.Brown's campaign has called the lawsuit frivolous.Brown's eligibility to run for Attorney General has been challenged.His campaigns to fix the schools, fill downtown with residents, create an "arts" city and curb crime have had mixed success.In 2006, the murder rate in Oakland in the first two months was triple the same period in 2005, leading some critics to suggest that Brown had failed to make the city safer.Violent crime decreased by a third during his tenure, however, and he attempted to enact several innovative anti-crime programs, including a night curfew for convicted felons
Edited sentence: " Numerous legal experts, including Erwin Chemerinsky also expressed skepticism about the lawsuit's merits.According to the the filing, Brown has not been an active member of the State Bar for five years immediately before running for AG.Barnett, an emeritus law professor at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall, looked at the lawsuit and stated "This dog won't hunt.In the final weeks of the general election, Brown's eligibility to run for Attorney General was challenged by desperate members of the Republican party.Less than one week after the lawsuit was filed, Judge Shellyanne Chang rejected the plaintiff's motion and their lawyers were left agreeing that the suit would require major amendments if it were to continue.Stephen R.The Brown campaign called the lawsuit "a desperate stunt by a candidate 20 points down in the polls.Violent crime decreased by a third during Brown's tenure and he enacted several innovative anti-crime programs, including a night curfew for convicted felons