Attorney General Jeff Landry recently was a guest on Fox News concerning his challenge to the mask mandate issued in Louisiana by our benevolent dictator, I mean Governor, John Bel Edwards. The video, with host Shannon Bream, can be found below.
Louisiana AG Landry Issues Opinion on "Honor Code" Edwards' "Mask Mandate"
Photo source: Twitter
Today, Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry, issued an opinion on the “mask mandate” and closing of establishments in the state of Louisiana in response to COVID-19. Needless to say, it highlights the unconstitutionality of these mandates, calling into question the mandate’s requirements forcing businesses to become enforcement agents, questioning the “50 person limit” and singling out one type of establishment for closure, as in bars.
In essence, John Bel Edwards is not king of this state, no matter what he may think.
The opinion can be found here: AG Landry Opinion
LANDRY: Time for Legislature To Step Up
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sent out the below tweet yesterday regarding the mask mandate issued by our benevolent dictator, er, “Governor”, Honor Code Edwards. Landry stressed the importance of the Louisiana legislature using their muscle as a coequal branch of government and issue oversight on Honor Code’s draconian measures he’s resorted to in response to COVID-19.
Liberty minded citizens of this state need to contact each one of their legislators and demand action. Sitting on hands is not the proper response to our liberties being trampled on, no matter how minimal people may feel this issue really is.
Just Imagine…………
Saw this from a post on Facebook and thought it was appropriate for what is taking place after “Honor Code”, in his infinite wisdom, continues to crap all over the State of Louisiana.
Imagine a virus so deadly that you make new regulations, but they don’t go into effect until Monday. (It’s currently Sunday)
Imagine a virus so deadly, that people with BREATHING issues are exempt from wearing masks.
Imagine a virus so deadly that kids under age 7 can’t spread it & don’t have to follow the new rule.
Imagine a virus so deadly that 3 whole parishes can opt out of following the mandate.
Imagine being a clown & believing this BS
OFFICIAL: LAGOP Statement on President Trump's Victory in Louisiana's Presidential Preference Primary
Baton Rouge, LA – Today, Louisiana Republicans united to renominate President Donald J. Trump as the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States. The President's overwhelming primary victory showcases his hugely successful first term, and Louisiana is still Trump Country! Our Republican voters have not lost their enthusiasm for the President and are ready to get started on his re-election this November.
"A deep bond developed between President Trump and the people of Louisiana during his first term," commented LAGOP Chairman Louis Gurvich. "President Trump kept his promises to the American people, and now we are uniting behind our President to Keep America Great. Tonight, Louisiana's voters made clear their eagerness to re-elect their President on November 3rd."
As a result of tonight's victory in the presidential primary, all forty-six of the LAGOP's delegates to the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville will be bound to vote to renominate President Trump.
Don't force students and teachers to wear masks in school, AG Jeff Landry
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is urging the state's top school board to avoid mandating the use of face masks by students and teachers when schools reopen next month.
"We believe that mandating students to wear masks creates a situation that may cross the line on liberty, and also may become a tremendous distraction with enforcement," Landry said in his letter, which is dated July 9.
Read more: Don't force students and teachers to wear masks in school, AG Jeff Landry
Cassidy: The Democratic Party Should Change Its Name Due to Its Racist Past
The Democratic Party was founded by slave owners. These slave owners insisted upon a constitution which preserved slavery. The Democratic Party opposed Republican efforts to end slavery. The Democratic Party opposed Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. After the Civil War, Democrats opposed Republican efforts to give newly freed slaves voting rights and civil rights. In more recent times, Democratic members of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives fought Civil Rights legislation, beginning with Republican President Dwight Eisenhower’s Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Democratic governors fought integration of schools and public services, and the list goes on. It took courageous decisions by Republican judges and the enforcement of these laws by President Eisenhower who at one point called out the military to overcome resistance.
Two Democratic luminaries, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and long serving Senator Robert Byrd, were members of the KKK as young men.
Read more: Exclusive — Sen. Bill Cassidy: The Democratic Party Should Change Its Name Due to Its Racist Past
Rep. Johnson: Lawsuit to be filed Friday to challenge Shreveport mayor's mask mandate
Congressman Mike Johnson said a lawsuit will be filed on Friday against the City of Shreveport over its recent mask mandate.
The congressman said in a post on Facebook Thursday that, while he thinks it’s a good idea to encourage people to wear a mask, he doesn't believe the city has the authority to force people to do so.
Read more: Rep. Johnson: Lawsuit to be filed Friday to challenge Shreveport mayor's mask mandate
WHITE HOUSE: NAFTA is no more
For over 25 years, Republicans and Democrats alike griped about the North American Free Trade Agreement. Because of its weak, voluntary labor and environmental “rules,” NAFTA cost America millions of jobs and devastated working-class communities.
President Trump was one of NAFTA’s earliest critics as far back as the 1990s. Like former President Obama, candidate Trump promised to renegotiate NAFTA if he was elected. Unlike President Obama, Donald Trump kept that promise after taking office.
As of today, NAFTA is gone—replaced by the far stronger United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
🎬 Flashback: “We’re finally ending the NAFTA nightmare”
The USMCA is a complete overhaul of North American trade, with modern, rebalanced rules for business and investment. The International Trade Commission predicts that the USMCA will create up to 589,000 new American jobs and have the most positive impact on U.S. jobs and wages of any trade agreement that the Commission has ever reviewed.
The new agreement is also a major bipartisan victory, incorporating ideas from both Democrats and Republicans to get the best deal possible for America’s workers.
“The strong and overwhelming support the USMCA received from both parties in Congress—as well as from labor unions, business organizations, and champions of agriculture—shows just how much this trade agreement will benefit all Americans,” President Trump said in a statement today.
🎬 Secretary Perdue: USMCA changes things by leveling the playing field
Starting today, the USMCA will begin addressing longstanding trade imbalances across American industries. For example, in the automotive sector alone:
75 percent of qualifying vehicles must now be genuinely produced in North America, reducing the motive to outsource parts to low-cost countries
40-45 percent of a vehicle must be built by workers making an average of at least $16 an hour, preserving more jobs for American workers
$34 billion in new automotive manufacturing investments are expected in the United States over the next 5 years
That’s just one industry. USMCA is leveling the playing field for American farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and businesses all across our economy, too.
The United States has the best labor force of any country on Earth. Our workers don’t ask for much—only the opportunity to compete fairly for good jobs at honest wages. With NAFTA in the rearview mirror, a new era in American trade begins today.
“I keep my promises,” President Trump says.
See President Trump’s statement on the end of NAFTA.
OFFICIAL: LAGOP Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling on Louisiana Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on abortion threatens the value of all human life.
Baton Rouge, LA – The Republican Party of Louisiana is very disappointed by today’s U. S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Louisiana’s abortion law. As Attorney General Jeff Landry has already stated, this is a tragic decision that only advances the cause of devaluing human life.
As pro-life conservatives, we believe that every single human life is equally valuable. When any society routinely condones practices that devalue human life, this only leads to further systemic injustice. For-profit abortion is one of the worst injustices plaguing modern American society. The practice unduly targets disadvantaged and other vulnerable groups and perpetuates a myth that some lives are more valuable than others. Rather than liberating women, abortion has allowed for the development of new forms of female oppression. Far from being a humane practice, abortion is a barbaric one which has no place in a just society.
“The Louisiana abortion law which was struck down earlier today had sought to make for-profit abortion groups more responsible for the safety and welfare of their patients,” said LAGOP Chairman Louis Gurvich. “That our nation’s highest court found such legislation to be unconstitutional is a sad testament to the state of our country. We will not stop working until this injustice is no more.”
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Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Says Supreme Court Decision Continues Cruel Precedent of Prioritizing Abortion Business Interests Over Women’s Health and Safety
June 29, 2020
WASHINGTON– Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in an abortion case out of Louisiana, June Medical Services v. Russo. The Court ruled 5 to 4 to strike down the Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee for Pro-Life Activities issued the following statement:
“Abortion violently ends the life of a child, and often severely harms women. Abortion becomes even more destructive when basic health and safety standards are ignored, and profit margins are prioritized over women’s lives. As Catholics, we condemn abortion as a grave injustice that denies the fundamental human right to life. Yet even as we seek to end the brutality of legalized abortion, we still believe that the women who seek it should not be further harmed and abused by a callous, profit-driven industry.
“The Court’s failure to recognize the legitimacy of laws prioritizing women’s health and safety over abortion business interests continues a cruel precedent. As we grieve this decision and the pregnant women who will be harmed by it, we continue to pray and fight for justice for mothers and children.
“We will not rest until the day when the Supreme Court corrects the grave injustice of Roe and Casey and recognizes the Constitutional right to life for unborn human beings. And we continue to ask all people of faith to pray for women seeking abortion, often under enormous pressure, that they will find alternatives that truly value them and the lives of their children.”
The USCCB filed an amicus curae brief in the case along with the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals urging the Court to uphold the law. The brief can be viewed here: http://www.usccb.org/about/general-counsel/amicus-briefs/upload/18-1323-USCCB-amicus-June-Med-v-Gee-12-30-2019.pdf
LANDRY: SCOTUS DECISION PLACES ‘ACCESS’ TO ABORTION ABOVE HEALTH AND SAFETY
TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT CONTINUED ITS HEARTBREAKING LINE OF DECISIONS THAT PLACES ‘ACCESS’ TO ABORTION ABOVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
By putting precedent over patients, Justice Roberts gave his vote to a decision that ignored the overwhelming bipartisan support of Act 620 and the extensive record of Louisiana abortion providers’ history of medical malpractice, disciplinary actions, and violations of health and safety standards.
It is deeply disappointing that the Chief Justice continues a pattern of inconsistent and groundless decisions. In his misguided effort to convince the public that the Supreme Court is not political, Justice Roberts shows how political it actually is. Just four years ago, he joined the dissenters in Hellerstedt, which struck down Texas’s law; today, the Chief Justice openly acknowledges that case was wrong but then applies it anyway. He picks and choses from a stare decisis “buffet” to avoid admitting his Court is fallible. This is not justice – this is judge-made law at its worst.
Continuing to perpetuate judge-made rules that have no constitutional basis is bad for our country. It is this egregiously wrong practice that maintained decisions like Plessy, Dred Scott, and Korematsu for so long. And it reveals how far removed the Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence has become from the rules that apply to all other litigants. We are past due for a course correction.
When laws are passed with nearly unanimous bipartisan support by the elected representatives of a state and with undisputed proof of dangerous conditions and substandard abortion providers, but they cannot survive judicial review – something is drastically wrong with the Court’s case law on this subject.
I will continue to pray for all women and girls who will be exposed to the incompetent abortionists that put profits over people; and I will keep doing all that I legally can to protect the unborn, their mothers, and all Louisiana women.”
Jeff Landry
Attorney General - State of Louisiana
MILLS: SCOTUS Chooses Abortionists Over Women's Health Care Standards
The United States Supreme Court has ruled, 5-to-4, against the Louisiana law in June Medical Services v. Russo. This case was about state lawmakers instituting basic health and safety laws to protect women. The question was whether abortionists can bully their way out of following the rules that apply to everyone else.
I am disappointed once again in the liberals on the U.S. Supreme Court and their newest ally, Chief Justice John Roberts, who decided against women and invalidated Louisiana’s admitting privileges law. The Court was wrong in failing to recognize the right of states to ensure access to quality emergency medical care.
Still, we are very proud of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, Solicitor General, Liz Murrill, and former Representative/current Senator Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe), who authored the 2014 legislation that received broad bipartisan support. It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court failed to recognize the sovereign rights of states to govern in a manner which protects women’s safety. Apparently, the U.S. Supreme Court has another agenda and will continue to retain the unconstitutional and illegitimate Roe v. Wade decision. Protecting the unborn child’s right to life is the greatest human rights issue of our time. We must stand firm in the fight.
Louisiana enacted this law to protect women from the abortion businesses and their history of dirty and dangerous abortions by requiring abortion doctors—like doctors at all Louisiana free standing clinics – to be able to admit and treat their patients at nearby hospitals if the need arises. This ensures that doctors performing abortions will be competent and provide continuity of care to their patients.
This decision sends a dangerous message to states, which have the duty to prioritize women’s health and safety over abortion business interests. All states—including Louisiana—have a valid interest in regulating abortion and a duty to protect the health and safety of women. Today’s dangerous and medically substandard abortion clinics harm women. Louisiana abortion providers went to extraordinary lengths to erase a law that promotes the wellbeing of women. The Supreme Court should have put an end to this.
Abortion doctors regularly place profits over patients. The Court failed to recognize that when abortion providers seek to overturn health and safety laws enacted to protect women, they are not operating in women’s best interests. The Court missed a chance to end this conflict of interest that rewards abortion businesses at the expense of women.
Please remain in prayer for our nation -- that our Court will soon see the evil of abortion and abandon the untenable position of defending those who take innocent lives.
In His Service,
Gene Mills
President
Louisiana Family Forum
GURVICH: GOP to Lead The Charge
There is much news to report since our last meeting in February. Still, I’d like to open this newsletter by wishing everyone well and letting you know how much I’ve missed the RSCC meetings, the leadership lunches, the RPEC and LFRW meetings, the fundraisers, and most of all the friendship and camaraderie with our members. Surprisingly, the last three months have been the busiest of my chairmanship, but after reading this newsletter, perhaps you’ll understand why. So let’s get started:
Despite three months of lock-down and quarantine, July will shortly arrive to find the American people still beset by a pandemic, economic dislocation, nationwide protests and riots, and rising international threats. Moreover, the opening salvoes are being fired in what promises to be the most contentious and divisive presidential campaign in recent American history, significantly adding to our existing national malaise.
While the past ninety days have certainly challenged us in unique ways, even the most cursory examination of American history reveals that our nation has seen worse, in fact, far worse. Still, as a people, we have always overcome these difficulties and prevailed in the end. Now that is not to say that we will always and inevitably conquer every adversity; our successes have never been automatic. But I do believe that the innate self-confidence, hard work ethic, and love of country which the majority of our citizens still possess, will see us through the present crises.
But politics at the national level is a battle involving tens of millions of people working together to achieve a common goal. Our ultimate victory in this fight depends on the success of the one American political party with a noble and untarnished history, grounded in the ideals of liberty and justice, and possessing the organizational strength necessary to defeat Marxism and anarchism. That party is, of course, the Republican Party, founded in 1854 with the specific goal of ending slavery in America. Never forget that fact, and be proud of who we are.
So the responsibility for leading the country out of the present political, moral, and economic chaos must necessarily fall on us as Republicans- there is no other organization with the means or even the political will to do so. That other major national political party is so mired in self-doubt and moral contradictions of its own making as to be not only incapable of healing the country but mostly responsible for dividing it in the first place!
Our victory in 2020 is not about a few hundred judgeships or even a trillion dollars in the national budget going here instead of there, but rather the survival of the core foundational beliefs upon which our country was founded and upon which our national strength and economic prosperity are based. The issues before us are genuinely momentous, the political battle lines are drawn, and it is our duty as activists to carry our banner proudly and lead the charge!
Louis Gurvich, Chairman
Republican Party of Louisiana
11 Republican attorneys general ask Congress to shut down criticism of police
The letter, spearheaded by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, praises law enforcement and asks House and Senate leadership to assist in quelling anti-police sentiments: "We especially rely on you, as the leaders of the most important legislative body in the world, to discourage dangerous disinformation and to help us restore the country’s faith in the overwhelming majority of law-enforcement officers who perform their jobs honorably and bring stability to our cities and states."
The other attorneys general who signed on to the letter were Leslie Rutledge of Arkansas, Curtis Hill of Indiana, Lynn Fitch of Mississippi, Doug Peterson of Nebraska, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Dave Yost of Ohio, Mike Hunter of Oklahoma, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, and Ken Paxton of Texas. The Western States Sheriffs Association and Southwestern Border Sheriffs Association also signed on to the letter.
The letter can be found here.
Read more: 11 Republican attorneys general ask Congress to shut down criticism of police
LANDRY: Trump Has 200th Judicial Nominee Confirmed
Louisiana Attorney General congratulates President Donald Trump on the successful confirmation of the 200th nominee to the federal bench:
BRIGGS: LOUISIANA NEEDS LEGAL REFORM
In the past few months, like all of us, our state’s businesses have been forced to confront the uncertainties of a pandemic and a public health emergency, as well as an unprecedented economic crisis. It’s abundantly clear that we’re facing an enormous challenge, if you look at the data, you see that Louisiana’s unemployment is at the highest since the Great Depression, with massive retractions in the hospitality and oil & gas industries, two of the largest sectors of our state’s economy.
It is also clear that if we don’t also break down the persistent barriers to business growth, our state’s economy will not fully recover. We have to embrace new ideas and solutions to get Louisiana working again. We’ve heard talk from some politicians that all the Legislature needs to do is pass a budget and go home. They couldn’t be more wrong. Simply doing the bare minimum is not enough.
Read more: LOUISIANA NEEDS LEGAL REFORM
Several Louisiana oil and gas companies file for bankruptcy amid coronavirus, low crude oil prices
Two businesses near Lafayette, one in Houma and another in Kenner filed for bankruptcy, all of which appear to be oil and gas services companies. Dozens more Louisiana businesses are owed money by the companies filing for bankruptcy, records show.
In recent weeks, the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association has said about half its 460 member companies have told the organization that bankruptcy was on the table as an option to survive the economic downturn.
Read more: Several Louisiana oil and gas companies file for bankruptcy amid coronavirus, low crude oil prices
Safeguarding the U.S. Supply of Medicines and Medical Products
As the United States and other countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of some medical products, like personal protective equipment (PPE), have led to renewed calls for “Buy American” rules and other measures to “reshore” supply chains.
Let’s be very clear: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is laser-focused on making the United States the best place in the world to invest, manufacture, hire, and do business. Before, during, and after the pandemic, we are working around the clock to strengthen American industry here at home.
But as we debate this issue, we first have to get the facts straight. For example, it’s common to hear that 80% of the pharmaceuticals consumed in the United States come from China, but it happens to be wrong. In fact, 70% of our pharmaceuticals are made in America, and China is the source of less than 1% of all the pharmaceuticals Americans consume.
Read more: Safeguarding the U.S. Supply of Medicines and Medical Products
Guillory, AG Landry argue in favor of allowing live indoors music despite ban in Phase 2 order
Landry in a letter Friday to State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning Jr., cautions that enforcing the restriction on indoor live music at clubs and other small venues could violate the state constitution. The fire marshal's office is charged with enforcing the reopening guidelines.
Read more: Guillory, AG Landry argue in favor of allowing live indoors music despite ban in Phase 2 order
