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The timeline of events at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, published by the Washington Post shows President Trump’s remarks that day could not have caused rioting at the U.S. Capitol.  The timeline shows Trump started speaking at 12 noon.  He ended at 1:10 p.m.  However, protesters gathered outside the Capitol at 12:30 […]

 Legal problems facing Rev. Tony Spell for holding church services at Life Tabernacle in defiance of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ orders seem less and less likely to land the Central pastor in prison.  On the contrary, it looks more and more like he will win the outstanding civil and criminal cases and could well be […]

 Louisiana Supreme  Court Associate Justice Jeff Hughes was the center of attention at the Baton Rouge Advocate for more than a year.  Half a dozen major front-page articles held up the judge as the epitome of unethical behavior on the bench.  Another two dozen stories mentioned him as an example of judges who avoid being […]

The United States Supreme Court has issued an injunction prohibiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York from enforcing limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in New York.  The governor issued emergency orders creating zones and limiting church attendance to 10 or 25 persons depending on the zone.  However, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme […]

It’s no accident that voters in the United States are turning out to vote in earth-shaking, record-breaking numbers. People of all political persuasions seem to recognize that this is the most important election of our lifetimes. It is the first time in the nation’s history that Americans have faced a choice between freedom and socialism.  […]

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled with Rev. Tony Spell on a misdemeanor traffic ticket that goes back 21 years. When Rev. Tony Spell was being harassed by Gov. Edwards at the start of the pandemic, law enforcement agents justified his arrest because the pastor supposedly was a “wanted man” with an outstanding […]

 Just before 5 p.m. last Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 65 members of the Louisiana House of Representatives delivered to Gov. John Bel Edwards a petition terminating his emergency order on the coronavirus.  The effect was to immediately re-open the State of Louisiana and revoke the orders and mandates issued by unilateral action of the governor. […]

Gov. John Bel Edwards responded to the petition by the Louisiana House terminating his emergency orders by saying the petition is unconstitutional.  He claimed his emergency orders are still in effect.   The governor said he was no intention of giving up any of the powers he has assumed and would veto any bill passed […]

Today, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry – along with the U. S. Department of Justice and ten other state Attorneys General – filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising […]

 Members of the Livingston Parish Council have unanimously petitioned Gov. John Bel Edwards to lift the restrictions being imposed by him on businesses in the parish.  In the petition, the councilmen said they did not object to social distancing or the use of protective equipment where businesses chose to require them. However, the Council said […]