Seven people were killed, and at least two dozen others were injured on Monday when a dense &#8220;super fog&#8221; over New Orleans severely limited visibility for drivers on an interstate and caused a massive multi-car pileup, authorities said.
The series of crashes — involving at least 158 vehicles — began just before 9 a.m. on Interstate 55 and stretched along a one-mile span of the highway, Louisiana State Police spokesperson Sgt. Kate Stegall <a href="https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2023-10-23-smoke-fire-fog-new-orleans-visibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> weather.com. According to reports, at least three 18-wheelers were involved in the crash, with at least two fully engulfed in flames.
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Stegall said they expect the highway to remain closed until crews complete the interstate inspection.
&#8220;We are working from the outside, in,&#8221; Stegall reportedly said.
The fatal incident left at least 25 people injured, some in critical condition, who were transported to nearby hospitals.
Louisiana State Police reportedly said more fatalities could be discovered as crews continue to clear up the debris of charred and crumbled vehicles that crashed in both directions of the Louisiana expressway.
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I55 south bound south of manchac. Stay away <a href="https://t.co/aByuvzUsxg">pic.twitter.com/aByuvzUsxg</a>
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed the accident in a <a href="https://twitter.com/LouisianaGov/status/1716568910567240053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Monday on social media.
&#8220;Please join me and Donna in praying for those hurt and killed in today&#8217;s tragic I-55 crash, as well as their families. The combination of wildfire smoke and dense fog is dangerous, and I want to encourage all Louisianans in affected areas to take extreme caution when traveling,&#8221; Gov. Edwards said.
&#8220;I also want to thank the first responders and medical personnel who have worked so diligently to save lives and render aid. The best way you can help them, besides exercising caution on the road, is to donate blood at your local blood donation center. It will help replenish supplies that are being drained today to care for the wounded,&#8221; Gov. Edwards said.
According to Tyler Stanfield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New Orleans, the mix of moisture and smoke from a wildfire across the Mississippi River caused the dense fog.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the perfect storm,&#8221; Stanfield <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/fog-new-orleans-louisiana-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said.
Stanfield said New Orleans typically sees the super fog twice a year, usually from swamp fires that frequently occur in the region in the Fall due to dry conditions.
Clarencia Patterson Reed <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/traffic/at-least-2-dead-in-pileups-of-hundreds-of-vehicles-on-i-55-in-louisiana/article_c929e2ae-71bf-11ee-a0e6-c7222d3ca0d2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate the thick fog forced her to come to an abrupt stop to avoid crashing into vehicles ahead of her on the interstate early Monday. But as soon as she hit the brakes, she was in the pileup when other cars began slamming into her vehicle.
&#8220;It was &#8216;Boom. Boom,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;All you kept hearing was crashing for at least 30 minutes.&#8221;
Reed escaped her vehicle relatively unharmed, but her wife suffered an injury on the side of her leg.
&#8220;We&#8217;re grateful because we&#8217;re alive,&#8221; Reed said. &#8220;We&#8217;re here to tell you what we see up here because some people will not get that chance. It&#8217;s bad.&#8221;
Christopher Coll told the outlet he had already started pumping the breaks when he noticed the cluster of vehicles crashed in front of him.
&#8220;I was already on the brakes, slowing down when an F-250 drove up on top of my work trailer and took me for a ride,&#8221; Coll said.
The impact from the pickup truck pushed Coll&#8217;s vehicle into the pileup, where he eventually had to kick open his passenger door to flee the chaos. He told the outlet he escaped without injuries, but the series of crashes totaled his vehicle, and he lost all of his work tools and supplies.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this before,&#8221; Coll said. &#8220;It was horrible. It was the worst wreck I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221;

Massive 150-Vehicle Pileup In Louisiana Leaves 7 Dead, 25 Injured: Reports

Massive 150-Vehicle Pile-up In Louisiana Leaves 7 Dead, 25 Injured: Reports

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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a conservative Republican, was elected governor of the state in a landslide victory on Saturday night. 
He <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/14/us/elections/results-louisiana-governor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beat out</a> his next closest challenger, Democrat Shawn Wilson, by 51.6% to 25.9% in Lousiana’s all-party primary election. Landry, who flipped control of the governor&#8217;s mansion after eight years of Democratic rule, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. 
&#8220;Today&#8217;s election says that our state is united,&#8221; Landry <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/15/1206005097/republican-jeff-landry-wins-louisiana-governors-race-reclaims-office-for-gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in his victory speech. &#8220;It&#8217;s a wake-up call and it&#8217;s a message that everyone should hear loud and clear, that we the people in this state are going to expect more out of our government from here on out.&#8221;
Louisiana has a “jungle primary&#8221; system, meaning that the expected runoff was averted because Landry garnered more than 50% of the vote in the 16-candidate <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jeff-landry-wins-louisiana-governorship-flipping-state-gop-rcna119882" target="_blank" rel="noopener">field</a>, including Republicans, Democrats, and independents. It’s the first time that’s happened since the 2007 and 2011 elections, with former Republican Governor Bobby Jindal winning both contests handily. 
Landry is a former U.S. congressman from Louisiana’s 3rd district, a seat he held from 2011 to 2013. In 2016, he was elected attorney general of Louisiana and was easily re-elected four years later. Saturday’s gubernatorial election was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-flip-democrat-held-louisiana-governor-seat-first-major-contest-ahead-of-2024-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the</a> first major contest preceding the 2024 elections. 
In May, Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffLandry/status/1655578165769654273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1655578165769654273%7Ctwgr%5E1ea1abd9b668a2c68acfdf7bc30aee845555f2fa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fiframe.nbcnews.com%2FkXAdbTN%3F_showcaption%3Dtrueapp%3D1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Landry, saying, “I am endorsing your Attorney General Jeff Landry for Governor. He has been a fantastic Attorney General. He wants to stop crime. He loves the people of Louisiana just like I do.”
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Landry also had the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/trump-endorses-landry-louisiana-gubernatorial-race-rcna83350" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backing</a> of the state GOP heading into the primary. In a Saturday post to Truth Social, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111236901328097128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">congratulated</a> Landry on the win and said he would be a “truly GREAT GOVERNOR.” 
Landry <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-flip-democrat-held-louisiana-governor-seat-first-major-contest-ahead-of-2024-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran on</a> getting crime under control and improving the economy and public school system. His campaign website <a href="https://jefflandry.com/values/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasts</a> “woke” district attorneys for being soft on crime, and he says that as governor, Louisiana would “hold everyone, and I mean everyone, accountable for violent crime.” He describes himself as a “fearless champion” for the pro-life cause, receiving a 100% score from the National Right to Life. 
The governor-elect has also been a strong voice for parental rights in education, saying he would <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/hold-louisiana-attorney-general-jeff-landry-vows-sign-parental-rights-bills-if" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sign</a> a parental rights bill as governor and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/us/politics/landry-republican-louisiana-governor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledging</a> to stop the “woke agenda” in schools throughout the state.  
Following the election on Saturday night, Landry said he was “Thankful beyond belief” and “ready to get to work.” He will succeed Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, who congratulated Landry in a <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffLandry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> and said he campaigned on &#8220;important kitchen table issues.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> Tech announced on Saturday that the program is suspending a player who appeared to stomp on the head of an opposing player during a game on Friday night.
Brevin Randle, a 6-foot 230-pound linebacker, was suspended by the school for his actions during the second quarter of the team&#8217;s matchup against the University of Texas at El Paso.
Louisiana Tech athletic director Eric Wood said in a statement, &#8220;Coach Cumbie and I met with Brevin Randle today and informed him that he has been suspended indefinitely as a result of the incident during last night&#8217;s game versus UTEP.&#8221;
&#8220;In speaking with Brevin, he acknowledges that his action was wrong and understands the consequence of that action,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Our university, athletic department, and football program believe in culture, class, and competitive excellence and in no way was that displayed in that moment.&#8221;
Sports Illustrated <a href="https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/ncaa-football/brevin-randle-punishment-stepped-on-players-head-during-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Randle pushed UTEP offensive lineman Steven Hubbard into the turf after a play and that while he was on the ground he &#8220;stepped on the player&#8217;s head and neck area with his right foot.&#8221;
Officials appear to have missed seeing the incident as no penalty flags were thrown.
Louisiana Tech beat UTEP by two touchdowns, 24-10.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation online.
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&#8220;This is disgusting &#8211; Louisiana Tech LB Brevin Randle deliberately stomped over a defenseless player&#8217;s head,&#8221; football analyst Dov Kleiman wrote on X. &#8220;Somehow this wasn&#8217;t flagged but he should be suspended immediately.&#8221;
Some called for Randle to be banned from playing football for the rest of his life.
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A man who has been on the run for the past 32 years after being convicted of attempted murder has finally been captured in Mexico.
Greg Lawson, 63, could be seen laughing as he was handcuffed and returned to U.S. soil, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/greg-lawson-captured-in-mexico-after-32-years-on-run/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He has spent half his life on the run.
The FBI has been searching for Lawson since 1991, and has chased down numerous leads over the past three decades across the United States, though the bureau had long suspected he had fled to Mexico. Then, earlier this month, the FBI’s office in New Orleans received a tip that Lawson was, indeed, in Mexico. Shreveport agents as well as those in Mexico coordinated with FBI Headquarters and the Mexican immigration authorities to locate Lawson and take him into custody. He was arrested on September 19 in Huatulco, Mexico, and deported for immigration violations.
“We want to thank our partners and the public in this case, who never gave up hope that justice could be served for Mr. Lawson’s victim,” Douglas A. Williams Jr., special agent in charge of FBI New Orleans, said in <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/neworleans/news/tip-to-fbi-ends-32-year-long-manhunt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a>. “There is no doubt that Mr. Lawson might still be in the wind if our partners in Mexico had not been willing to deal with this so swiftly.”
When he was 31 years old, Lawson attempted to run his childhood friend Seth Garlington’s car off the road. The two ended up in a gas station parking lot and a shootout ensued. Garlington survived his injuries and Lawson was convicted, but he didn’t stick around to hear the verdict. He fled and his truck was found just a block away from where the trial was held at the Claiborne Parish Courthouse. For 32 years, he remained on the run. In 2007, the FBI started offering a $10,000 reward for information on his whereabouts, KTBS <a href="https://www.ktbs.com/news/bienville-parish-man-on-the-run-for-32-years-back-in-custody/article_012a7df2-57fe-11ee-8846-b3a978b92c53.html?utm_campaign=blox&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR1qumX4aukDfTehfhYgjqipkOsVwJXioYrEtXTk5Xac_swnTRWjmzJdP_Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Lawson came from a prominent family in Bienville Parish, and allegedly had gotten away with other crimes due to his family’s influence.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Bienville sheriff’s deputies went to Houston, Texas, to pick up Lawson at the airport. From there, they will take him to the Claiborne Parish Detention Center.

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The Democrat governor of Louisiana has ordered a clemency review of 56 of the 57 inmates on death row — <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12391661/Louisiana-Governor-orders-clemency-review-56-57-inmates-death-row-filed-applications-time.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> a man convicted of raping and stabbing a 4-year-old girl — after the 56 inmates filed applications.
Governor John Bel Edwards decided to order the review after the leading GOP challenger to replace him in November, State Attorney General Jeff Landry, issued an advisory opinion urging the state&#8217;s parole board — all of whom were appointed by Edwards — to consider all applications as non-viable. Landry said the board should not ignore its policy — which requires clemency requests to be made within one year of judges issuing appeal rulings — unless extenuating circumstances applied, such as an imminent execution date. Landry pointed out that the execution dates for the prisoners were not imminent.
“The broad and ill-defined waiver in (the rules) ostensibly empowers the board to repeal portions of its own rules and enact new ones at will, on an ad-hoc basis, and without any notice to the public,&#8221; Landry wrote, The Advocate <a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/jeff-landry-deals-blow-to-louisiana-death-row-clemency-pleas/article_1e9d15ae-883d-51ac-92eb-4b3e5763e2e7.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. &#8220;Such a result is impermissible under Louisiana law.”
In late July, Louisiana&#8217;s Board of Pardons and Committee postponed hearing clemency applications death row prisoners had submitted in June in which they asked for life sentences instead of execution.
“Beyond moral justifications, there are a number of reasons, whether based in law or science, that support the need for mercy while considering these applications,” Edwards wrote to the parole board. “Over the last 20 years in Louisiana, there have been six exonerations and more than 50 reversals of sentences in capital cases.”
“The governor is out there right now trying to circumvent a constitutional pardon and parole system,” Landry said in an interview with <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/gov-john-bel-edwards-continues-push-to-empty-death-row/article_5e19bb3e-36cc-11ee-a7eb-e3b0c23f269e.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NOLA</a>. “Every one of those people on death row has had a jury of their peers convict them not once but twice.”
Loren Lampert, the executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/gov-john-bel-edwards-continues-push-to-empty-death-row/article_5e19bb3e-36cc-11ee-a7eb-e3b0c23f269e.html">called</a> Edwards’ action “inappropriate and a direct affront to the victims and their families.”
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Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III, a Democrat, agreed with Landry, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12391661/Louisiana-Governor-orders-clemency-review-56-57-inmates-death-row-filed-applications-time.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Because of the governor&#8217;s request today, deep wounds have been re-opened yet again for victims who thought this issue was decided. When will this emotional roller coaster for these victims end?”

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Dem Louisiana Gov Orders Clemency Review For 56 Death Row Inmates

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A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> law requiring all public schools to display &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; in classrooms went into effect on Tuesday after it was signed last month by the state&#8217;s Democratic governor.
The <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243813" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, officially known as HB8, requires a display of &#8220;In God We Trust,&#8221; the national motto of the U.S., in every classroom of every building in every public school district, from elementary schools through high schools.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed the law in June.
The sign must be a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches.
&#8220;The motto shall be the central focus of the poster or framed document and shall be printed in a large, easily readable font,&#8221; the law reads.
Schools can spend public money on the signs. People are also allowed to donate money to buy the displays for schools.
The ACLU of Louisiana complained about Louisiana&#8217;s new law, with a representative <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/us/louisiana-public-schools-in-god-we-trust/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “It’s our belief that parents, not school officials, should be responsible for shaping their children’s religious education.”
&#8220;Will it send a message that only students who believe in God are welcome in public spaces?&#8221; ACLU Louisiana advocacy strategist A’Niya Robinson <a href="https://www.fox8live.com/2023/08/02/louisiana-public-school-classrooms-now-required-display-god-we-trust-motto/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a>.
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The bill&#8217;s author, state Representative Dodie Horton (R), said the bill does not promote any particular religion.
“It doesn’t preach any particular religion at all, but it certainly does recognize a higher power,” Horton <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/us/louisiana-public-schools-in-god-we-trust/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“It’s a positive message in this world that throws so many negative things at our children,” she added.
In 2018, Louisiana <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/us/in-god-we-trust-louisiana-schools/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a lighter version of the law, which required all public schools to have just one &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; sign hung in public school buildings. Now, the signs will be more ubiquitous and likely more visible to students since they must hang in every classroom.
The 2018 law also required that students be taught that “In God We Trust” is the national motto and educated on the history of the phrase.
Louisiana is not the only state to implement a law recently requiring &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; to be displayed in public facilities.
Florida, Arkansas, South Dakota, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Texas have also passed similar laws recently.
&#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; appears on every piece of U.S. currency as well, which has raised the hackles of anti-religion activists for years.
In 2016, atheist activists <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/in-god-we-trust-atheist-activist-michael-newdow.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> in federal court to remove &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; from U.S. currency, claiming the national motto is &#8220;a tool used to perpetuate favoritism for (Christian) Monotheism&#8221; and perpetuates &#8220;anti-Atheistic bias.&#8221;
Another new Louisiana law <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=23RS&amp;b=HB68&amp;sbi=y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went into effect</a> on Tuesday that allows public schools to offer an elective high school class on the Bible.
&#8220;The course shall maintain religious neutrality and accommodate diverse religious views, traditions, and perspectives,&#8221; the law reads.
The course will familiarize students with the content, history, and structure of the Bible, as well as the book&#8217;s influence on law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and culture, the law says.
“This bill confirms our students have the opportunity to study the most published book in history when it has been unclear they had that option in the past,” said the bill&#8217;s author, state Representative Valarie Hodges (R).

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Louisiana Law Mandating ‘In God We Trust’ Displayed In Every Public School Classroom Takes Effect

Louisiana Law Mandating 'In God We Trust' Displayed In Every Public School Classroom Takes Effect

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> State House on Tuesday failed to override Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards&#8217; veto of a bill that would have banned teachers from using a new pronoun for students unless they get permission from parents.
The House <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 67-29 on HB 81, three votes short of the two-thirds threshold required to override the governor&#8217;s veto.
Every Democrat voted against the bill <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1334282" target="_blank" rel="noopener">along with</a> two Republicans, Representatives Barbara Freiberg and Stephanie Hilferty.
One Republican member reportedly flew back from vacation in France to make the session, while another Republican was also vacationing in Europe, but did not fly back, and yet another Republican was out of town for a family medical situation, <a href="https://twitter.com/rjamesfinn/status/1681318110891216902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local reporter James Finn.
The pronoun <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would have required school employees to use the name on a student&#8217;s birth certificate or a derivative of that name unless the student&#8217;s parent provides written permission to do otherwise.
Under the bill, schools also would have been banned from requiring school employees to use pronouns other than the ones that match the sex on someone&#8217;s birth certificate if doing so would violate the employee&#8217;s sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.
Edwards vetoed the bill at the end of June along with two other bills that dealt with gender identity.
One of the other bills, the Stop Harming Our Kids Act, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4077103-louisiana-gender-affirming-care-ban-vetoed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bans</a> puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries for minors in Louisiana. Both chambers of the Louisiana legislature voted Tuesday to override the governor&#8217;s veto of that bill, meaning the legislation will go into effect.
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The other bill the governor vetoed last month would have blocked teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in the state&#8217;s public school classrooms. That bill also <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a> the override vote on Tuesday by just two votes.
&#8220;This bill unfairly places vulnerable children at the front lines of a vicious culture war,&#8221; Edwards <a href="https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2023Vetoes/HB466.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in his veto message on the classroom content bill, adding that it could result in &#8220;sanctioned bullying of LGBTQ children in schools under the guise of religious freedom.&#8221;
Last year, about 300,000 American teens 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Pop-Update-Jun-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender, a sharp increase over the previous few years. From 2017 to 2021, gender dysphoria diagnoses in children nearly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tripled</a>.
In the past few years, parents and teachers have clashed with schools about policies around trans-identifying students.
In 2017, an Indiana teacher <a href="https://apnews.com/article/indiana-teacher-lawsuit-transgender-student-names-883b50e19088614d71df25f0f835ed08" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was fired</a> after he objected to using trans-identifying students&#8217; new names and pronouns. Last year, a Virginia teacher was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-teacher-fired-refusing-students-preferred-pronouns-speaks-out-blacklisted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired</a> for refusing to use a trans-identifying student&#8217;s new pronouns.
In several states, parents have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-lawsuit-school-maine-8003272a6c8b1111010ba42bea2ceb8e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> their <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-reportedly-suing-school-district-allegedly-secretly-helped-transitioned-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">children&#8217;s</a> school districts, claiming school personnel encouraged their children to change their gender identity behind their parents&#8217; backs.
In Louisiana itself, teacher Jonathan Koeppel said in 2021 that he was fired after he objected to the schools in his New Orleans-area district teaching gender ideology, as well as Critical Race Theory.
“I started noticing kids talking about political topics that were being brought up in other classes by their teachers, and realized that someone had to get this conversation started,” Koeppel <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/30/teacher-fired-after-speaking-against-gender-identity-critical-race-theory-and-mask-mandates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. “I just happened to be that someone.”

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Louisiana House Fails To Override Governor's Veto Of Gender Identity Parental Permission Bill

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In a rare move, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> legislature has voted to override Democrat Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-bel-edwards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Bel Edwards</a>’ veto of a bill that shields children from life-altering sex-change procedures.
The bill, called the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” will prevent doctors from performing transgender procedures like double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and administering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children.
&#8220;Today was a huge win for the children of Louisiana! I&#8217;m proud of my colleagues in the state legislature for standing up to protect the children of our great state. We made it clear today that our children are worth fighting for. This great victory would not have been possible without the prayers and support of parents, grandparents, pastors, and grassroots organizations from around the state who rose up and declared with one voice that &#8216;No one in Louisiana has the right to harm a child&#8217;. God Bless the families of our beautiful state!&#8221; Louisiana Republican Rep. Gabe Firment, the sponsor of the legislation, told The Daily Wire in a statement.
The House voted 75-23 to override the veto, with 69 Republicans being joined by six Democrats. In the Senate, lawmakers voted 28-11 to adopt the measure.
&#8220;As a counselor, I know of no other mental health disorder where we affirm distorted thinking. We don’t affirm the distorted thinking of anorexic children who suffer body dysmorphia, do we? And since studies have shown that gender dysphoria does not persist in most children past puberty, why would any so called treatment include irreversible medical procedures,&#8221; said Louisiana Republican Rep. Laurie Schlegel. &#8220;The suggestion that the only hope for children experiencing gender dysphoria is cross-sex hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or life changing sex operations is ludicrous. These children need intensive mental health counseling.&#8221;
During discussion of the bill, Republican Senator John Morris said that &#8220;experimental procedures on minors that are irreversible” are not health care, citing long-term health problems, such as fertility issues, that have been associated with transgender procedures. Republican Senator Mike Fesi pointed to regret from people who &#8220;transitioned&#8221; at a young age and wished their parents had not allowed them to go through with the transgender procedures. 
Democrat Senator Jay Luneau claimed that the bill would violate parental rights and contained vague provisions that would be unconstitutional.
Republican Senator Fred Mills, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/louisiana-republican-blocks-bill-that-would-have-banned-transgender-surgeries-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously held up the bill in committee</a>, claimed that the bill would have implications for future medical related bills and praised former Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson for his veto of a ban on transgender procedures in Arkansas, arguing Louisiana lawmakers should take a similar approach.
In May, <a href="https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mills</a> joined Democrats in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraLCline/status/1661428182732492801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5-4 vote</a> on the Health and Welfare Committee to block the advancement of the bill. Edwards reportedly pressured lawmakers on the committee to kill the bill.
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Before today&#8217;s vote, there have only been two successful vetoes of a gubernatorial veto since 1974, when the state adopted a new constitution, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-louisiana-gun-politics-9650df5e82bf7d34e05e8743ae4862ae" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
&#8220;This bill was ground zero for the veto session and will show up in every single race this year in Louisiana. The legislature sent a historic message, loud and clear, that in Louisiana, children are off limits. Anyone thinking about running for office here should take note,&#8221; Baton Rouge based Republican strategist Lionel Rainey III told The Daily Wire.
The passage of the bill was praised by conservatives in the state, including Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills.
&#8220;In most years, Legislators have treated veto override sessions as optional. This year, the Legislature agreed with LFF that an override was obligatory, especially with the health and welfare of children at stake. The Legislature sent a clear message to those who seek to harm children for profit – ‘Access denied …. to Louisiana children!’ We are deeply grateful to each lawmaker who moved to Protect Louisiana Children. Now, it&#8217;s time to move forward in providing safe and effective mental health treatments for children who struggle with gender dysphoria,&#8221; Mills said in a statement.
In his veto message, Edwards <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-children-from-transgender-procedures-in-state-with-gop-supermajority" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed to federal court rulings</a> striking down similar bans in other states.
Roughly 20 states have passed bans on life-altering transgender procedures on children, including Kentucky, which is also governed by a Democrat. The Republican legislature was able to override his veto before portions of the law were just blocked by a federal judge.

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Louisiana Lawmakers Override Democrat Governor's Veto Of Child Sex Change Ban In Rare Vote

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There’s a myth about the Titan god Cronus who, for fear of being overthrown, proceeded to devour each of his children. His wife Rhea, being cunning, protected their last child Zeus by feeding her husband a stone. Once Zeus was grown, he overthrew his father and banished him to the deepest pit of the underworld – beginning the Age of Mount Olympus.
Such myths, for their symbolism and imagination, are vessels for deeper lessons; and the lesson here is that certain Ages devour children. Perhaps, we are in such an Age right now; and it’s going to take good parents like Rhea to defend our innocent kids from destruction. As Louisiana’s attorney general, I have prioritized protecting children – especially from exploitation.
Major tech companies, such as Google and Meta, are not legally required to look for child pornography; but should they find it on their servers, they are legally required to report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. My office’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit then receives tips relevant to our State and connects with appropriate law enforcement agencies to investigate. 
 
These tips can encompass everything from sexual conversations with juveniles to distribution of sexual abuse images or videos via social media. Over the years, the number of tips has grown exponentially with an enormous boom during the COVID lockdowns. In 2009, Louisiana received 172 tips; but in the first quarter of 2023, we have already received over 2,500 — each a potential crime involving children that likely need protection from groomers, abuse, and sex trafficking. 
 
Yet American culture and entertainment have become increasingly sexualized and “pornified” across films, books, and music — with sexual identity becoming the sole identity of many. And as kids have become increasingly desensitized to sexual content, they have begun to reframe early sexual activity and inappropriate (if not dangerous) relationships as empowering, exciting, and mature. 
 
This has only been encouraged by sexually-explicit content accessible to children in Louisiana’s public libraries, including material that emphasizes sexual relationships with older individuals and sexual exploration of minors as young as 10. With the vast majority of children being molested and abused by other children, placement of these products in sections not exclusive to adults is all the more disturbing. 
 
Sadly, establishment politicians lack the fortitude to pull the weeds at the roots. While we were able to get the Legislature to place library card restrictions on certain books, sexually-explicit content is still accessible to children on public library shelves. When my ICAC unit requested additional funding to hire more investigators, their request was not approved by State government – despite the fact that these investigators are each responsible for roughly 1,000 tips per year, face burnout after three years, and many have been working for ten. And when a bill restricting “gender-affirming care” to those 18 or younger went before the Legislature, too many lawmakers argued in favor of the destruction and mutilation of children in the name of “science” and for fear of suicide. 
 
The harsh reality is roughly 4 in 5 children who <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/four-out-of-five-kids-who-question-their-gender-grow-out-of-it-trans-expert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">experience gender dysphoria will outgrow it</a>. One study stated that up to <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26754056/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">98% re-identify with their biological sex</a> in time. Yet the damages done by puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones are often permanent, including <a href="https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jac5.1691" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brain damage</a>, <a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/159663/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vision loss</a>, and <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/#:~:text=Long-term%20cross-sex%20hormone,term%20cross-sex%20hormone%20treatment." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sterilization</a>. Those are heavy costs for something children may soon outgrow, with <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/107/9/e3937/6572526?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the detransition rate </a>now around 30%. To claim otherwise is, as one expert in Finland stated, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/four-out-of-five-kids-who-question-their-gender-grow-out-of-it-trans-expert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“irresponsible” and “purposeful disinformation.” 
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Moreover, those who transition are <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043071/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">19 times more likely</a> to commit suicide than those who do not, according to a 30-year study. Moreover, males who took estrogen <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/comment?id=10.1371/annotation/dcc6a58e-592a-49d4-9b65-ff65df2aa8f6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were more likely to plan and attempt suicide</a>. Another study highlighted that 16- and 17-year-olds who received hormones were more than twice as likely to report “<a href="https://www.heritage.org/gender/report/puberty-blockers-cross-sex-hormones-and-youth-suicide/#_ftnref33" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a suicide attempt requiring inpatient hospitalization</a>.” That is why we are calling on lawmakers to override the governor’s veto and protect our children from such a devastating future.
Of course, there are those who prefer to act out of convenience rather than face these facts; they would rather hide behind “the science” than accept the truth. But until we have difficult conversations about what is actually normal and healthy versus trendy and dangerous, I am afraid that we will continue to devour our children – not because we fear the future, but because we fear having to admit we are wrong. And what will our children think of this Age of Ignorance, once they are grown and sterilized? 

<a href="http://www.ag.state.la.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Landry</a> is Attorney General of Louisiana.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-bel-edwards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Bel Edwards</a> has vetoed a bill that would have protected children from life-altering transgender surgeries and hormone procedures. 
Edwards <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/louisiana-bans-transgender-surgery-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vetoed</a> the &#8220;Stop Harming Our Kids Act,&#8221; a bill that would have prohibited a wide range of transgender procedures on children, including giving girls who identify as boys double mastectomies. It would also have banned giving children cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.
“Just as conservative courts have found in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee, I believe that there is no legitimate state interest and no rational basis that justifies harming this very small population of children, their families, and the healthcare who care for them or for the cruel and extreme consequences imposed on children through the overt denial of healthcare by this bill,” Edwards <a href="https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2023Vetoes/HB648.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in a letter to Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnadyer explaining his veto.
He claimed that the law would be a violation of the 14th Amendment and claimed that lawmakers believing in limited government should not support the bill, which he characterized as part of a “targeted assault on children.”
Despite the governor’s veto, the bill could still have a path forward as there is a supermajority of Republicans in the state’s House and Senate. The bill <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244986" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the Senate by a vote of 29-10 and the House by a vote of 75-25.
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A Republican state senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/louisiana-republican-blocks-bill-that-would-have-banned-transgender-surgeries-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously held up the bill in committee</a> before it was moved to another committee from where it advanced. Initially, Republican state Senator <a href="https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fred Mills</a> joined Democrats in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraLCline/status/1661428182732492801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5-4 vote</a> on the Health and Welfare Committee to block the advancement of the bill. Edwards reportedly pressured lawmakers on the committee to kill the bill. 
Roughly 20 states have passed bans on life-altering transgender procedures on children, including Kentucky, which is also governed by a Democrat. The Republican legislature was able to override his veto before portions of the law were just blocked by a federal judge.
The laws have faced an uphill battle, with federal judges in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, and Florida blocking portions or all of the bills, largely claiming the legislation could violate the 14th Amendment.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-moves-to-defend-laws-shielding-kids-from-trans-procedures-explicit-performances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a motion for an emergency stay</a> from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals after U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson placed a temporary injunction on Tennessee’s prohibition of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for children, which have been shown to have life-altering impacts.

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The U.S. Supreme Court denied Louisiana’s appeal of a ruling that requires the state to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-black district, moving the case forward in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 
Louisiana Democratic Governor Jon Bel Edwards <a href="https://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/4175">praised</a> the high court’s decision, saying, “Louisiana can and should have a congressional map that represents our voting population, which is one-third Black. As I have consistently stated, this is about simple math, basic fairness, and the rule of law. I am confident we will have a fair map in the near future.”
The ruling comes after the court’s 5-4 <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1086_1co6.pdf">decision</a> earlier this month in Allen v. Milligan, which ruled that Alabama violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ordering the state to draw a second majority-black district. The court’s order in Louisiana’s case suggests they expect Milligan to be applied by the lower court.
The order from the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-redistricting/index.html">means</a> that the lower court proceedings, which were halted when the Supreme Court allowed the map to be used in the 2022 elections, will restart. Before the 2022 stay order, the Fifth Circuit was preparing a review of U.S. District Judge Shelley Dick’s ruling that struck down Louisiana’s map.
Dick had been considering a remedial congressional plan after Louisiana’s Republican legislature refused to draw a second majority-black district when the stay was imposed. Now that the stay has been lifted, the Fifth Circuit will likely plan a new hearing on the legislature’s appeal, and Dick will schedule a conference hearing to draw the map before the 2024 elections.
With the GOP’s slim majority in the House of Representatives, the rulings in Alabama and Louisiana could help Democrats in their quest to retake the lower chamber. 
Louisiana is currently represented in the House by five Republicans and one Democrat, but plaintiffs argued that because black voters make up one-third of Louisiana’s population, there should be two majority-black districts. Because black Americans <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/09/13/2-party-affiliation-among-voters-1992-2016/">traditionally</a> vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, both Alabama, and Louisiana will most likely lose a Republican representative. 
The Supreme Court previously allowed both maps to be used in the 2022 midterm elections, but now both states must have new districts drawn with additional majority-black districts before the 2024 elections take place. 
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Justice Roberts’ majority opinion in Milligan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-congressional-map-as-discriminatory">said</a> Alabama’s districts were “not equally open” and rendered “a minority vote unequal to a vote by a nonminority voter.” Justice Thomas had called out the Milligan majority for “circular” reasoning and for defining their argument in racialized, rather than race-neutral, terms.
Some pundits <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/09/us-supreme-court-alabama-voting-maps-democrats">believe</a> the court’s decision in Milligan will likely reverse maps in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, creating a clear path for Democrats to retake the House. However, even Justice Roberts’ opinion admits that very few map challenges under Section 2 of the VRA are successful, so it remains to be seen whether other states’ maps will be struck down.

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A challenge from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> to President Joe Biden’s deportation policies was rejected by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> in a decision released Friday. 
The suit, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, had hoped to overturn Biden’s deportation policy, which they argued violated federal law by focusing primarily on the deportation of those with criminal convictions or terrorist connections, and not by deporting all illegal immigrants regardless of criminal status. 
&#8220;They want a federal court to order the Executive Branch to alter its arrest policies so as to make more arrests,&#8221; Justice Brett Kavanaugh <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-58_i425.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an 8-1 majority opinion. &#8220;Federal courts have not traditionally entertained that kind of lawsuit; indeed, the States cite no precedent for a lawsuit like this.”
Justice Samuel Alito argued that Texas did have standing to challenge the policy, saying that the majority opinion harmed the ability of the states to push back on executive authority. 
The decision, &#8220;holds that the only limit on the power of a President to disobey a law like the important provision at issue is Congress’s power to employ the weapons of inter-branch warfare — withholding funds, impeachment and removal, etc,” Alito wrote in his dissent. “I would simply apply settled law, which leads ineluctably to the conclusion that Texas has standing.”
Alito argued that the decision was “deeply flawed” and could prevent states from protecting their “vital interests.”
“If a President fails or refuses to enforce the immigration laws, the States must simply bear the consequences. That interpretation of executive authority and Article III’s case or controversy requirement is deeply and dangerously flawed,” he added. 
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The policy that prompted the suit was outlined in a <a href="https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/guidelines-civilimmigrationlaw.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 2021 memorandum</a> from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
“The fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them,” Mayorkas said, claiming that the DHS did not have the resources to deport everyone illegally entering the country. 
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-takes-up-major-immigration-case-between-texas-and-biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo was vacated</a> by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit refused to put the ruling on hold while the Biden administration appealed the decision. The appeals court asked the Supreme Court to freeze the decision, but the high court ruled that the decision could stay in effect and agreed to hear the Biden administration’s challenge.
Arguments on the case were heard in November.

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