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BATON ROUGE -- Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell announced Wednesday that he is switching to the Republican Party, culminating a dramatic reversal-of-fortune for a Democratic Party that had dominated Louisiana politics for more than a century. Caldwell's switch leaves U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu as Louisiana's only statewide elected official, and it means Republicans are in charge of all seven constitutional offices in state government. As recently as 2004, the party held both of Louisiana's U.S. Senate seats and six of the seven constitutional offices. Caldwell said he switched because he feels more comfortable with the GOP's positions on local and...

As Louisiana’s attorney general, I am duty-bound by my oath of office to pursue a request by the governor of the state of Louisiana for legal assistance, so long as it has substantial legal merit. To save Louisiana the potential expense of filing a separate lawsuit regarding the federal health-care legislation, it was my decision to sign-on to Florida’s well-drafted action at minimal cost to Louisiana and accomplish the same legal purpose. According to state Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine, a substantial financial burden is imposed on Louisiana by this legislation. According to Secretary Levine, there is...

This year marks 225(older, but timeless article) years since our Founding Fathers gave us our National Birth Certificate. We continue to be the longest on-going Constitutional Republic in the history of the world. Blessings such as these are not by chance or accidental. They are blessings of God. On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterwards — July 4th —the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. Four days later,...