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Landry has guest hosted ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' via a [[radio]] hookup from [[Lafayette]]. On his program on March 26, 2018, Griffon noted that Landry has taken Edwards to court six times and prevailed each time.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', March 26, 2018.</ref> | Landry has guest hosted ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' via a [[radio]] hookup from [[Lafayette]]. On his program on March 26, 2018, Griffon noted that Landry has taken Edwards to court six times and prevailed each time.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', March 26, 2018.</ref> | ||
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| + | Landry is a firm advocate of student-led [[prayer]] in public education and appeared on April 8, 2018, at meetings in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and [[Bossier City]] with [[U.S. Representative]] James Michael "Mike" Johnson of Louisiana's 4th congressional district at which the two Republicans explained how the [[U.S. Constitution]] protects religious freedom. Johnson and Landry said that many teachers and administrators misconstrue the [[First Amendment]] rights of students and are often intimidated by [[Atheism|atheist]] organizations that oppose prayer. Bossier Parish has been sued for allowing some educators to introduce religious themes into their lessons.<ref>{{cite web|url=710keel.com/mike-johnson-jeff-landry-on-1st-amendment-and-prayer-in-schools-video/|title=Mike Johnson, Jeff Landry on First Amendment and Prayer in Schools|author=Robert J. Wright|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=April 9, 2018}}</ref> | ||
Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> | Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:22, April 9, 2018
| Jeffrey Martin "Jeff" Landry | |
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Attorney General of Louisiana
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr. |
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U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
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| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Melancon |
| Succeeded by | Charles Boustany |
| Born | December 23, 1970 St. Martinville Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon LeBlanc Landry One son |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jeffrey Martin Landry, known as Jeff Landry (born December 23, 1970), is the attorney general of his native U.S. state of Louisiana.
He was earlier a one-term Republican in the 112th Congress for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He succeeding Democrat Charlie Melancon, who stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Republican David Vitter. Landry served with honor as an Operation Desert Storm veteran. he attained the rank of sergeant. He received the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an Overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard.
Landry has a Juris Doctorate from the Roman Catholic Loyola University in New Orleans and was a small business owner. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a former state Senate aide, a sheriff’s deputy in St. Martin Parish, and a police officer in the Village of Parks.
Landry was unseated in 2012 through reapportionment. He was pitted against fellow Republican Representative Charles Boustany, a retired physician from Lafayette, Louisiana, whose wife is a niece of former Governor Edwin Edwards. Boustany relinquished the seat in January 2017 after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against the eventual winner, Republican John Neely Kennedy, who filled the seat that Vitter vacated to return to private life.
Landry scored a comeback to win the office of attorney general in the general election held on November 21, 2015, in which he, a lifelong Republican, unseated the incumbent James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr. (born 1946), a Democrat-turned-Republican. Since his election as attorney general, Landry has been in frequent legal disputes with the Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards (no relation to Edwin Edwards). Early in 2018, Landry announced that an agreement had been reached with the governor's office about control of Louisiana's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.[1]
On March 27, 2018, Landry cited the lack of evidence that could be brought to a grand jury in the case of two white Baton Rouge police officers involved in the fatal shooting in July 2016 of the African-American Alton Sterling. Landry noted that federal authorities had declined to bring charges, and East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore had recused himself because of a personal tie to the family of one of the officers. The officers claim they gave Sterling verbal warnings and an opportunity to surrender upon arrest but fired when they believed Sterling was reaching for a gun in his possession. Sterling's death led to riots in Baton Rouge. Still pending is a civil suit filed on behalf of the five Sterling children against the officers and the city-parish of Baton Rouge. The suit accuses the police department of lax training and poor procedures whicn contributed to Sterling's death. In addition, the two officers still face in-house discipline by the police department, and Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, an African-American, has called for their termination.[2]
Landry has guest hosted The Moon Griffon Show via a radio hookup from Lafayette. On his program on March 26, 2018, Griffon noted that Landry has taken Edwards to court six times and prevailed each time.[3]
Landry is a firm advocate of student-led prayer in public education and appeared on April 8, 2018, at meetings in Minden and Bossier City with U.S. Representative James Michael "Mike" Johnson of Louisiana's 4th congressional district at which the two Republicans explained how the U.S. Constitution protects religious freedom. Johnson and Landry said that many teachers and administrators misconstrue the First Amendment rights of students and are often intimidated by atheist organizations that oppose prayer. Bossier Parish has been sued for allowing some educators to introduce religious themes into their lessons.[4]
Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in Montana. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident. The Shreveort Times (February 20, 2018). Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
- ↑ M. L. Nestel. Police won't face charges in Alton Sterling shooting case. ABC News. Retrieved on March 27, 2018.
- ↑ The Moon Griffon Show, March 26, 2018.
- ↑ Robert J. Wright. [710keel.com/mike-johnson-jeff-landry-on-1st-amendment-and-prayer-in-schools-video/ Mike Johnson, Jeff Landry on First Amendment and Prayer in Schools]. KEEL Radio. Retrieved on April 9, 2018.