Louisiana Voice

Both the House and Senate have now voted to override Gov. Edwards’s veto of the congressional redistricting proposal put forward by the legislature and now the matter moves on to the courts – unless a compromise being secretly offered by Republicans can keep the matter from being decided by the judiciary, according to details contained in this LouisianaVoice exclusive report.

The governor believes the state should have a second minority district, but ultimately, the dispute may have little to do with the shift in black-white population in the state.

While attention has been focused on redrawing congressional districts, an obscure constitutional loophole may allow a precedent-setting redistricting plan for Louisiana that could potentially be replicated by other states to throw the alignment of the US Senate into disarray and chaos.

The US Senate has always been exempted from the necessary redrawing of lines for the House of Representatives and for legislative districts every 10 years because each state, regardless of population, is allocated two senators.

That may be about to change, thanks to behind-the-scenes efforts of the Louisiana Republican Party, led by Attorney General Jeff Landry, which is on the cusp of formally presenting its proposal for restructuring the very makeup of the Senate.

Landry claims to have unearthed a provision of the Constitution that he said allows the shifting of senatorial alignments from state to state as long as each participating state is agreeable.

Under the proposal to be presented, Louisiana would lose one senator – Bill Cassidy in this case – and Florida would gain one, Ron “Never Say Gay” DeSantis, in a one-of-a-kind swap-out that proponents contend would be allowed under a nearly-hidden clause in the US Constitution: Section 3, Subsection iv, Paragraph 6 of the 17^th Amendment.

Subsection iv of that provision, an obscure clause never before invoked, would allow the senator whose election is nearest to the time of reapportionment to remain as the state’s incumbent senator while the senator whose reelection is furthest from the date of reapportionment would have his seat eliminated.

That means that Sen. John Kennedy, who is up for reelection this year, would remain as Louisiana’s only senator while Bill Cassidy would have his seat vacated in favor of an additional Florida senate seat to be created as part of the agreement between the two states.

Meanwhile, in an agreement already reportedly reached between the two states, Florida would pick up a senator, based on its population growth over the past decade. The governor of that state would appoint the new senator and he, “No-CRT” DeSantis, has already indicated that he would appoint himself.

“I have decided not to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, but to occupy the Senate seat until 2028, when I anticipate I would be the nominee for the presidency,” said “No-Mask” DeSantis in a prepared statement.

Texas was first considered for the unusual senate seat swap, but for reasons that were not immediately clear, that state was dropped in favor of Florida, but observers believe Walt Disney World may have figured in the final decision.

In exchange for giving up one of its senate seats, Louisiana would get first option for the relocation of Walt Disney World and Universal Studios to Punkin Center in Jackson Parish or Shongaloo in Webster Parish should the company ever part ways with Florida over that state’s anti-LGBTQ policies. Either location would provide a needed boost in the north Louisiana economy.

Kennedy, when asked to comment on the proposed arrangement, said, “You can hide in a turtle shell, but sometimes you have to stick your neck out to grab a frog.”

Trump said, “He (DeSantis) knows better than to challenge me. I won in 2020 bigly. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. I was the greatest president this country ever had – better than Washington and Lincoln combined. I won by a landslide.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham released a statement saying, “I love Donald Trump to pieces.”

Sen. Ted Cruz was in Cancun, or perhaps still stranded in Montana trying to get American Airlines officials to recognize him – no one in his office seemed to actually know where he was – and unavailable for comment.

Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville was quoted as saying, “Ron DeSantis will make a fine Supreme Court justice.”

Rep. Madison Cawthon (R-N.C.) was at a cocaine-stoked orgy and unavailable for comment.

Rep. Clay Higgins said, “If anybody doesn’t like this, they can meet me anywhere, any time. I’ll let my guns do my talking. You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets.”

Rep. Steve Scalise was at a KKK Family Forum meeting and unavailable for comment.

Cassidy, asked to comment on how the move might affect his Senate tenure, said, “Ralph Abraham, John Fleming, and I have been discussing opening a joint medical practice for some time. I guess the time would be right to make the move. I might even consider running for governor.”

The only opposition came from Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who said he would prefer to have a high school co-ed appointed to the new Florida senatorial seat. He said he would be happy to show her the ropes. That drew a sharp rebuke from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia who said Gaetz needed to be more dignified and project an image of Republican maturity.