19-02-2025
Louisiana's top lawyer explains her defense of three controversial new laws
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In a wide-ranging interview with WGNO's Susan Roesgen, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill explained her defense of three controversial new state laws.
One is the state law the requires local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to identify and detain illegal immigrants.
That law, however, contradicts a federal consent decree which governs the operations of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. The consent decree mandates that the OPSO must refuse to cooperate with ICE unless an illegal immigrant has committed a violent crime like rape or murder.
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Murrill announced on Thursday (Feb. 13), that she is taking legal action to force the OPSO to comply with the state law.
Another controversial state law involves the legislature's ban of two drugs that can be used to induce an abortion. Murrill is demanding the extradition of a New York doctor who prescribed one of the drugs to a Louisiana woman, who then allegedly forced her pregnant teenager to take the drug. New York Governor Kathy Hocul has refused the extradition order, setting up a stalemate between the two states.
The third state law discussed by Murrill requires that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom, from kindergarten through college. The law also requires that a separate display, purporting to show the Commandments' influence in American history, be posted as well. Murrill says that the separate display was conceived by legislators to meet a precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court in similar cases.
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As to the question of whether or not she agrees with the laws, Murrill deferred to her role with the state.
'(It) is not my job to decide that I don't like a law,' Murrill said. 'It's to presume that the law is Constitutional, and to defend the law.'
You can watch Murrill's interview in the video above.$10K Mega Millions tickets sold in Metairie, Marrero
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