Newspaper: Law Cited By Jindal To Keep Confederate Statues Doesn’t Even Exist

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaks at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta. Financing for an incentive fund once touted by Jindal as key to hel... FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaks at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta. Financing for an incentive fund once touted by Jindal as key to helping solve Louisiana’s worker shortages has dropped to about half its original goal only a year after its creation. And the dollars set aside for it have such limitations that spending plans haven’t been drawn up for this year’s use of the money, because colleges still are seeking to work through the paperwork for last year’s spending. (AP Photo/David Goldman) MORE LESS
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) may have lost the battle before it even really started.

Jindal’s office told the Advocate newspaper on Thursday that the presidential candidate was exploring his options to halt the removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans.

“Gov. Jindal opposes the tearing down of these historical statues and has instructed his staff to look into the Heritage Act to determine the legal authority he has as governor to stop it,” Jindal spokesman Doug Cain said in an email to the newspaper.

But according to the Advocate, no such “Heritage Act” exists in Louisiana. The law in question may refer to a statue passed in South Carolina in 2000 that protected the Confederate flag at the Charleston statehouse, according to the paper

The monuments include Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee in Lee Circle, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis as well as the Liberty Monument, which memorializes attacks by white New Orleanians on the state’s biracial government during Reconstruction.

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  1. “Gov. Jindal opposes the tearing down of these historical statues and has instructed his staff to look into the Heritage Act to determine the legal authority he has as governor to stop it,” Jindal spokesman Doug Cain said in an email to the newspaper.

    But according to the Advocate, no such “Heritage Act” exists in Louisiana. "

    Now that’s a Friday assignment everyone wishes they received. “What authority does this Act give me?” Take rest of the day off and then send in an email “Absolutely none, because there is no such Act. See you on Monday!”

  2. “Gee. Dad, I was under the gun to write that history paper at short notice. I’m sure sorry I made up a few facts, but I think I still wrote a neat assignment. But, you’re right, Dad. Please don’t tell Marcia, because she always got a better grade in history from Mr. O’Brien.”

  3. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Meanwhile, the turtle from the children’s Presidential announcement video just got custody of the Jindal kids…

  4. Avatar for marby marby says:

    He is not only a desperate little man - but obviously not even minimally competent in Louisiana law.

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