WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Tedd Budd (R-N.C.) and a bicameral group of Republican colleagues in urging Attorney General...
Kennedy on pro-criminal DC crime bill: “The first purpose of government is to protect people and their property”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today denounced the passage of the D.C. Council’s soft-on-crime revision of the city’s criminal code. Despite rising crime rates and decreasing law...
Kennedy introduces bill to crack down on rogue prosecutors who refuse to prosecute violent crime
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act to require district attorneys (DAs) to report violent...
Kennedy, colleagues introduce bipartisan bill to help first responders cope with traumatic stress
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing legislation to help first responders, police and 9-1-1...
Kennedy urges Roberts, Garland to take action to protect national security from foreign actors meddling in U.S. courts
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Agency Action, Oversight and Federal Rights,...
Kennedy, Whitehouse issue report examining boundaries of executive privilege and the importance of Congressional oversight
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and...
Kennedy, Durbin urge DEA to continue reigning in excessive opioid production
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the Drug...
Kennedy, Judiciary Republicans press FBI to explain arrest of pro-life speaker
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in calling on Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Dir. Christopher Wray and Attorney...
Bill to counter Big Tech’s censorship clears Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) with...
Kennedy, McConnell, Judiciary Republicans urge Garland to prosecute criminal protests outside judges’ homes
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and other Republican members of the Senate Judiciary...