One of the reasons I’m not a proponent of age limits for members of Congress is the fact that Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who Lord-willing will be 72 in a few months, is still as sharp as a tack and is a national treasure to boot.

As the relentless attacks on the Supreme Court from his powerful Democrat colleagues in the Senate have gotten even more out of control and hypocritical, Kennedy, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been spending a lot of his interview time countering the attacks, giving voters an inside look as to what’s really going on with the Dem behind-the-scenes machinations, what’s at stake if Democrats are successful in their smear campaigns against the conservative Justices, etc.

Most recently, Kennedy appeared on Fox News to talk more about the sham “Supreme Court ethics reform” efforts coming from the likes of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and absolutely nailed what’s at the heart of them. Along the way, Kennedy zinged his colleagues, comparing them to petulant high schoolers who don’t get their way:

“I just believe that, under the Separation of Powers doctrine, Congress can’t regulate the internal affairs of the Court. And I also believe, Neil, that, how can I put this? – sometimes Congress is like high school, except no one graduates.”

“There are members of Congress that if you do something they don’t like they will try to hurt you. And I’m not saying this is true of all of my colleagues. But I believe that for many of my colleagues this legislation is not about ethics. It’s about the Dobbs case and abortion, and Biden v. Nebraska and student debt, and it’s about no racial quotas in admissions.”

“I think that some of my colleagues are angry at the Supreme Court and they want to hurt this Court, that’s why if they could they would expand the Court. They can’t do that, so instead they’re going to try to destroy it from within. That’s my opinion.”

Kennedy went on to explain that he’d read the Supreme Court’s current code of conduct and that he’s good with it:

“I’ve read the code of conduct and I think it’s a good code of conduct. And you’re supposed to disclose an expensive trip. Sometimes Justices haven’t done that, when it’s been called to their attention, they have filed amended disclosures.”

“We’re supposed to disclose that sort of thing as members of Congress. I do it, but if I forget something, as I have a number of times, I file an amended disclosure report, that happens all the time. But if you’re asking me, do I think there are members of the United States Supreme Court who are bought, or who could be bought, with a vacation, the short answer is ‘no’ and the long answer is ‘hell, no,’ in my opinion.”

Watch:

"Do I think there are members of the United States Supreme Court who are bought, or who could be bought, with a vacation? The short answer is 'no' and the long answer is 'hell, no.'"

–@SenJohnKennedy on Dems' new SCOTUS ethics bill. pic.twitter.com/kCnfCYlB2L

— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) July 24, 2023

As for my final thoughts, I leave you with what RedState senior editor and Kennedy constituent Joe Cunningham had to say about him recently:

There is a reason Kennedy is the most popular elected official in Louisiana, winning a higher percentage of voters than any other official in the state in 2022, and maintaining such a hold over the voters that the threat of him running for governor is enough to make other people stay out of the race until he says for sure he isn’t. Kennedy will have that job in Washington, D.C., until he decides to retire and not a moment before.

Endorsed.

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