Obama Judicial Nominee Who Accused Reagan of 'Bigotry' Faces Confirmation Vote

Jan. 15, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where the Senate is asked to confirm an Obama nominee for a judgeship who, in 1989, said the Reagan administration tolerated bigotry. With Islamist terrorism back in the news, a trio of Heritage Foundation analysts share their expertise on Iran's capture of 10 U.S. sailors, on why ISIS thugs wear Christian symbols, and what a movie on the Benghazi attacks gets right. Also: Ithaca College's president quits amid racial unrest, and millennials miss the American Dream.
News Obama Judicial Nominee Who Accused Reagan of 'Bigotry' Faces Confirmation Vote Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Wilhelmina Wright, who is expected to win Senate confirmation to federal District Court in her state next Tuesday, once accused Chief Justice William Rehnquist and President Ronald Reagan of aiding "white people [who] are running and hiding" from desegregated public schools. Read More
Commentary What Michael Bay's '13 Hours' Reveals About the Benghazi Attacks The film clearly makes the case that more could have been done, highlighting the Obama administration's inaction that directly contributed to the loss of four Americans, writes The Heritage Foundation's Dakota Wood. Read More
Commentary Q&A: Iran, the American Sailors, and Current Laws The Heritage Foundation's Cully Stimson and James Phillips warn that the Obama administration's passive reaction to the latest naval incident ensures that Iran's provocations will continue. Read More
News Nearly Half of Millennials Say the American Dream Is Dead. Here's Why. The study found that millennials face record high levels of student debt along with higher unemployment and poverty levels and lower personal income than the two previous generations at the same points in their lives. Read More
Commentary Why ISIS Is Directing Jihadists to Wear Christian Symbols ISIS has updated an al-Qaeda instruction book to provide up-to-date advice for jihadis living in the West, writes The Heritage Foundation's Robin Simcox. Read More
News Ithaca College President to Step Down Following Protests for Handling of Race-Related Incidents Protests in response to race-related events at Ithaca College erupted as two other universities—the University of Missouri and Yale University—saw similar backlash on their own campuses, also for their administrations' handling of racially charged incidents. Read More
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