Meet the Man Who Will Be Advising Trump on Kennedy’s Replacement

Plus: 'Abolish ICE' Zealots Show Left's True Beliefs on Borders

Jun 28, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump gets his second crack at shaping the Supreme Court with the pending retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Rachel del Guidice has details, while Elizabeth Slattery assesses Kennedy's 30-year tenure and Jeremiah Poff reviews the lamentations on the left. This comes as the high court deals a blow to organized labor by ruling that unions can't charge government workers who don't want to join. We've got a story from Kevin Mooney and commentary from Thomas Jipping. Plus: Rob Bluey interviews a local force for good and Michelle Malkin appreciates the work of immigration agents.     News Meet the Man Who Will Be Advising Trump on Kennedy's Replacement "I expect the nominee to be like Justice Gorsuch, to demonstrate excellence in every respect," says Leonard Leo, who also served as an outside adviser on judicial nominations to Trump in 2017. More Commentary 'Abolish ICE' Zealots Show Left's True Beliefs on Borders Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., proudly marched in a parade last week with a T-shirt emblazoned with "Yo No Creo En Fronteras"—Spanish for "I don't believe in borders." More Commentary The Legacy of Justice Anthony Kennedy Kennedy frequently cast the deciding vote in cases advancing socially liberal causes that "discovered" new rights in the Constitution, such as gay rights, abortion, restricting capital punishment, and eliminating life sentences for teenage killers. More News 'We Need More Free Speech': How 'Miss Community' Is Bringing Civility to Her City "We're more alike than we are apart, and separate from the way we think. We all want to raise our families. We all believe in pulling ourselves up by the bootstrap," says Clovia Lawrence. More News Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Union Fees for Government Employees "The court has finally come to see that everything public employee unions do is inherently political," says Vincent Vernuccio of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. More News This Is the List of the 25 People Trump Will Consider for Next Supreme Court Justice President Trump last updated the list in November. More Commentary In Janus v. AFSCME, Supreme Court Throws Out Bad Precedent on 'Compelled Speech' In the Janus decision, the Supreme Court places the constitutional right of free speech ahead of the statutory preference given to labor unions. More News 23 Tweets From the Left on Kennedy's Retirement "Stock up on abortions now. Roe v. Wade is gone," tweets one "comedian." More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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