Liberals’ Misleading Spin on Senate Republicans’ 2016 Supreme Court Confirmation Approach

Plus: 6 Things We Saw at the Families Belong Together Protest.

Jul 02, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where a big immigration march occurred this weekend. Katherine Rohloff and Jeremiah Poff have photos of some of the most interesting signs, while Kelsey Harkness has a video report. It's already been six months since the tax cuts bill passed. Fred Lucas shares the highlights of President Trump's remarks. Plus: Thomas Jipping on the court vacancies and the truth about the 2016 Supreme Court standard, and Brett Harvey on how our northern neighbors' new hostile move could further crowd out Christians from the public square.     Commentary Liberals' Misleading Spin on Senate Republicans' 2016 Supreme Court Confirmation Approach Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., claimed Republicans set a "new standard" in 2016 that the Senate should never consider any Supreme Court nominee in any election year. Here are the facts. More News We Went to Families Belong Together Protest. Here Are 6 Things We Saw. "I see people saying, 'These are not concentration camps.' No, they are literally concentration camps," says Rebecca from Sterling, Virginia. More News Trump Celebrates 6 Months of 'New Jobs, Bigger Paychecks, and Keeping More of Your Hard-Earned Money' "We cut taxes for businesses of all sizes to make this the best place on earth to start a business, to invest. We have billions and billions of additional revenue coming in," says President Trump. More Commentary Canadian Supreme Court Approves Discrimination Against Those Who Attended Christian College Asking all students to agree to abide by a code of conduct that limits sexual intimacy to acts between a man and a woman bound in marriage was deemed inconsistent with Canada's Supreme Court's sense of "equality." More Commentary 17% of Judicial Positions Are Now Vacant Senate Democrats once said 68 overall vacancies, with 35 judicial emergency vacancies, constituted a "crisis." There are now 142 vacancies. More Special Feature Show Offers Youth 'Real Winning Edge' Over Life's Challenges "The Real Winning Edge" profiles a range of stories, from a one-legged girl in North Dakota who became a championship tennis player to a football player who became "the Tim Tebow of his team" after God spoke to the young man as he questioned his faith while mowing the lawn. More Commentary We Hear You: Patriotism, Citizenship, Immigration, Border Security, and the Vote "What about the 4 million people—yes, 4 million—waiting in line to come here legally? … We will reward those who broke our laws and have no respect for our nation, while those who do still have to wait," writes Todd Rausch of Okoboji, Iowa. 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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