Electoral College Foes Continue Push to Make Popular Vote Winner President

Plus: Existing Law Made Jacksonville Victims Defenseless

Aug 29, 2018   Good morning from Washington. Along with 11 blue states, the nation's capital is on board for switching to the popular vote. Fred Lucas profiles the movement to take down the Electoral College. Devastated by the mass shooting in Jacksonville? So is Amy Swearer, who poignantly writes about how anti-gun laws left attendees at the gaming event with no way to defend themselves. Plus: Craig Engle on the facts about federal campaign laws, and Tom Jipping on a complicated court case Judge Kavanaugh ruled on. Thirteen years ago today, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.     News Electoral College Foes Continue Push to Make Popular Vote Winner President After the Connecticut Legislature voted to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the plan is just 98 Electoral College votes shy of becoming a reality. More Commentary Existing Law Didn't Protect Victims From the Jacksonville Shooter. It Left Them Defenseless. We left the victims defenseless. They had no armed security, no protection, and no choice. Jacksonville made it impossible for them to defend themselves by declaring Jacksonville Landing a gun-free zone, and neglecting to provide any other protection. More Commentary Michael Cohen Didn't Actually Violate Federal Campaign Laws. Here's Why. Even the Justice Department knows the law is unclear based on its mistrial in a nearly identical case against former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. More News Senate Ramping Up Trump Judicial Confirmations This Week "District judges can yield enormous power against everything President Trump does, and slow down his policies for a couple of years," says the Committee for Justice's Curt Levey. "More confirmations mean there is less chance of a resistance judge." More Commentary Kavanaugh Rules by the Law, Even in Tough Cases Some of Kavanaugh's opponents have falsely claimed that he believes the government may force women to have abortions without their consent. That was not the issue in this case. It was whether the law required seeking the consent of a woman who, because of her life-long mental disabilities, could not give it. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Wednesday, Aug. 29 During the Obama years, red states found themselves battling together on the front lines to defend liberty against an overreaching federal government. Attorneys General Ken Paxton (Texas), Doug Peterson (Nebraska), and Alan Wilson (South Carolina) discuss what they learned. More Commentary Open Borders Bring a Higher Risk of Disease What about people who enter our country illegally? The CDC specifically cites the possibility of the cross-border movement of HIV, measles, pertussis, rubella, rabies, hepatitis A, influenza, tuberculosis, shigellosis, and syphilis. 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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