What 2 Women Who Actually Clerked for Kavanaugh Really Think of Him

Plus: Chicago's Risky Bid to Dig Itself Out From Massive Pension Debts

Aug 30, 2018   Good morning from Washington. Lauren Evans and Kelsey Harkness share the story of two young women who clerked for Judge Kavanaugh—and what he was like as a boss and a judge. And Tom Jipping analyzes one of the tricker cases in Kavanaugh's career. Plus: Monica Burke is fed up with LGBT activists driving faith-based adoption agencies out of business, and Rachel Greszler highlights Chicago's latest insane fiscal scheme. On this day in 1967, the U.S. Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice.     News What 2 Women Who Actually Clerked for Kavanaugh Really Think of Him "A majority of his clerks have been women," says Rebecca Taibleson. "What that means is that Judge Kavanaugh is really contributing to diversifying this segment of the legal profession." More Commentary States Must Stop the War on Faith-Based Adoption Agencies Catholic Charities places children in homes with both a father and a mother in accordance with Catholic teaching on marriage and the family. Unfortunately, New York now considers that belief to be discriminatory against LGBT individuals. More Commentary What to Do About the Growing Popularity of Socialism At the beginning of the 21st century, Venezuela was one of the top 20 richest countries in the world. Today, its poverty rate is 87 percent and its inflation rate is predicted to be approaching 1,000,000 percent. More Commentary Kavanaugh Follows the Law, Even Under the Most Difficult Circumstances One tough case was SeaWorld of Florida v. Perez. During a live performance at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, a trainer drowned when a killer whale grabbed and pulled her into the pool. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Thursday, Aug. 30 A hundred Facebook employees have joined an online group for ideological diversity at the social media giant—and of course, it's generating controversy. We discuss with Rob Bluey, our editor-in-chief. More Commentary Chicago's Risky Bid to Dig Itself Out From Massive Pension Debts Chicago has $36 billion in total unfunded pension obligations across its four pension funds, but has only enough assets on hand to pay 21 cents out of every dollar in promised pensions benefits. 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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