Bakers Fined $135K Over Wedding Cake Appeal to Supreme Court

Plus: The Origins of Hate Speech

Oct 23, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump's threat to exit a nuclear arms treaty with Russia doesn't sound much like collusion. Peter Brookes assesses what's going on. The Trump administration moves to undo the Obama administration's policy on transgenderism, Fred Lucas reports. An Oregon couple asks the Supreme Court to take their wedding cake case, Kelsey Harkness writes. Where did all the talk of hate speech begin? Kim Holmes traces its leftist roots. Plus: Thomas Jipping on what sort of judges we need, and Ed Feulner on rejecting appeals for political violence.     News Bakers Fined $135K Over Wedding Cake Appeal to Supreme Court Lawyers for Aaron and Melissa Klein file a petition asking the Supreme Court to reverse an earlier decision handed down by Oregon state officials that forced them to shut down their family bakery. More Commentary The Origins of 'Hate Speech' "Oliver Wendell Holmes added a twist to the theme of prohibited speech in 1919 when he argued in Schenck v. United States that 'falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater' was prohibited," writes Heritage's Kim Holmes, tracing the history of the concept of hate speech in the U.S. More Commentary Trump Right to Consider Pulling Out of INF Treaty One problem with the INF Treaty, beyond Russia's violations of it, is China. Beijing isn't party to the U.S.-Russia pact and therefore isn't constrained by any of the arms restrictions set forth on intermediate range missiles. More News 4 Things to Know About Trump's Possible Reversal of Obama's Transgender Policy The New York Times reports that a leaked memo says HHS would define gender "on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable." More Commentary The Calls for Violence Must Be Denounced Faced with a president who is alleged to be a monster, some on the left claim they have no choice—that they must resort to profane rhetoric and physical confrontation. More News Trump Scolds Russia on Nukes, Promises 10% Tax Cut President Trump says Russia can't compete with the United States if both countries are willing to build nuclear weapons at the same level. More Analysis Podcast: The Importance of US-Saudi Relationship Read the transcript or listen to the podcast for our interview with The Heritage Foundation's Jim Phillips, who studies the Middle East, about how the U.S. should respond to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. More Commentary The Myth of 'Mainstream' Judges Since 1987, the label "mainstream" has come to simply mean whatever someone finds preferable. In October 1994, for example, The New York Times said that President Clinton's judicial appointments were "well in the mainstream," but, in 2003, said that President Bush's judicial picks were "out of the mainstream." 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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