Covington Fiasco Shows Why Founders Distrusted Democracy

Plus: Supreme Court to Hear First Gun Rights Case in Nearly a Decade

Jan 23, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court will take an important case for gun owners. Elizabeth Slattery and Amy Swearer outline what's at stake. The president also turns to the high court in the matter of a disputed census question. Fred Lucas reports. We've got more on the mob reaction to those Catholic boys from Kentucky, from our Jarrett Stepman and from Dee Dee Bass Wilbon and Deana Bass Williams. Plus: Lindsey Burke on the fruit of school choice and Rachel del Guidice on Lady Gaga's bum note about Christianity.     Commentary The Covington Fiasco Is a Perfect Example of Why the Founders Distrusted Democracy While democracy often plays a good and necessary role in a self-governing society, we have lost the healthy skepticism of its worst excesses that the Founding Fathers understood when they established the governing institutions of the United States. More Commentary Supreme Court to Hear First Gun Rights Case in Nearly a Decade This case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to shed some much-needed clarity on its Second Amendment jurisprudence and ensure that the right is not treated like a second-class right. More Commentary Yes, MAGA Hats Symbolize Something. But Not Hate. A perfect example of the left's missing the mark is actress and activist Alyssa Milano, who tweeted: "The red MAGA hat is the new white hood." More News Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review Census Citizenship Case "It is irrational that the census can ask a question on race, ethnicity, sex, and everything else, but not citizenship," says The Heritage Foundation's Mike Gonzalez. More Analysis Podcast: The War on Christians Who Speak Out In the past couple of weeks, Karen Pence has been attacked for teaching at a Christian school and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, tied the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization, to the "alt-right." More Commentary How School Choice Is Lifting Thousands of Kids Across America Today, 65 private school choice options are operating in 29 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. More than 482,000 students across the country are exercising private school choice. More Commentary In Calling Pence 'Worst Christian,' Lady Gaga Acts Like Intolerant Anti-Feminist "To Mike Pence, who thinks it's acceptable that his wife work at a school that bans LGBTQ," says pop star Lady Gaga, "you are wrong." More Commentary How Liberals Have Given Blacks Little for Their Loyalty Of the 20 most dangerous major cities, all but one had a Democratic mayor. 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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