Morning Jolt: Andrew Yang, We’ll See You on the Debate Stage

Making the click-through worthwhile: The Democratic party made it easier than ever for a presidential candidate to qualify for the televised debates, and that's going to put a lot of unfamiliar faces on that stage; a trio of federal judges aren't impressed with one of the arguments in favor of Trump's impeachment; and a presidential candidate decides to come between doctors and their patients.

Get Ready for Andrew Yang — and Any Other Democrat Who Can Find 65,000 Donors

When the Democratic National Committee laid out its threshold for participating in televised presidential debates, they decided to set the bar as low as possible, lest any lesser-known candidate claim the party was trying to ...

March 20 2019

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Andrew Yang, We'll See You on the Debate Stage Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: The Democratic party made it easier than ever for a presidential candidate to qualify for the televised debates, and that's going to put a lot of unfamiliar faces on that stage; a trio of federal judges aren't impressed with one of the arguments in favor of Trump's impeachment; and a presidential candidate decides to come between doctors and their patients. Get Ready for Andrew Yang — and Any Other Democrat Who Can Find 65,000 Donors When the Democratic National Committee laid out its threshold for participating in televised presidential debates, they decided to set the bar as low as possible, lest any lesser-known candidate claim the party was trying to ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Will the Threat of Court-Packing Intimidate John Roberts? Peter J. Wallison For constitutionalists such as Chief Justice Roberts, there is nothing more important than protecting, and if necessary restoring, the separation of powers as the central structural element of the Constitution. FDA Warns Abortion Advocates to Stop Pushing Illegal Abortion Drugs Steven H. Aden Pro-abortion advocacy group Aid Access is distributing abortion-inducing drugs from overseas to women without mitigating the many risks of medical abortion. Chicago Police Union Calls for Probe of Prosecutor's Intervention in Jussie Smollett Case Jack Crowe The state attorney may have improperly interfered on Smollett's behalf in the immediate aftermath of his allegation. ADVERTISEMENT Beto-mania and Our Cult of Personality Politics Jonah Goldberg The constant refrain that he's this generation's Robert F. Kennedy is an interesting play on the time-tested effort by Democratic candidates to claim the Kennedy mantle. The Movie Messages of Women's History Month Armond White "Captain Marvel" makes feminine belligerence unattractive. What used to be thought of as superior feminine intuition is replaced here by boyish aggression and dissatisfied spoiling for a fight. In Defense of the Electoral College The Editors The Electoral College guarantees that candidates who seek the only nationally elected office in America must attempt to appeal to as broad a geographic constituency as possible. Trump's Flawed Defense Budget Rachel Hoff and Roger I. Zakheim The right way to do defense budgeting is to first assess the threats to our national security and then determine what is needed to meet those threats. SCOTUS Rules Feds Can Detain Alien Convicts Indefinitely without Hearing Mairead McArdle The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can detain immigrants with years-old criminal records indefinitely without a bond hearing. ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War: Stories of Martyrdom from Mexico Msgr. James T. Murphy "Very few Americans, including those of Mexican ancestry, know anything about the brutal modern persecution of the Church in Mexico. This is a most welcome and thorough account...of this very cruel oppression of the Church. It's a stirring wake-up call." — James V. Schall, S. J., Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University LEARN MORE Photo Essays Air Force F-15 Eagle Midwest Flooding ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.