4 Highlights From Final Day of Defense Arguments in Impeachment Trial

Plus: The Double Voting Problem

Jan 29, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers begin asking questions today in the Senate impeachment trial now that President Trump's defense team is done with its arguments. Fred Lucas has what you need to know, as well as details on the president's new Middle East peace plan. Plus: the return of the Equal Rights Amendment, double voting in elections, and the tyranny of democracy. On this date in 2002, in his first State of the Union address since the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush calls Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."     News 'Danger, Danger, Danger': 4 Highlights From Final Day of Defense Arguments in Impeachment Trial By Fred Lucas "You cannot impeach a president on unsourced allegations," says Jay Sekulow, one of President Trump's lawyers. More Commentary The Double Voting Problem By Hans von Spakovsky Paul Pate, Iowa's secretary of state, referred nine Iowans to Polk County prosecutors for double voting in 2018—that is, voting in Iowa and another state in the same election. More Analysis What You Need to Know About the Equal Rights Amendment's Legal Fight By Rachel del Guidice Heritage Foundation's Tom Jipping explains why it's not true that the Equal Rights Amendment has now been ratified by enough states to become a Constitutional amendment. More News Trump Offers Middle East Peace Deal: 'We Have an Obligation to Humanity to Get It Done' By Fred Lucas The Trump administration's plan would recognize a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem where the United States would open an embassy, and would "more than double the Palestinian territory," the president said. More Special Feature Why These 8 Americans Attended the March for Life By Virginia Aabram "I had an abortion when I was younger, and I feel very strongly that it was a mistake," Gisele Flores says of why she was at the March for Life. "You live with that for the rest of your life." More Commentary Democracy Is Another Form of Tyranny By Walter E. Williams The word democracy appears nowhere in our nation's two most fundamental documents, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. 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 johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. 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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