Gorsuch Helps Transform the Supreme Court Into the Supreme Legislature

Plus: With 265 Ideas, Coronavirus Panel Calls for US to Lead World in Recovering

Jun 16, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where two conservatives on the Supreme Court team with four liberals to create new rights based on sexual reference and gender identity. Heritage Foundation experts Hans von Spakovsky and Ryan Anderson eviscerate the ruling. The final report from the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission is out, and Fred Lucas has highlights. Plus: focusing school on individual students; being fair about social distancing; and countering the label of black victimhood. On this date in 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space as Vostok 6 carries her for 48 orbits around the Earth.     Commentary Gorsuch Helps Transform the Supreme Court Into the Supreme Legislature on LGBT Rights By Hans von Spakovsky "It was Congress's role, not this Court's, to amend Title VII," writes Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joining Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in dissenting. More News With 265 Ideas, Coronavirus Panel Calls for US to Lead World in Recovering, Preparing for Next Pandemic By Fred Lucas "We came into our current economic difficulty by a completely different path than prior downturns. … The comparisons to the Great Depression have always been misplaced," says Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia. More Analysis 'Controlling What People Think': Kim Holmes on the Left's Speech Policing Goals By Katrina Trinko Kim Holmes, author of "The Closing of the Liberal Mind," outlines the intellectual roots of the current speech and thought policing. More Commentary COVID-19 Should Incentivize States to Make Education Dollars Student-Centered By Jude Schwalbach One-size-fits-all education systems have demonstrated they are largely ill equipped to shift instruction online or have emergency management plans in place for when they must shut down. More Commentary Social Distancing Double Standards on Protests Betray Sound Health Policy By Kevin Pham When we see white coats applauding thousands of marchers in the streets and public funeral services attended by hundreds of public figures, all while we're told to starve with our families or to die alone, who is betraying whom? More News Why These African American Leaders Reject the Left's Victim Narrative By Virginia Allen "Somebody wants us to start a race war," says Biff Gore, a pastor and singer, "and that is not going to happen, because I believe most people in this country see beyond the foolishness." More Analysis 'The Diversity We Have Is Our Strength,' Says Pastor Miles McPherson By Virginia Allen "When George Floyd was killed, the reason we're seeing protest is because all of us—black, white, Hispanic, Asian—have pain in our heart. We share that in common, and we share in common that what was done to him was wrong," says Pastor Miles McPherson. 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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