I’m Reporting From Seattle’s CHOP. Here’s What It’s Really Been Like.

Plus: With Highly Questionable Reasoning, Roberts Gives Liberals a Win on Abortion

Jun 30, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court hands pro-life activists a loss with a 5-4 ruling on a Lousiana abortion law. Amy Swearer unpacks Chief Justice John Roberts' latest alliance with liberal justices. In another ruling, the high court upholds the president's power to dismiss agency heads. GianCarlo Canaparo analyzes. From Seattle, Jason Rantz tells what he's seen in the short, violent history of that city's CHOP occupation. On the podcast, conservative commentator Matt Schlapp says he won't cave to cancel culture. Plus: Rep. Vicky Hartzler on standing by the military. On this date in 1974, ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov, then 26, defects from the Soviet Union after four years of planning.     Commentary I'm Reporting From Seattle's CHOP. Here's What It's Really Been Like. By Jason Rantz By Mason McDermott's count, he and his father, John McDermott, called 911 between 15 and 18 times about the man who tried to burn down their business. But police officers had been advised to avoid CHOP short of a mass casualty event. More Commentary With Highly Questionable Legal Reasoning, Roberts Gives Liberals a Win on Abortion By Amy Swearer Justice Thomas, meanwhile, wrote his own dissent, in which he had the courage to say that the court created the right to abortion "out of whole cloth, without a shred of support from the Constitution's text." More Commentary US Can't Be Negligent or Irresponsible in Military Funding Decisions By Vicky Hartzler As a nation, we have allowed our competitive advantage to erode. We must reframe our perspective of national security. China and Russia continue to challenge the United States and are exploiting what they perceive as American vulnerabilities. More News USDA Ships 1.6 Million Food Boxes in COVID-19 Relief Program By Fred Lucas "Through her leadership, [Ivanka Trump] has assembled a massive, unprecedented, faith-based network across America, which is reaching [the] needs of millions in underserved and distressed communities," says the Rev. Paula White, adviser to the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative. More Commentary Supreme Court Upholds Separation of Powers in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Case By GianCarlo Canaparo The Supreme Court held that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violates the constitutional separation of powers, but held that its unconstitutional structure can be fixed without scrapping the entire agency. More Analysis Matt Schlapp Responds to Cancel Culture's Attempt to Silence Him By Virginia Allen Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and founder of the consulting firm Cove Strategies, has received a great deal of backlash after speaking out against some of the left-wing progressive beliefs of the Black Lives Matter Coalition. 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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