What Will Happen If Liberals Pack the Supreme Court

Plus: Twitter's Censorship of the New York Post Is Un-American

October 17 2020   Good morning from Washington, where liberals threaten to add justices to the Supreme Court because President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill a vacancy. It would be a historic  "power grab," Vice President Mike Pence says. We've got coverage and commentary. Plus: censoring the New York Post; judicial meddling in an election; and interrupting a Supreme Court nominee. On this date in 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announces it will cut off oil to the U.S. and others that helped Israel militarily in that month's Yom Kippur War. Enjoy your weekend.     COMMENTARY What Will Happen If Liberals Pack the Supreme Court By Tim Groseclose If the Democrats do as many of their leading members want them to do, we will no longer have a legislature and a supreme judicial branch. We will essentially have two legislatures. More COMMENTARY Twitter's Censorship of the New York Post Is Un-American By David Harsanyi The press has spent four years pressuring social media outlets to censor speech and limit access with scaremongering over the alleged nefarious influence of foreign accounts, "fake news," and hate speech. More COMMENTARY The 11th Circuit Again Quashes Judge's Continued Election Meddling in Alabama By Zack Smith There has been a nearly five-month-long court battle involving a federal district court trying to prevent Alabama from enforcing state laws intended to safeguard the integrity of the voting process. More NEWS Pence, Predicting Barrett's Confirmation, Warns of Liberals' Court-Packing 'Power Grab' By Fred Lucas Pence warned that if Democrats succeed in adding justices to the high court, it would be "the biggest power grab in American history." More NEWS Here's How Many Times Democrats Interrupted Amy Coney Barrett During Her Confirmation Hearings By Mary Margaret Olohan Lawmakers questioned Barrett minutely on her record as a judge, pushing her to discuss her opinions on a variety of political issues. More NEWS ICYMI: Heritage Foundation President Calls on Twitter, Facebook to 'Step Up' After Censorship of Hunter Biden Article By Rachel del Guidice "You have squandered the public trust and are now inflicting great harm on the nation and its institutions by inappropriately influencing our electoral politics," Kay C. James writes. 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.