Plus: On Electoral Redistricting Panels, HR 1 Would Require Racial, Gender Discrimination
March 31 2021
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden and other leading Democrats brand Georgia’s new election law as “voter suppression.” Our Fred Lucas fact-checks the claims and, on the podcast, interviews Gov. Brian Kemp. Meanwhile, nationally, the left attempts to wrest away state legislators’ responsibility for drawing congressional districts. Hans von Spakovsky explains. Plus: the U.S. slams China’s thumb on the COVID-19 scale; a familiar nightmare about Iran; and an apparent capitulation to the transgender agenda in South Dakota. Thirty years ago today, the Warsaw Pact—a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites—ends after 36 years in another sign that the communist regime is crumbling.
Forcing individuals to disclose their religious affiliation potentially puts them in the position of not being chosen due to their religious beliefs, essentially a prohibited religious test.
China reportedly was granted veto rights over which scientists could participate in the investigation and imposed strict limitations on the researchers during their visit.
Over the past two months, the Biden administration has shown a willingness to revive negotiations with Iran on the flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear agreement.
The South Dakota governor effectively vetoes legislation ensuring girls and women can participate in athletic activities equally and fairly—and only among and against biological females.
