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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: An Opportunity to Correct a Grave Error <[link removed]> – Roe v. Wade remains one of the most controversial judicial decisions in American history. After being told for 50 years that abortion is a constitutional “right,” most Americans still oppose most of the abortions that Roe made legal. Even the most creative legal scholars cannot identify Roe’s constitutional justification, and most have stopped trying. Roe’s abortion regime is far more permissive than the law in England or America ever provided, and lower courts have never been able consistently to discern and apply the Court’s subjective abortion decisions. Roe should never have been the basis of abortion policy in America; the Court should correct its error and overrule Roe v. Wade. Heritage Experts: Sarah Perry <[link removed]> and Thomas Jipping <[link removed]>
Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Could Result in
Thousands of Firings. Here’s What That Means for Government Functions. <[link removed]> – In a complete disregard for what ordinarily constitute an excessive amount of protections for federal workers, the president’s vaccine mandate could allow federal employees—including the best,
the brightest, the longest-serving, and even those crucial to federal missions—to be disciplined or dismissed exclusively because they make a personal health decision to not get a COVID-19 vaccine. This means that the current administration could be directly responsible for firing more federal employees over the coming months than would ordinarily be fired over nearly two decades. Heritage Expert: Rachel Greszler <[link removed]>
The Left Suffers a Big Defeat in
Their Efforts to Damage Election Security <[link removed]> – The many cases of proven absentee ballot fraud make it clear to any reasonable, objective observer that mail-in ballots are susceptible to being stolen, altered, and forged. In fact, a 1998 report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded that the “lack of ‘in-person, at-the-polls’ accountability make absentee ballots the ‘tool of choice’ for those inclined to commit voter fraud.” Additionally, while states have bans on electioneering in polling places, there are no prohibitions on electioneering in voters’
homes. That makes voters vulnerable to intimidation and pressure by candidates, campaign staffers, political party activists, and political consultants. Despite this defeat, we expect liberals to work even harder to change the rules in ways that, regardless of their motives, will make it easier to cheat and easier to manipulate election results. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Biden and Xi’s Scripted Summit Was More Talk than Action <[link removed]> – Many weeks of preparation and planning went into the virtual summit meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. But you wouldn’t have known that judging by the outcomes. It’s vital to get the China-U.S. relationship right. Failure to do so could end in a costly war. Viewed from that perspective, the summit really didn’t help. It may well have hurt. Heritage Expert: Brent Sadler <[link removed]>
Heritage Foundation Files Lawsuit Against Biden COVID Vaccine Mandate <[link removed]> – The Heritage Foundation announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate for employers via the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James <[link removed]> announced the decision along with incoming Heritage President Kevin Roberts <[link removed]>, who takes office Wednesday. The American Center for Law and Justice filed the lawsuit on behalf of Heritage. Heritage Expert: Doug Badger <[link removed]>
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