Plus: 'Abundance of Caution' Mentality Leads to Tyranny
December 2 2021
Good morning from Washington, where conservatives are stoked that the Supreme Court may end abortion on demand. We’ve got commentary from Thomas Jipping and Sarah Parshall Perry on yesterday’s arguments and video reports from Mary Margaret Olohan on the scene outside. On the podcast, a lawyer tells Virginia Allen that the justices likely will overturn Roe v. Wade. Plus: The Heritage Foundation’s new president, Kevin Roberts, finds common ground with House conservatives, and Rachel Greszler describes what happens when Americans are fired under the vaccine mandate. Sixty years ago today, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist, an announcement that cements Cold War animosity between the U.S. and Cuba.
Justice Kavanaugh explained that some of the court’s most significant decisions had overruled precedents, citing decisions that included Miranda v. Arizona, Lawrence v. Texas, and Obergefell v. Hodges.
"I want you to know that when you're looking for the intellectual ammunition to fight Biden inflation, to fight our open borders ... you can count on The Heritage Foundation," says Kevin Roberts.
"If we overturn Roe, all it will do is say that the Constitution is neutral on abortion. ... Then each state and the voters of each state can do what they want," says Alliance Defending Freedom's Denise...
The Biden administration could be directly responsible for firing more federal employees over the coming months than would ordinarily be fired over nearly two decades.