Feb 28, 2022
On the Agenda: President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court is a radical leftist who does not deserve a lifetime appointment. We explain why. And now that Russia has invaded Ukraine, we look at what the U.S. should do, and why. We also offer a roadmap to a balanced budget and uncover facts about COVID that the left would rather keep buried. There are also events and podcasts that you don’t want to miss. All this, and more, is in this week’s Agenda.
Senate Should Reject Biden’s Radical Supreme Court Pick
The news: President Joe Biden announced his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, and while left-wing special interest groups are happy, nobody else should be.

A Supreme failure: Heritage President Kevin Roberts said that Biden “utterly failed” with this appointment, and not just because he only considered black women to replace retiring Justice Steven Breyer.

Deeply troubling: “Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most radical judge ever nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court,” Roberts said, with a record that "reveals a deeply troubling pattern and raises questions about her ability to be a fair and impartial judge.” You can read his full statement here <[link removed]>.

What you need to know: Heritage’s John Malcolm, vice president of our Institute for Constitutional Government, outlines the criteria senators should use to evaluate Jackson—and why her judicial philosophy raises concerns. Read his article <[link removed]>.

A far-left pick: Radical special interest groups are celebrating Biden’s choice. The Daily Signal reveals <[link removed]> the sordid details other media outlets aren’t reporting.

Just say no: Heritage Action is calling on senators to reject her nomination. Read the statement <[link removed]>.
China Is Watching How We Respond to Ukraine
In the news: To virtually no one’s surprise, after weeks of building up armed forces along Ukraine’s border, Russia pulled the trigger on a military invasion.

What comes next: Ukraine’s fate is far from certain, but what is certain is that the U.S. must now respond to the situation, for our own sake as much as Ukraine’s.

Why it matters: “This conflict is about far more than Russia and Ukraine,” says Heritage President Kevin Roberts. “It is about whether America’s adversaries, especially the Chinese Communist Party, will look at the United States ... as a formidable adversary, or a weakening and irresolute superpower.” Read Roberts’ full statement here <[link removed]>.

Learn more: Heritage’s Luke Coffey, Alexis Mrachek, and Daniel Kochis have a new report on why it matters to Americans. Read it here <[link removed]>.
Heritage Releases a Roadmap to Restoring Fiscal Sanity
What’s new: Heritage is out with its “Budget Blueprint 2022 <[link removed]>,” a comprehensive roadmap for policymakers to reduce out-of-control federal
spending, restore fiscal sanity to Washington, and balance the budget in 10 years.

Why we need this: Federal spending exploded in recent years. That, coupled with a disastrous response to COVID-19, has caused myriad problems, from stagflation to extreme government overreach in our education system. Left unchecked, this reckless approach to federal spending will be ruinous for our country.

Hope for the future: In the “Budget Blueprint,” Heritage experts not only identify the problems but offer more than 200 reforms to restore America’s fiscal future.

Check it out: Learn more about the “Budget Blueprint” here <[link removed]>.
Heritage Examines COVID Data ... and the Authoritarian Left Won’t Like What We Found
Did it work? Governments took unprecedented steps to contain COVID-19’s spread. How successful were they? Hard data show that they failed to stop COVID’s spread, but did cause enormous social, economic, and political harm.

Real misinformation: Worse, official statements about hospitalizations, immunity, and about this being a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” were highly misleading.

Stop the madness: “Perpetuating the national emergency mindset is futile, misguided, and infeasible, especially given what the data indicate,” write Kevin Dayaratna, principal statistician at the Center for Data Analysis, and Doug Badger, senior fellow for domestic policy studies, in a special report <[link removed]>.

Get the facts: Their report, chock full of charts and tables, can be found here <[link removed]>. In a related op-ed, senior fellow Robert Moffit details the federal government’s “long, shameful record of failures in battling COVID <[link removed]>.
DID YOU KNOW?
The United States fell from 20th to 25th in the 2022 Index of Economic Freedom—its lowest ranking ever. Index editors lay the blame on one major factor—unwise policies addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more <[link removed]>.
HAPPENING AT HERITAGE
CPAC’s big stage: Heritage President Kevin Roberts took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. Roberts spoke on a panel titled “All the News the Left Permits” with Natalie Harp from One America News Network, Papa Johns founder John Schnatter, and Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman. Watch their discussion <[link removed]>.
Fighting COVID tyranny: Heritage is hosting a conversation with some of the courageous business owners in the nation’s capital who are speaking out against tyrannical COVID-19 regulations imposed by the D.C. government. These business owners are fighting for their very survival. Register for the virtual event <[link removed]>.
New immigration expert: Joe Edlow, former director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Trump administration, is joining Heritage’s homeland security team as a visiting fellow. Edlow will work to undo the damage of the Biden border crisis, secure America’s borders, and reform our legal immigration system. Learn more about Edlow <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE EVENTS
Winning the 21st Century Tech Race with China, Monday, 11 a.m. ET. The featured speaker is former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.

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America Needs Policies for Prosperity More than Ever, Tuesday, 10 a.m. ET. The featured speaker is Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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COVID Madness: Meet the D.C. Business Owners Fighting for Freedom, Wednesday, noon ET. Featured speakers include,



- Martin Avila, owner of Avila Catering and CEO of RightForge
- Eric Flannery, Navy veteran and co-owner of The Big Board
- Noe Landini, managing director and chief executive officer of REX Management
- Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, and lawyer representing Flannery



Register for this event <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE PODCASTS
“The Kevin Roberts Show”: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., digs into special counsel John Durham’s latest filing on the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation, and Heritage’s Mike Howell explains what lawmakers can do to prevent it from happening again. Listen to the episode <[link removed]>.
“Heritage Explains”: Luke Coffey, director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, breaks down the history behind what’s happening in Ukraine. Listen to the episode <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow in Heritage’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, joined Fox Business’ "The Evening Edit” to discuss the Durham filing. Watch the interview <[link removed]>.
POLICY PICTURE
Follow The Heritage Foundation <[link removed]> and The Daily Signal <[link removed]> on Instagram.

Email us your thoughts and questions at [email protected] <[link removed]>.

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