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Biden’s Weakness in Ukraine-Russia Conflict Has Only Further Emboldened China in a New Kind of War <[link removed]> – Putin’s fantasy of resurrecting a greater Russian empire is just that, a fantasy. In reality, Russia is a stale husk of its former self. In the chess game of grand strategy, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not a rook attacking a pawn—it’s a petulant child overturning the board. Yes, the United States must assist Ukraine and our NATO allies to answer Putin’s aggression. And President Joe Biden should do everything in his power to strangle Russia’s energy industry and unleash our own. But talk of this war drawing the United States into a new global conflict misses the point: We’re already in one and have been for years. It’s one that China started a long time ago. And that conflict is not one the United States should worry about being “drawn into,” but one we will either join or lose. Heritage Experts: James Carafano <[link removed]> and Dean
Cheng <[link removed]>
Soft on Crime? Here’s Jackson’s Record on Sex Offenders and Other Criminals <[link removed]>- Jackson’s record reveals a deeply troubling pattern of ruling regardless of the facts, the law, or the Constitution, raising questions about her ability to be fair and impartial. Americans should be alarmed that, as a district court judge, Jackson sentenced virtually every child sex offender to a sentence below the recommended range and argued for years that child sex offenders are treated too harshly. In at least one high-profile case, Jackson stretched the law—and was overturned—to prevent the Trump administration from enforcing U.S. immigration laws. In lectures and speeches, Jackson has complimented advocates of critical race theory and focused on divisive concepts like racial preferences and forced equity. Americans deserve a judge who will follow and uphold the law, but Judge Jackson’s concerning record on crime, immigration, and other issues indicates she will undermine the law to benefit special interests. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
How Washington can end the inflation crisis it created <[link removed]> - Congress has pumped more than $6 trillion in COVID relief <[link removed]> into the U.S. economy, while the Fed injected $4.7 trillion into financial markets. Congress authorized almost $2 trillion of this ‘relief’ in 2021, long after most of the country had largely returned to normal, when even progressive economists warned it could trigger inflation. … For all the president’s promises about raising taxes only on the rich, all Americans pay inflation’s ‘hidden tax’—at the gas pump and checkout counters, in utility bills, rents and car payments. The cost of living in 2021 grew faster than wages, so despite all those trillions we spent in ‘relief,’ and despite soaring costs to employers and small businesses, American workers have less purchasing power today than they did a year ago. Heritage Experts: Joel Griffith <[link removed]> and Rachel
Greszler <[link removed]>
President Biden’s Judicial Appointments: A First-Year Analysis <[link removed]> – President Biden, with the help of Senate Democrats, is aggressively pursuing his goal of a judiciary that will more reliably deliver liberal political results. His first-year judicial appointment success came despite rapidly changing confirmation process norms, including rising overall opposition to nominees, routine use of recorded votes, systematic opposition by other-party Senators, and procedural steps, such as cloture votes that can delay, but cannot prevent, confirmation. Biden started making judicial nominations earlier than previous Presidents and appointed a larger percentage of the judiciary in his first year than any President in the past four decades. Heritage Expert: Thomas Jipping <[link removed]>
During COVID, the more prestigious the college, the lower the quality of education <[link removed]> – Last year’s data are now in. Over half the colleges and universities across the country denied students full access to in-person learning even while other young people were attending lectures, enlivening basketball arenas, and filling football stadiums <[link removed]>. Last spring, 524 colleges and universities <[link removed]> allowed students to learn inside the classroom. But 589 other institutions told students they must take their courses online, while another 293 offered a combination of in-person and online learning opportunities. The consequences for students were serious. Heritage Expert: Jay Greene <[link removed]>
The Pandemic Changed How We Work. It’s Time for Labor Laws to Change, Too. <[link removed]> – With the rapid pace of change, it is critical that labor laws keep up with the times. The Employee Rights Act also recognizes that there are many ways to start and grow a business, and it protect alternative pathways to entrepreneurship. The Employee Rights Act would require unions to receive workers’ consent before deducting dues money from their paychecks and using it for political purposes. Heritage Expert: Rachel Greszler <[link removed]>
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