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Heritage Unveils 7 Policy Priorities for 2022 and Beyond <[link removed]>- The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for
America today announced a set of strategic policy priorities that will form the roadmap for conservatives over the next three years.
Education: Half of all Americans (50%) say “parents of school-aged children should have a role in deciding what is taught in public schools,” while 50% also believe “we should have school choice programs which allow parents
to use some of the money that government would spend to educate their child in traditional public school to send them to the public, private, or charter school of their choosing.” Heritage Expert: Jonathan Butcher <[link removed]>
Rule of law: A majority of Americans (64%) disapprove of the job President Biden and Congress have done addressing illegal immigration and the crisis at the southern border and believe they should reinstate some previous Trump administration
policies (61%). Heritage Experts: Lora Ries <[link removed]> and Mike Howell <[link removed]>
Election integrity: Most Americans support photo IDs to vote (79%) and oppose vote trafficking practices like ballot harvesting (66%). Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Spending and inflation: 80% of Republicans and a plurality of independents (43%) blame reckless government spending, rather than COVID, for historic inflation. Heritage Expert: Joel Griffith <[link removed]>
China: Most Americans believe “China’s military expansion and aggressiveness is a direct threat to the national security of America” (74%) and that “China has been stealing American jobs and technology for decades and
it’s time we stop depending on China” (87%). Heritage Experts: Dean Cheng <[link removed]> and Olivia Enos <[link removed]>
Big Tech: Most Americans (82%) believe “Big Tech companies have too much power over their platforms and have used it to expand their control of the public debate and shape our politics.” Heritage Expert: Kara Frederick <[link removed]>
Protecting life: A majority of Americans support limits on abortion (56%) and banning taxpayer funding for abortions (65%). Heritage Expert: Melanie Israel <[link removed]>
Biden’s transformation of federal judiciary in full swing <[link removed]> - President Biden took office in January 2021 with clear instructions about undoing his predecessor’s impact on the federal judiciary. Weeks earlier, more than 70 liberal groups issued a statement urging Mr. Biden to appoint judges who would advance “the administration’s priorities” on a range of issues. Their demand became Mr. Biden’s plan and, while a lot of attention is focused on his first Supreme Court <[link removed]> nominee, he already has made significant progress in pushing the judiciary in that more liberal, politicized direction. Heritage Expert: Thomas Jipping <[link removed]>
The American Bar Association’s “Diversity” Agenda Endangers the Integrity of the Legal Profession <[link removed]> - The American Bar Association’s new standard does not promote intellectual diversity, but instead focuses exclusively on legally questionable, surface-level diversity of admitting and hiring “underrepresented groups, particularly those related to race and
ethnicity.” The American Council of Trustees and Alumni rightly observes that “in the world of higher education, diversity has come to mean a preference for a diversity of backgrounds, but not a diversity of views.” Through its proposed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” standard—combined with its other efforts to establish racial preferences across the entire
profession—the ABA seeks to return the study and practice of law to an era in which Americans placed a shameful emphasis on skin color and race .Heritage Experts: Zack Smith <[link removed]>and Sarah Parshall Perry <[link removed]>
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