A weekly roundup of news, commentary, research, events, and more
from The Heritage Foundation.
Sep 19, 2022
Protecting the Constitution: The Threats and How to Fight Back
What: Heritage celebrates Constitution Day with an event exploring the greatest threats to our constitutional rights and how we can conquer them.

Who: Tommy Binion, Heritage vice president of government relations, leads the discussion along with Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman, who has spent a lifetime upholding the values of the Constitution in the legal and political arenas.

Why: “There’s no better time than Constitution Day to highlight a champion of our nation’s founding document and everything it represents,” Binion told The Hill <[link removed]>.


- Hageman added: “I am proud to be associated with The Heritage Foundation, one of the leading defenders of our Constitution and conservative principles.”



When: Today, Sept. 19, 5 p.m.

Where: Register to view the discussion here <[link removed]>.
Heritage Exposes the Myth of Voter Suppression
Scare tactics: The Left attacks any attempt to secure the integrity of our elections as a “voter suppression scheme.”


- Fred Lucas, chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal, reveals the truth in his new book, “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections.”
- The book also exposes the big money bankrolling the voter-suppression-hysteria industrial complex.



Our take: “‘The Myth of Voter Suppression' marshals years of investigative research and reporting into a timely and definitive guide to American election integrity and its enemies,” writes Heritage President Kevin Roberts in the foreword.

Check it out: Get your copy of Lucas’ book here <[link removed]>.
Teachers Union Antics Make the Case for School Choice
Putting students last: The teachers union in Ohio’s largest district barred 50,000 students from class for an entire week in early August. The reason: Its members wanted a raise.


- This move is the latest in an ugly pattern of union and administration antics that have caused devastating harm to students.
- School systems blame a lack of cash, despite receiving $200 billion in federal relief funds.
- Read the commentary <[link removed]> by Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman fellow in education, and Jason Bedrick, research fellow in the Center for Education Policy.



The real answer: Parents should have more and better choices about where their children go to school. Heritage’s new Education Freedom Report Card <[link removed]> ranks states on this score.

Stay up to date: Subscribe to the Center for Education Policy newsletter <[link removed]>!
Twitter Whistleblower Shows Why Congress Must Act to Protect Data Privacy
Whistle blown: Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, told Congress about the company’s failure to protect user data. Among the revelations:


- More than 4,000 employees have unrestricted access to user data and messages,
- At least one Chinese agent worked at Twitter, and
- Twitter has forgone proper internal regulation.



How to respond: “Congress should pursue all-encompassing tech legislation that includes antitrust measures, speech protections, data privacy, and child protection,” writes Will Thibeau, a policy analyst in Heritage’s Tech Policy Center. Read more here <[link removed]>.
ALWAYS ON OFFENSE
Heritage Fights Beltway Establishment
Hackles raised: Heritage’s position on Ukraine aid—that it should be targeted, paid for, and accountable—has raised hackles in some quarters and resulted in a spate of attack pieces last week.


- Heritage President Kevin Roberts responded in a sharply worded tweet to these “baseless attacks from the cocktail-party class on the great work of my colleagues.”



Standing tall: “Heritage will always fight like hell for the forgotten Americans who are sick & tired of business as usual,” Roberts wrote <[link removed]>.
EVENTS
Countering Foreign Malign Influence While Protecting Civil Liberties, Sept. 19, 1 p.m. Hosted by Heritage President Kevin Roberts. Speakers include:


- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio
- Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss.
- Craig Singleton, senior fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Victoria Coates, Ph.D., Heritage senior research fellow
- Dustin Carmack, Heritage research fellow



Register here. <[link removed]>
Fighting to Protect the Constitution: What Are the Threats and How Do We Fight Back? Sept. 19, 5 p.m. Speakers include:


- Harriet Hageman, attorney at Hageman Law PC
- Tommy Binion, Heritage vice president of government relations



Register here. <[link removed]>
Supreme Court Preview of the 2022-2023 Term, Sept. 27, 2 p.m. 

Speakers include:


- Paul Clement, partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and 43rd U.S. solicitor general
- Jeffrey Wall, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and former acting U.S. solicitor general



Register here. <[link removed]>
NEW RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
- Senate Marriage Bill Amendment Fails to Address Religious Liberty Concerns <[link removed]>
- Biden’s Economic Claims Would Make Orwell’s Ministry of Truth Proud <[link removed]>
- Our Elected Representatives Are Terrible Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars. Heritage’s Budget Blueprint Shows Better Path Forward. <[link removed]>
- Russia, China and the Power of Nuclear Coercion <[link removed]>
- North Korean Defector Warns Americans: Freedom is Not Free <[link removed]>
- Biden’s Title IX Rule Change Would Redefine Pregnancy to Include Abortion <[link removed]>
- Biden's Energy Policies Encourage Global Instability <[link removed]>
- ‘Ripe for Abuse’: Sen. Hawley Slams Credit Card Companies Over Gun-Related Purchase Change <[link removed]>
- California Is Both Increasing Electrical Demand and Cutting Off Access to Electricity Sources <[link removed]>
- How Big Tech Turns Kids Trans <[link removed]>
- Ken Starr, Rest in Peace <[link removed]>
HERITAGE PODCASTS
“The Kevin Roberts Show”: Yeonmi Park shares what she has learned about the United States as well as her deep appreciation for freedom after her harrowing escape from North Korea. Listen here <[link removed]>.

“Heritage Explains”: As four-decade high inflation crushes American families, the elites remain preoccupied with things like diversity hiring and student loan bailouts. So, what do we do about it? On this episode of Heritage Explains, we talk about how to counter the Left’s narrative, and the steps we should take to fix this inflation problem once and for all. Listen here <[link removed]>.

Check out Heritage’s complete lineup of podcasts here <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
Heritage Foundation visiting fellow Tom Homan was on Fox News responding to complaints from the Left about the “inhumanity” of Republican governors’ transporting illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. “What’s inhumane is what’s happening at the border,” Homan said. Watch the clip here. <[link removed]>
Other Media Hits


- Heritage’s New Report Card Shows How Much Freedom Families Have in Education—Lindsey Burke on Newsmax <[link removed]>
- The Biden Administration Came In And Dismantled The Most Secure Border We Ever Had—Tom Homan on Fox News <[link removed]>
- Twitter's Negligence Not Surprising, Congress Must Act—Will Thibeau on Fox Business <[link removed]>
- The Time People Are Sentenced To Isn’t the Time They End Up Serving—Cully Stimson on Fox News <[link removed]> 
- A Historic Moment of Unity for The U.K.—Nile Gardiner on Fox News <[link removed]>
- Education Freedom Will Be Ranked By Heritage’s Education Scorecard—Lindsey Burke on “The Buff Show” <[link removed]>
- The Biden Administration Is Advertising Open Borders to Illegal Aliens—James Carafano on “Sara Carter Show” <[link removed]>
POLICY PICTURE
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