Plus: Judge Rebukes Biden DOJ for ‘Overbroad, Burdensome’ Subpoena of Conservative Group
October 24 2022
Good morning from Washington, where the Justice Department’s partisan assault on a conservative organization draws a dressing-down in court. Hans von Spakovsky and Zack Smith have details. A school system outside the nation’s capital unsettles a mom by telling elementary schoolers to celebrate LGBT pride, Gillian Richards reports. On the podcast, a Catholic priest describes how clergy united against dirty books offered in a school library. Plus: public appetite for unrestricted abortion disappoints Democrats; government lawyers argue that disclosing agencies’ voter registration efforts would sow “confusion”; and states reject mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren. On this date in 1945, the charter of the United Nations, adopted and signed four months earlier, becomes effective and enforceable.
It is clear that subpoenas like this one are intended to harass those who are on the conservative side of policy debates in order to chill their speech.
When a public high school made available to students two books with pornographic content, the Rev. Giacomo Capoverdi sprang into action with more than a dozen other pastors.
A seismic shift came from independent voters who are women. In September, they favored Democrats by 14 points. Now, the same women back Republicans by a striking 18 points.
The Biden administration is claiming “presidential communications privilege” in court to prevent release of information about an executive order instructing federal agencies to help register more voters.
