Plus: Federal Judge Stops Biden White House’s Authoritarian Move on Amnesty
July 21 2021
Good morning from Washington, where Anthony Fauci loses his cool when a senator questions him closely about U.S. funding of Chinese virus research. Fred Lucas has details. A judge reminds the president that he can’t just hand out amnesty to illegal immigrants, Hans von Spakovsky writes. Is Biden tough enough on China? Hear what former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shares with Rachel del Guidice on the podcast. Plus: heroism at Bull Run; a stonewalling nominee; and a personal account of cancel culture on campus. Ten years ago today, after 30 years, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its 135th and final mission as the Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This is a very important court decision in slowing the trend toward an authoritarian executive. It says that a president cannot simply ignore existing immigration law.
"Our administration understood that the U.N. Human Rights Commission was ... a bunch of antisemitic thugs who spend most of their time nagging on Israel," says Pompeo.
Removing career employees and replacing them with political activists is a serious allegation for any administration. The Biden administration owes the American public an explanation.
Ballou understood that saving America—a country he loved—required making sacrifices. “If it is necessary that I should fall on the battle-field for any country, I am ready,” he writes.
A review of research justifying the change reveals findings that are murky, hotly disputed, or contradicted by other research, misleadingly stretched, or just plain wrong.
