What Happened During Supreme Court Oral Arguments for Affirmative Action Cases

Plus: Twitter Bans Conservatives, Including Heritage Foundation Expert, One Week Before Midterm Elections

November 1 2022   Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court ponders whether race-conscious college admissions are constitutional. In yesterday's arguments, some justices seemed to justify such discrimination, GianCarlo Canaparo writes. Twitter acts to silence conservative voices just before the election, Tyler O'Neil reports. On the podcast, Virginia Allen chats with an author who says we've got race all wrong. Plus: why the new boss at Twitter freaks out the Left, and the Welcome Wagon isn't exactly greeting a relocated abortion clinic. On this date in 1913,  Henry Ford  installs the first moving assembly line to mass-produce an entire automobile, reducing the time required to build a Model T from over 12 hours to about an hour and a half.      COMMENTARY What Happened During Supreme Court Oral Arguments for Affirmative Action Cases By GianCarlo Canaparo Oral arguments in two cases yesterday challenging colleges' racial admissions policies suggest that some justices are willing to turn a blind eye to present-day anti-Asian discrimination. More NEWS Twitter Bans Conservatives, Including Heritage Foundation Expert, One Week Before Midterm Elections By Tyler O'Neil "In the middle of the night, Twitter removes conservative political activists and ordinary Americans … to further silence conservative voices," says Jake Denton of The Heritage Foundation. More NEWS Abortion Clinic Moves Across a State Line. It Isn't Getting a Warm Welcome. By Virginia Allen The Bristol Women's Health clinic relocated from Tennessee to Virginia when abortion became largely illegal in Tennessee after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. More ANALYSIS Author Explains Why Race 'Does Not Exist' By Virginia Allen Fe Bencosme, author of "You Are Not Your Race," says her writings on race will offend people, but the reality is "there's no black race, there's no white race, there's no yellow or red race." More NEWS Doctor Compares Crisis Pregnancy Centers to 'Terrorists' During Democrat-Led Hearing By Mary Margaret Olohan A University of Pennsylvania doctor appears to compare crisis pregnancy centers to "terrorists" during a hearing, accusing the pro-life centers of harming and targeting mothers. More COMMENTARY Here's Why the Left Fears Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter By Jarrett Stepman The Left controls much of civil society and the flows of information. It is quite willing to use government agencies to further manipulate social media companies to censor American citizens. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: A Disturbing Movement Picks Up Steam on Left By Jason Snead Voting long has been one of the privileges of American citizenship, but perhaps not for much longer. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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