'No Legitimate Basis' for DOJ Targeting of Protesting Parents, House Panel's Report Concludes

Plus: Chaotic Consequences of Redefining Rules

March 23 2023   Good morning from Washington, where a House report unpacks the Justice Department's crusade against parents who speak up at local school board meetings. Jarrett Stepman has details. The Biden administration keeps changing the rules of banking and finance, and that's asking for trouble, EJ Antoni writes. On the podcast, an advocate for inventors tells why America needs a better patent system. Plus: a House panel targets China's persecution of Uyghur Muslims; Arkansas reserves girls' rooms at school for girls; TikTok as a social menace; and "Problematic Women" considers a ban on abortion bills. Forty years ago today, in an address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan  proposes that the U.S. develop antimissile technology as part of a Strategic Defense Initiative that critics decry as Star Wars.      COMMENTARY 'No Legitimate Basis' for DOJ Targeting of Protesting Parents, House Panel's Report Concludes By Jarrett Stepman "This weaponization of law-enforcement powers against American parents exercising their First Amendment rights is dangerous," the report states. More COMMENTARY Chaotic Consequences of Redefining Rules By EJ Antoni Referees aren't supposed to change the rules in the middle of the game, but that's exactly what federal government officials like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have been doing. More NEWS Uyghur Muslims 'Systematically Exterminated,' Head of China Select Committee Says By Samantha Aschieris "The Chinese Communist Party's ongoing Uyghur genocide reveals the party's true nature," says Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. More COMMENTARY 40 Years After Reagan, Much Work on US Missile Defense Remains By Patty-Jane Geller, Jack Kraemer The United States still has a long road ahead toward achieving Reagan's vision of a country free from nuclear threat. More ANALYSIS US Patent System Needs to Be Fixed, Inventor Rights Activist Says By Samantha Aschieris An American inventor is speaking out about a law he says has significantly affected the country's ability "to lead the world in innovation and stay ahead of our adversaries." More COMMENTARY Lawsuit Challenges Wyoming's First-in-Nation Ban on Abortion Pill By Virginia Allen, Kristen Eichamer, Lauren Evans More than half of all abortions in America are carried out using the abortion pill. More NEWS TikTok Threatens America's Social Fabric, Tech Policy Expert Says  By Elizabeth Troutman "When China can actually have a mapping of the patterns of life and a network of Americans ... then you have a hard security problem," says The Heritage Foundation's Kara Frederick. More NEWS Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Banning Biological Males From Using Girls' School Bathrooms By Mary Margaret Olohan "Arkansas isn't going to rewrite the rules of biology just to please a handful of far-left advocates," says a spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Sanders. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: San Francisco's Loony Racial Reparations Proposal Flows From Logic of Woke Ideology By Jarrett Stepman The plan is to create a kind of racial, financial aristocracy lasting longer than the entire history of the republic thus far. 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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