Nikki Haley: UN Human Rights Council ‘Greatest Failure’ of UN
Jul 19, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump makes a course correction under fire on Russian interference with U.S. elections. We’ve got stories from Fred Lucas and Rachel del Guidice. Trump goes back to work on more tax relief, Lucas reports. How should the Senate assess the president’s Supreme Court pick? Thomas Jipping answers. Plus: Rep. Lamar Smith on social media bias, Robert Rector and Jamie Bryan Hall on the U.N.’s mischaracterization of poverty in America, and Walter Williams on what the Super Bowl can teach us about the high court.
Nikki Haley Defends Decision to Leave UN Human Rights Council, Calls It ‘Greatest Failure’ of UN
“In October, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was elected to a seat on the Council,” says Haley, adding that “they were discovering mass graves in the Congo even as the General Assembly approved its bid for the Human Rights Council.”
Betsy DeVos Should Get Feds Out of School Discipline Policy, Withdraw Obama-Era Guidance
To keep students of all backgrounds safe and create an effective learning environment, a teacher must be able to remove a student from class if the circumstances call for it—regardless of the student’s race.
Nikki Haley: A Profile in Courage
America doesn’t need the U.N. Human Rights Council. Because with courageous leaders like Nikki Haley, we are doing far more to promote human rights without it, writes Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James.
These 6 Cases Show How Brett Kavanaugh Might Rule on Religious Freedom
During oral argument, Kavanaugh called the D.C. transit authority’s ban on religious advertising—including Christmas ads—“pure discrimination” and “odious” to the First Amendment.
Here’s an Indisputable Fact: Immigrants Bring Cultural Change
The reason we worry so much about vast numbers of immigrants is that too many immigrants in too short a period of time will change American culture and values. Our concern is not rooted in xenophobia; it is rooted in values-phobia.
Liberal Group Behind Resistance to Supreme Court Pick Hides Its Funding
A left-leaning advocacy group that plans to spend millions opposing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has obscured funding sources through an opaque organizational structure.
Here’s What Wave Elections Have Looked Like Over the Last 100 Years
Wave elections occurred when the president’s party lost at least 48 House seats, seven Senate seats, seven gubernatorial seats, and 494 state legislative seats.
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