I Toured the Texas-Mexico Border. Here Are 8 Things I Learned

Plus: The Left’s Favorite Tool to Attack Our Founding Principles May 29, 2019 Good morning from Washington, where some lawmakers oppose a wall or other barricade at the southern border. Our Fred Lucas traveled to Laredo, Texas, to find out what the Border Patrol faces without one. On a related front, Amy Swearer examines the constitutional basis for considering everyone born here a U.S. citizen. Plus: Nick Loris on keeping gas prices within reason, Kevin Daley on a judge with something to say about religious tests, and Walter Williams on how leftists misrepresent the nation’s founding. News [I Toured the Texas-Mexico Border. Here Are 8 Things I Learned]( [Photo]( “Come after school, you’ve got kids practicing for Little League, parents bringing their kids to practice,” says Special Operations Supervisor Narcizo Ramos.“The smugglers will try to blend in with the people in the park.” [More]( Commentary [Does the Constitution Mandate Universal Birthright Citizenship? Here’s the Answer]( [Photo]( While Congress once sought to expand birthright citizenship to include freed slaves, it also sought to exclude broad categories of individuals who maintained only a qualified or limited allegiance to the nation. [More]( Commentary [The Left’s Favorite Tool to Attack Our Founding Principles]( [Photo]( Here's my hypothesis about people who use slavery to trash the Founders: They have contempt for our constitutional guarantees of liberty, writes Walter Williams. [More]( Analysis [Podcast: Christopher Scalia on the Faith of His Dad, Antonin Scalia]( [Photo]( Scalia was a towering Supreme Court justice who left an indelible mark on America. But he was also a man of deep faith, and that faith continues on with his children. [More]( Commentary [What Drives Gas Prices Up, and How We Can Steer Them Down]( [Photo]( Crude oil prices make up 57% of the price of retail gas. Federal and state taxes, refining and distributing, and marketing accounts for the rest. [More]( News [Amy Coney Barrett Speaks Out on Religious Tests for Judges]( [Photo]( “The religious test clause in the Constitution makes it unconstitutional to impose a religious test on anyone who holds public office,” the appeals judge says. [More]( News [Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship]( [Photo]( CeCe Telfer had competed on Franklin Pierce University’s men’s track team as recently as January 2018. [More]( News [As Court Declines to Hear Case on Race-Based Abortions, Thomas Warns About Tie Between Abortion, Eugenics]( [Photo]( “Abortion has proved to be a disturbingly effective tool for implementing the discriminatory preferences that undergird eugenics,” writes Thomas. [More]( [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [Donate to The Daily Signal]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [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 [comments@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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]( -