DOJ Subpoenas Conservative Group for Documents in Alabama Transgender Case

Plus: California Dream Could Become a Nightmare September 13 2022 Good morning from Washington, where the Justice Department demands five years of documents from a conservative group while suing Alabama for protecting kids from gender transition treatments. Fred Lucas reports. Something is terribly wrong when a government official can label a legal defense organization as a “hate group,” Alliance Defending Freedom’s Lathan Watts writes. On the podcast, defense expert Elbridge Colby argues that the U.S. is unprepared for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Plus: “Problematic Women” explores the psychological consequences of suppressed speech; and Cal Thomas remembers Queen Elizabeth II. On this date in 1963, Texas-born entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash launches what will become a cosmetic empire in Dallas with $5,000 in life savings and help from son Richard Rogers, 20. ANALYSIS [Free Speech May Improve Your Mental Health, Psychologist Says]() [Free Speech May Improve Your Mental Health, Psychologist Says]() By Virginia Allen Free speech can help individuals grow and learn as they explore and debate ideas with others, Chloe Carmichael says, adding that it even improves anxiety and depression. [More]() NEWS [DOJ Subpoenas Conservative Group for Documents in Alabama Transgender Case]() [DOJ Subpoenas Conservative Group for Documents in Alabama Transgender Case]() By Fred Lucas The Justice Department is pursuing a conservative group’s documents going back five years as part of a lawsuit challenging an Alabama law that prohibits sex change treatments for minors. [More]() COMMENTARY [California Dream Could Become a Nightmare]() [California Dream Could Become a Nightmare]() By Cal Thomas California has become an example of what a state looks like when it is controlled by a single party who are trying to impose a green energy secular religion on their people. [More]() COMMENTARY [Our Elected Representatives Are Terrible Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars. Here's a Better Path Forward.]() [Our Elected Representatives Are Terrible Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars. Here's a Better Path Forward.]() By Preston Brashers America’s fiscal situation is dire: The national debt stands at more than $230,000 per U.S. household. [More]() ANALYSIS [China Is at Taiwan’s Door and America Isn’t Ready]() [China Is at Taiwan’s Door and America Isn’t Ready]() By Douglas Blair America inevitably will be drawn into any potential conflict between China and Taiwan, but author and defense expert Elbridge Colby says we are woefully unprepared. [More]() COMMENTARY [The Queen's Reach]() [The Queen's Reach]() By Cal Thomas One commentator said the queen's death is the symbolic end of the greatest generation. We pay lip service to the virtues that made the greatest generation great, but no longer promote them. [More]() COMMENTARY [Smearing Your Opponents Is No Way to Run a Republic]() [Smearing Your Opponents Is No Way to Run a Republic]() By Lathan Watts When a senior official in the Justice Department tosses about a smearing “hate group” label, all Americans should take notice—no matter their political leanings. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [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 [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()