The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/05/2017

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. December 5, 2017 [Why The Cake-Baking Cases Are Really About Courts Deciding What Americans Can Believe]( By Jeremiah Keenan Most justices first frame the issue by using judicial discretion of one kind or another to remove from consideration the nature of the product requested for a same-sex wedding. [Full article]( [What We Know About The Russia-Clinton Uranium One Deal So Far Is Crazy Enough]( By James H. Hyde This massive global corruption case implicates the very U.S. presidential candidate who projected similar nefarious activities onto her opponent. [Full article]( [For Public Sanity’s Sake, It’s Time To Slow The News Cycle]( By David Marcus Public opinion in the moments after news breaks is changing the very nature of coverage in ways that confirm biases more than they inform. [Full article]( [Why I Would Never File A Lawsuit Saying My Child With Cystic Fibrosis Should Not Have Been Born]( By Mary Vought Jen Gann wants to win a ‘wrongful death lawsuit’ based on her son’s cystic fibrosis. She says with better diagnosis, she would have aborted him so he wouldn’t be alive today. [Full article]( [Why The Left’s Sex Assault Scandals Are Only Beginning]( By Willis L. Krumholz Yes, both sides are guilty of a double standard for sexual misconduct, but the Left’s hypocrisy has been particularly egregious, and has likely allowed the problem to metastasize and fester. [Full article]( [Why Tax Cuts Are The Morally Right Thing To Do]( By Helen Raleigh While a certain amount of taxation is necessary, we shouldn’t kid ourselves about its true nature. It’s a form of coerced taking. [Full article]( [What We Know About The Dismissed FBI Agent Who Interviewed Michael Flynn]( By Bre Payton A top FBI official heavily involved in the Russia probe was removed from the case several months ago for exhibiting an anti-Trump, pro-Hillary bias. [Full article]( [No Surprise U.S. Wants Out Of U.N. Migration Pact Given Europe’s Track Record]( By Megan G. Oprea While many are calling this a sign of American isolationism, administration officials maintain the real problem is that the compact threatens U.S. sovereignty. [Full article]( [Here’s What To Buy Your Bibliophiles For Christmas]( By Margot Cleveland Books last a lifetime—even if the bindings and pages don’t, the characters, drama, emotions, and imagination spurred by a timeless story endure forever. [Full article]( [Blame A Politicized Prosecution For Kate Steinle Killer’s Verdict]( By Jenna Ellis If the prosecutors in the Steinle case had not charged only what they could actually prove absent a politically motivated jury, they may indeed have secured a bigger conviction. [Full article]( [GOP Lawmaker: We’ll Just Dismantle Whatever Stops Our Out-Of-Control Spending]( By Christopher Jacobs To demonstrate that most Republicans have no desire to reduce federal spending, one need look no further than a Politico story last Thursday. [Full article]( [Washington Post Columnist Brings Up Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Body In Border Wall Comparison]( By The Federalist Staff 'I have to watch my descriptors here because I don't want to say anything physically insulting but she is, um, you know, she provides a, uh, barrier, essentially, between the American public and White House.' [Full article]( [FCC Chairman Ajit Pai On Net Neutrality And The Future Of The Internet]( By The Federalist Staff On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai explains his plans to roll back net neutrality and federal regulations. [Full article]( [Supreme Court To Decide Whether Faith Is Between You And God, Or You And Government]( By John C. Eastman If one’s exposure to the case was limited to the popular media, you might think this case was only about the free-speech rights of wedding-cake makers. It’s much more. [Full article]( [Top 5 Most Ridiculous Reactions To Congress Passing Tax Bills]( By Nicole Russell Three things are certain: death, taxes, and liberals hysterically proclaiming that people will die because of lower taxes. [Full article]( [How Democrats Corrupt English To Create Hysteria]( By David Harsanyi Liberals aren't peddling typical political euphemisms. They are corroding language, and we shouldn’t allow it to be normalized. [Full article]( TRUMP’S TAX WIN the early hours of Saturday morning, President Trump and Senate Republicans finally managed to get a legislative win for the GOP: a tax plan, one that is far more conventionally Republican than what Trump had teased prior to taking the presidency (and prior to Steve Bannon’s exit) passed with the votes of all Senate Republicans except Bob Corker. This should not be underestimated as a development that could have an impact next year. Economic issues are nearly always the most significant factors in elections, and should Democrats have to face a reality where Wall Street is booming, working class wages are rising, and middle class voters see bigger paychecks, it will be much more difficult for them to run what is essentially a midterm campaign for impeachment, even against an unpopular president. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. 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