The Federalist Daily Briefing for 09/05/2018

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](. September 5, 2018 [For Sticking To The Law, Trump Title IX Regs Accused Of ‘Making Campuses Safer’ For Rape]( By Joy Pullmann In a first for the Trump U.S Department of Education, this rollback will also undo Clinton and Bush-era policies, to adhere more closely to the law and Supreme Court precedent, an administration official told The Federalist. [Full article]( [5 Takeaways From The Circus Democrats Made Of Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS Hearing]( By Kyle Sammin As has been typical for the last several decades, this Supreme Court hearing was even more rancorous than the last. Here’s what we learned from the first day’s events. [Full article]( [The Trump Administration’s China Strategy May Become Its Biggest Legacy]( By Sumantra Maitra The newly visible balancing China approach could be the Trump administration’s legacy foreign policy move, if the president can stay away from needless interventionism in the next two years. [Full article]( [Why You Should Stop Engaging With Anonymous Twitter Accounts]( By David Marcus The right to anonymous speech is God-given and inalienable. The right to a response is not. Engaging anonymous Twitter users is far more dangerous than useful. [Full article]( [How Selective Prosecution Biases The Legal System Against The Right]( By Adam Mill Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, and Michael Flynn had their lives destroyed after helping Donald Trump, while their Hillary Clinton counterparts have nothing to fear. [Full article]( [No, The Catholic Church’s Teaching Is Not To Blame For Its Sex Scandal]( By Deborah Savage and Janet Smith Abuse should not be covered up, and offending priests should be dismissed from the priesthood, of course, but the church’s teaching on sexuality is not the problem. [Full article]( [If We Really Loved Aretha Franklin, We’d Listen To Her Music]( By Casey Chalk Although I’m grateful for all the August homages to one of the queens of R&B, perhaps the best honor would be to keep her music on the airwaves. [Full article]( [‘Jack Ryan’ Is Clean, Simple, Action-Packed Fun]( By Ellie Bufkin While never particularly deep, and somewhat predictable, ‘Jack Ryan’ has everything a television spy series should. [Full article]( [How ‘Democratic Socialism’ Wreaked Havoc On My Native Sweden]( By Anders Ingemarson Sweden's experiment with 'democratic socialism' resulted in four decades of lost progress. Let's learn from their mistake, not emulate it. [Full article]( [Nobody Can Get A Good Education At Colleges That Have No Republican Professors]( By Dale W. Cox An education is supposed to open your mind to many points of view across a broad range of subjects. But 39 percent of liberal arts colleges have no registered Republican professors. Zero. [Full article]( [Life Lessons We Can All Learn From The Tennis Players Of The U.S. Open]( By Beth Herman My favorite time of the U.S. Open is the first few days of the tournament. Everyone plays. Anything can happen. [Full article]( [New Title IX Rules Could Restore Due Process On College Campuses]( By The Federalist Staff Robby Soave joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss Title IX, free speech, defining the public square, and the rise of the scooter. [Full article]( [Comparing People To Hitler For Supporting Donald Trump Is Crazy Talk]( By Bre Payton On NPR Friday, a fellow guest compared me to an Adolf Hitler supporter because I said something positive about President Trump's tenure in office. Yes, seriously. [Full article]( [WATCH: Democrat Senators Throw Toddler-Style Tantrum Over Brett Kavanaugh]( By Bre Payton On day one of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, Democrat senators employed toddler-style tactics in an effort to interrupt the proceedings. [Full article]( [New York Times Editorial Board Rewrites History To Criticize Kavanaugh Confirmation]( By Jonathan S. Tobin The editorial board's revision of the history of the Robert Bork hearings reveals a glaring double standard for Republicans and Democrats on the subject of playing by the rules. [Full article]( REPUBLICANS FACE MASSIVE DEMOCRAT TURNOUT in the 2018 midterms is likely to be huge compared to your normal midterm election. At this point, Republicans are actually doing well in terms of turnout in most areas. But Democratic turnout is surging even more. The signs of a wave that will lead to a Democratic takeover are all there, and it looks to be a significant one, not one where there will be any question. But given the map and the defects of the Democratic candidates running for reelection, Republicans are likely to increase their advantage in the Senate – leading more Democrats to express frustration, as so many have in recent years, with the institutional balances of Constitutional government. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. 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