The Federalist Daily Briefing for 01/04/2019

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](. January 4, 2019 [Obamacare Is Unconstitutional, But The Texas Judge Was Wrong To Strike It Down]( By Michael Autery Obamacare is probably the worst piece of legislation in American history, but this judge’s decision was based on a weak legal argument and will almost certainly be overturned. [Full article]( [The Syria Controversy Is A Proxy War Over America’s Foreign Policy]( By Nathanael Blake James Mattis’s departure highlights the broader legitimation crisis that results from American foreign policy being run without democratic accountability and against popular opinion. [Full article]( [No, Senate Apportionment Is Not White Supremacy]( By David Marcus An Atlantic article arguing that giving each state two senators is racist badly misreads how and why Americans make voting choices. [Full article]( [Federalist Staff Highlight Our Favorite Articles Written By Bre Payton]( By The Federalist Staff In the wake of Federalist staff writer Bre Payton’s sudden death, her colleagues look back on her work with love, tears, and admiration. [Full article]( [5 Books From 2018 That Will Help Explain What Happens In 2019]( By Sumantra Maitra A survey of five of 2018's most influential books for the New Year, which helped shed light on the rapidly changing cultural and political world around us. [Full article]( [Democrats Crusade Against Knights Of Columbus For ‘Extreme’ Works Of Christian Charity]( By Helen Raleigh I was concerned that such an extremist organization could exist right under my nose. I decided to use my contacts and do an investigation into this mysterious, problematic group. [Full article]( [Black Mirror’s Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movie ‘Bandersnatch’ Is A Technical Tour De Force]( By Clay Waters ‘Bandersnatch’ is a breakthrough experiment in audience interactivity, and driving Internet obsessives to geek out over its endless potential story permutations. [Full article]( [Kathy Griffin Announces Heartbreaking News Of Mother Maggie’s Dementia]( By Chad Felix Greene Maggie Griffin is 98 years old and has always been a spirited character, right behind her outrageous and colorful daughter. It is genuinely heartbreaking to see her light dim. [Full article]( [Is Elizabeth Warren The Democrats’ 2020 Version of Jeb Bush?]( By Jonathan S. Tobin The would-be frontrunner was the first to announce for president but the explanations for why Elizabeth Warren can’t win are already baked into her campaign cake. [Full article]( [The Case Against Using Instant Replay To Determine Sports Calls]( By Evan McClanahan We have lost a lot of the joy in sport with all of this instant replay, and those fallible umpires are as much a part of the thrill as the incredible athletes themselves. [Full article]( [How America’s Scornful Elites Helped One Of The Worst Media Liars Ever]( By Peter Rough So how did Claas Relotius deceive an army of professional journalists for years and trigger the biggest journalism scandal in decades? With help from the American elite. [Full article]( [Romney On Attacks From Niece: ‘It’s Politics…No Hard Feelings’]( By David Marcus After a rebuke from his niece, Mitt takes the high ground. But what is his future with Trump? [Full article]( [First On Nancy Pelosi’s Agenda: Attacking Free Expression]( By David Harsanyi Despite all their hysterics over the president’s rhetoric, Nancy Pelosi's Democrats are fully engaged in attempting to control political speech. [Full article]( [Mitt Romney’s Self-Serving Attack On Trump Stains His Own Character]( By Margot Cleveland Ironically, for a man who claims to want divisions healed, Mitt Romney’s public attack on the president served merely to sow discord. [Full article]( SAYING GOODBYE TO PAUL RYAN the grand hall of the Library of Congress yesterday, where Paul Ryan gave his farewell speech in very Paul Ryan fashion, he was speaking about 25 yards from their copy of the Gutenberg Bible, beautifully printed on vellum. The pages were open to the second chapter of Job. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter](Twitter Account not yet Authorized) | [friend on Facebook](#) | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](