The Supreme Court handed down its final decisions of the term this week, right before the Fourth of July weekend. And they were overwhelming wins for conservatives on significant issues of constitutional principle.
The Court unanimously upheld religious liberty in employment law. It also struck down affirmative action, upheld free-speech on matters of faith involving same-sex relationships, and struck down President Biden’s absurd student loan transfer program.
In so doing, it upheld the 1st amendment, the 14th amendment, and the separation of powers generally.
I feel somewhat elated about these decisions. They go at least a small way toward restoring the constitutional structure of our political life. The affirmative action decision in particular is a rejection of identity politics that will have resounding positive effects for our society. Now we can begin the real task of improving education for the poor, starting with reducing the stranglehold the teachers unions have over education policy.
Our country is not in the best shape right now, at home or abroad, but we are heading into this Independence Day with new hope. These were victories, not just for conservatives, but for the country – even if the left won’t quite admit it openly yet.
This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
