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The Wisconsin Supreme Court Just Banned Ballot Drop Boxes Katie Pavlich

By on July 9th, 2022

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/07/08/the-wisconsin-supreme-court-just-banned-ballot-drop-boxes-n2609948

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that unmanned ballot drop boxes are illegal in the state and can no longer be used, marking a victory for election integrity activists. 

“Ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin statutes. An absentee ballot must be returned by mail or the voter must personally deliver it to the municipal clerk at the clerk’s office or a designated alternate site,” the opinion states. “The Wisconsin voters allege they have suffered an injury in fact to their right to vote. As the Wisconsin voters argue, ‘voters are entitled to have the elections in which they participate administered properly under the law.’…We agree.” 

“If the right to vote is to have any meaning at all, elections must be conducted according to law. Throughout history, tyrants have claimed electoral victory via elections conducted in violation of governing law,” the opinion continues. “The right to vote presupposes the rule of law governs elections. If elections are conducted outside of the law, the people have not conferred their consent on the government. Such elections are unlawful and their results are illegitimate.”

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The White House is refusing to comment on the National Education Association’s policy proposal that would change the word “mother” to “birthing parent.”By Brooke Singman , Peter Doocy

By on July 9th, 2022

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-mum-education-unions-proposal-change-mother-birthing-parent-defends-first-lady-vp

The White House refused to comment on the National Education Association’s proposal this week to replace the word “mother” with “birthing parent,” while defending First Lady Jill Biden as a “proud” member of the labor union and Vice President Kamala Harris for attending the union’s annual meeting, where the policy change was introduced. 

When asked for comment on the proposal, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “So, we’re not the NEA and I would refer you to their team about that particular.”

First Lady Jill Biden, a teacher, is a member of the NEA. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the National Education Association 2022 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago on Tuesday.

“The first lady is a proud member of the NEA,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that she was “not going to speak about an organization’s policy or change of policy.”

“I am not their spokesperson — not something that I am going to do,” she said. “Yes, the vice president was there on Tuesday. She spoke at the NEA and when they did, when they did regular order, when they did their regular business, she left.” 

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Shinzo Abe: Japan’s indispensable conservative

By on July 9th, 2022

https://mailchi.mp/da197e976039/shinzo-abe-japans-indispensable-conservative?e=7f5d6321a5

Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated today while electioneering, was his country’s indispensable man. Prime minister of Japan for much of this century, from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020, Abe’s stature on the world stage eclipsed that of other post-war Japanese leaders, just as his time in office surpassed them all.

For a taste of the shock of his murder, look back to the surprise and incredulity which met his resignation from office in the pandemic’s worst days. Plagued by a debilitating health condition which had earlier caused him to leave office in 2007, Abe concluded he did not have the stamina left to rule.

Outside observers of Japan — who had watched Abe consolidate domestic power, develop a new economic regime, and increasingly come to personify his country in foreign capitals — were left almost speechless. “What will his country do now?” they asked at that time.

For some, that might seem an absurd question. Japan is politically decorous, and notably stable. It is not normally beholden to rancor and political violence. Abe’s successors should have counted upon stable institutions and political deference to  give them the chance to run the country in their own ways.

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