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Today we celebrate the founding of our nation. For us the nation is an inheritance given to us by those that have come before. I cannot help but reflect on whether we are worthy of what we have received?
The SCOTUS term just ended did much to remove the obstacles the court has created in recent decades to finding equality as the nation was founded upon. But removing obstacles to equality and finding true equality are very different things.
Been an interesting few days out of SCOTUS. The host summed it up with this tweet. But in the two most headline grabbing cases – Harvard and 303 Creative – I see a theme that is worth exploring.
You are going to see a lot of headlines that say things like, “Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions.” Don’t believe it, it’s nonsense. They upheld Affirmative Action.
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HH: Up in Studio North, which allows me to go down to New Hampshire and attend town halls, as I did yesterday with Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, held forth in a meeting with about, I guess, 150 people. Morgan Ortagus was answering/asking questions for half an hour. All the national news media was there. And the Governor joins me now. Good morning. What do you prefer, Madam Ambassador – ambassador or governor?
NH: It’s Nikki. Those are moments in time.
HH: Okay. Well, Ambassador, I’m going to stick with that, because I’m a formal guy. First of all, that was a tour de force. And I’m in Switzerland. I’m not endorsing. But I wish everyone had your background when it came to national security issues. Ought we to have more forums like that where the focus is on America’s national security?
NH: I mean, this, the next president has to not just know about foreign policy, they have to be willing to stary day one dealing with our national security and the foreign policy situation. We’re going to have issues around the world for at least the next two decades. And we’ve got to start acting like it. We’ve got to start thinking like it. So this can’t be someone that’s weak in the knees. They can’t be someone who’s not sure about what’s going on or needs to be schooled up in it. It needs to be someone who knows their stuff.
Virginia Governor Glenny Youngkin joined me this morning:
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HH: Up north today joined by my governor, Governor Glenn Youngkin, who’s the governor of the great state of Virginia. Governor, good morning. How are you?
GY: I’m doing great, Hugh. Good morning. I sure hope we get you back home soon.
HH: You know, I go back and forth. I was there last week. Governor, I want to start with a question from way out of left field. I know you’re not running for president, but I’m going to ask it anyway. Are you familiar with the Uyghurs and what China has done?
GY: Yeah, Hugh, it is a horrific violation of everything we believe about human dignity. And this is why when we see a president who is truly acquiescing to every China whim, we have to stand up and say what are we doing? We know the Chinese are trying to dominate the world, and they are repressing their own population in the process of it. I mean, this is what China is. It’s the Chinese Communist Party ruling with an iron fist. They’re using every single arrow in their quiver – economic, militarily, surveillance, and repression of their own population in order to achieve their goals, and we have got to get tough. We’ve got to understand that it is at America’s expense, but we also have to recognize what they’re doing to their own population. This is a horrific window into what the Chinese Communist Party is all about.
“There oughta be a law!” We’ve all heard it, probably uttered it. Things happen that irritate us, even hurt us, and we think those things should be banned, completely, ignoring that the law is not intended to reflect our peeves and quirks. Nor can it possible regulate our lives in deep “granularity.”
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Hugh Hewitt is back today, Monday, July 2nd, 2023, discussing recent SCOTUS rulings, Election 2024, and the news of the day. Talking today with:
Salena Zito, NY Post & Washington Examiner columnist.
Byron York, Washington Examiner chief political correspondent.
Stephen Vladeck & Jonathan Adler, “The Smart Guys 2.0”.
Norm Coleman, Former Minnesota Senator.
