Last week, Heritage formally installed Barb Van Andel-Gaby as the new chairman of its board of trustees. Van Andel-Gaby, is the first woman to serve as chairman of the board of trustees.

"All eyes were on the Senate Judiciary Committee as it heard from Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. She says, and he denies, that he sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. Everyone agreed on that, but little else," writes Heritage expert Thomas Jipping in the Washington Examiner. 

Kicking off Season 3 of SCOTUS 101, Elizabeth Slattery and John-Michael Seibler preview a few cases the justices will hear in their first week back. Elizabeth recently sat down with 10th Circuit Chief Judge Tim Tymkovich to talk about Ukrainian dishes and skiing with Neil Gorsuch. 

On July 9, within minutes of President Trump’s announcement of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer vowed to “oppose Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination with everything I have.” When he said everything, he meant it.

The Trump Administration has reverted to historic U.S. nonproliferation goals rather than accepting the Obama Administration’s leap of faith, and returned to the pre-Obama consensus on what Tehran needs to do to be treated as a normal country. Washington must impose clear and mounting costs on Tehran for its hostile policies or it will not change course.