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November 21, 2023
Good morning. It's Tuesday, Nov. 21, and we're covering First Amendment champions, the smoothest basketball player alive, rejected refugees, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here.
American Fact of the Day!
Hawaii is the only archipelago state: Hawaii is an incredibly beautiful volcanic archipelago. Consisting of numerous islands that each have their own charm. Interestingly, it’s the only US state that’s solely made up of islands.
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The Reason Arab Nations Reject Palestinian Refugees Might Not Be What People Think
The current war between Israel and Hamas has not only raised questions about the conflict itself but also about the history and politics behind it. One of the more pressing questions concerns the plight of the Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and it is a question that has been asked since the crisis began after Israel’s War of Independence in 1948…
The question is: Why haven’t Arab nations taken in Palestinian refugees and assimilated them into their own societies? Sir Alexander Galloway, who headed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), gave us the answer to this question in 1952:
The Arab States do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront to the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders don’t give a damn whether the refugees live or die...
Lebanon has forced the refugees to endure appalling social and economic conditions, with many being confined to camps. The government enforces severe restrictions on Palestinians’ access to education, social services, and basic civil rights.
The exploitation of Palestinian civilians as a propaganda tool used by Arab nations and terrorist groups is a deeply entrenched aspect of the overall conflict. Despite professing solidarity with the Palestinian cause, they have refused to do much to help them…
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Ted Cruz Hails First Amendment Champion Chester Darling Upon His Passing
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz joined the chorus of conservative legal giants praising civil rights attorney Chester J. Darling, who won the landmark 1995 Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston Supreme Court decision, a decision which has become the cornerstone First Amendment ruling defending Americans for government-coerced speech, passed away Nov. 16, nearly two weeks after he celebrated his 94th birthday.
“Chester Darling’s contributions to the defense of religious liberty and free speech cannot be overstated," said Cruz to RedState, who as Texas' solicitor general argued nine times in front of the Supreme Court.
"His successful arguments before the Supreme Court in the landmark Hurley case proved foundational to recent arguments cementing our religious freedoms," he said.
Darling’s legacy as a First Amendment champion was made when he represented John “Wacko” Hurley, the leader of an organization of Catholic war veterans, the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council.
When a group of veterans advocating for non-mainstream lifestyles asked to march in the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, organized by the council, members of the council voted to exclude the gay veterans. Even though politically he had always been an old-line liberal, Darling took the case.
Darling’s life’s work helped us all to remember that the First Amendment is most important when it protects speech that those in power do not like, and that message is becoming increasingly important in this modern era of ‘woke’ America
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