TRUMP SHOULD RESCIND OBAMA'S TRANSGENDER AGENDA AND PROTECT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Jan. 31, 2017
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill, where conservatives want President Trump to protect religious liberty on the heels of the redefinition of marriage and celebration of gender identity. Ryan T. Anderson makes the case for Trump, while Congress debates related protections. Conservatives appear to have success with their demand that Senate Democrats quit stalling confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Conservatives also form a united front against the return of earmarks. Rachel del Guidice and Caleb Ecarma report.
Trump Should Rescind Obama's Transgender Agenda and Protect Religious Liberty The media was abuzz Monday with rumors that President Donald Trump was preparing an executive order that would protect religious liberty in the aftermath of the redefinition of marriage. Trump should issue such an executive order, and he should rescind former President Barack Obama's executive actions on sexual orientation and gender identity that created many of these problems in the first place, writes The Heritage Foundation's Ryan T. Anderson.
Republican Lawmakers Call for Swift Confirmation of Betsy DeVos Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., has released a letter signed by other members of Congress in support of President Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, reports The Daily Signal's Rachel del Guidice.
This Group of Conservatives Is Leading the Fight Against Earmarks A group of conservative leaders is warning against the possibility that Congress will bring back budget earmarks. The Conservative Action Project released a memo signed by over 50 leading conservatives, demanding the Republican-run House maintain a ban on earmarks that has been in place since 2010, reports The Daily Signal's Caleb Ecarma.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Trump Likely to Name 1 of These 2 Judges to Supreme Court President Donald Trump returns to prime time Tuesday for the biggest announcement of his presidency so far. He will reveal at 8 p.m. EST his pick for the Supreme Court, widely reported to be one of two federal appeals court judges—Neil Gorsuch or Thomas Hardiman, reports The Daily Signal's Fred Lucas.
WHAT WE'RE READING
Why Yates Had to Go "It is a very simple proposition. Our Constitution vests all executive power—not some of it, all of it—in the president of the United States. Executive-branch officials do not have their own power. They are delegated by the president to execute his power. If they object to the president's policies, their choice is clear: salute and enforce the president's directives, or honorably resign. There is no third way. No one knows this better than high-ranking officials of the Department of Justice. That is why President Trump was right to fire Acting Attorney General Sally Yates," write the editors of National Review.
ONE MORE THING
Protests erupted across the country this weekend in opposition to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. The Daily Signal was at Dulles International Airport for one protest.
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