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Mary Chastain's 5th Anniversary at Legal Insurrection

Faculty Fear At Cornell: "I worry every day I enter class that I will say something that a student will find offensive"

White Farmers Excluded From Biden Loan Forgiveness Program Sue To Stop "use of race discrimination as a tool to end 'systemic racism'”

Utah GOP Convention Attendees Boo Mitt Romney

Alaska Couple Raided By FBI Because They Attended Trump January 6th Rally

Joe Manchin Just Says "NO" To D.C. Statehood Legislation

Coca-Cola Racial Quotas For Outside Counsel Fizzle Out After General Counsel Reassignment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2021 17 Comments

The ex-General Counsel who devised the possibly illegal quotas reportedly received a $4 million payout and is now a special consultant to Coca-Cola earning $666,666 per month for a year. That works out to $12 million this year for screwing up. Woke failure pays well....

Trump, Scalise Back Elise Stefanik To Replace Liz Cheney In House Leadership

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 05, 2021 45 Comments

As the saying goes, you don't get many do-overs in politics. Still, the House Republican conference is about to get—and apparently take the best advantage of—a second chance to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from the #3 spot on the House GOP leadership team.

Number of Births in U.S. Hits Lowest Mark Since 1979

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 05, 2021 20 Comments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported females in the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands only gave birth to 3.6 million babies in 2020. It marks the sixth straight year of declining birth rates. It's also the lowest since 1979.

Federal Judge Throws Out CDC Eviction Moratorium

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 05, 2021 9 Comments

U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich threw out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium. The CDC implemented the moratorium last year because of COVID-19 and extended it until June 2021.

Biden Administration Denies Permit for Veterans’ Motorcycle Group to Hold Memorial Day Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 05, 2021 15 Comments

Rolling to Remember is a group and an event, formerly known as Rolling Thunder. It's made up of American veterans who ride their motorcycles into Washington, DC every year to remember their fallen, POW, and MIA brothers and sisters. The event is a tradition that has been going on for years, but this year has hit a roadblock. The Biden administration has denied their permit.

Becker College in Massachusetts Lays Off Hundreds as it Prepares to Close

Iowa State Prof Limits Interactions With White People 'as Much as Possible'

College Republicans Used May 4th to Rally Support for Police

Black Law Students at Rutgers Outraged After White Student Uses Racial Slur While Quoting Legal Case

Student Leaders at Hamilton College Work to Defund Police, Claim White Supremacists Are on Campus

College Warns Students and Offers Psychological Help Ahead of Conservative Speaker's Event on Transgenderism

https://www.facebook.com/OversightBoard/videos/702358583868006/

Facebook ‘Oversight Board’ Upholds Trump Ban, But Says It Can’t Be Indefinite

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2021 48 Comments

A completely unaccountable international board governing our political speech. It would be like handing over our rights to the U.N....

Fake COVID-19 Testing Certificates Now Slamming Airlines

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 05, 2021 24 Comments

Airlines around the world are encountering fake COVID-19 certificates as passengers attempt to avoid both the time and expense of a COVID test prior to their travel.

VIDEO: Chauvin Post-Trial Analysis With Prof. William Jacobson and Andrew Branca, Esq.

VIDEO: Rescuing History and Education From The 1619 Project

VIDEO - How Critical Race Training is Harming K-12

VIDEO: Surviving The Big Tech Purge

Academic Death Spiral: VIDEO Highlights From "Saving Higher Ed From Cancel Culture"

VIDEO: Critical Race Training is "a series of dated ideas that basic analysis often debunks"

Derek Chauvin Files Motion for New Trial and To “Impeach the Verdict” Due To Jury Misconduct

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2021 62 Comments

"jury committed misconduct, felt threatened or intimidated, felt race based pressure during the proceedings, and/or failed to adhere to instructions during deliberations, in violation of Mr. Chauvin’s constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0gww2yznI

Classified Study: COVID-19 Could Have Originated in Chinese Lab

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 04, 2021 30 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers will remember that I was persuaded early on in the pandemic (i.e., Feb. 16, 2020) that the coronavirus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic likely came from the Chinese research laboratory in Wuhan. The main question I had was whether the virus was "natural" or the result of gene-modification technology that is the hot, new thing in biological research.

U. San Diego Law Prof. Tom Smith Vindicated: Blog Criticising Chinese Government Held Protected By Academic Freedom

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2021 15 Comments

University of San Diego Provost: "we sought to determine whether the blog post at issue was protected by our policy on academic freedom. After a thorough legal review, it was determined that the expression was protected by that policy....

Woman Attacks Asian Woman With Hammer in NYC Over a Mask

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 04, 2021 28 Comments

Manhattan police have begun a manhunt for a woman who attacked an Asian woman with a hammer in Times Square on Sunday.

Chinese Communist Party Mocks India’s Coronavirus Deaths

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 04, 2021 17 Comments

The official Chinese social media accounts are reportedly mocking India over the surging death toll and upheaval caused by the resurgence of the Wuhan coronavirus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzNyrFhzew

Nikole Hannah-Jones Claims A First Amendment Right To Teach 1619 Project in Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 04, 2021 64 Comments

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has sent a letter to the Department of Education, objecting to the implementation of the 1619 Project in American schools. The project's author, Nikole Hannah-Jones recently appeared on CNN to object, and laughably framed this as a free speech issue. Hannah-Jones herself has admitted that the 1619 Project is really all about controlling the narrative.

At Least Three Drown Off San Diego Coast When Smuggling Boat Capsizes

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 04, 2021 5 Comments

The rapidly expanding border crisis has now hit the beaches of San Diego, California.

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