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July 2018

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2018 12 Comments
Democrats had high hopes for a pick up in the newly-redistricted 1st District of Pennsylvania, the result of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that threw out the 2010 redistricting for allegedly violating the Pennsylvania Constitution. The issue of whether partisan redistricting violates the U.S. Constitution remains an open question, despite recent SCOTUS decisions. But since the PA Sup Ct decided the case based on the PA Constitution, the attempt to get SCOTUS to review the case failed.

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 06, 2018 11 Comments
All in all, it's not a bad jobs report to kick off the summer. The Labor Department's report shows the economy added 213,000 new jobs in June even though experts predicted only 190,000. This means job growth has happened 93 months in a row, which is a record. Unemployment went up to 4% from 3.8%, but that probably went up because of the rise in labor participation.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2018 78 Comments
As readers are aware, Legal Insurrection has reported more extensively on events at Oberlin College over the past several years than almost any other website. Among other things, Legal Insurrection has engaged in reporting on the following issues related to Oberlin College:

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 06, 2018 54 Comments
A 16 year old boy was getting a bite to eat with friends at a hamburger restaurant in San Antonio, Texas this week, when a man approached their table, ripped the 'Make America Great Again' hat off his head, and threw a large cup of soda in his face. The man then proudly strode away with the hat.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 06, 2018 17 Comments
From the Department of YOU HAD ONE JOB: Currently, 12 Thai boys (a soccer team), are trapped in a cave where they've been since June 23rd. Rescue teams are frantically working to pump water out of the flooded cave in order to get the boys and their coach to safety. Heavy rains are expected Saturday and would it even more difficult if not impossible to get the team and their coach out.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2018 36 Comments
As the July 9 date for Trump to announce his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy nears, there is a vicious multi-front war evolving. Of course, Democrats are attacking every likely nominee, with the anti-Catholic bigotry against Amy Coney Barrett the most prominent. Barrett would be the most finger-in-the-liberals-eye pick, and not just because of her Catholicism. She has seven (7) children -- that is a provocation in the minds of liberal feminists and the people who love them that cannot be abided.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 05, 2018 27 Comments
We all know the Stormy Daniels story is not about Stormy Daniels.  It's been about undermining President Trump (not that this has happened because no one cares about his having a consensual one-night stand a decade ago), but it seems that it may also be about Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti and his own political aspirations.

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 05, 2018 35 Comments
Scott Pruitt has resigned from his post as administrator of the EPA. President Donald Trump took to Twitter, saying he accepted Pruitt's resignation and that Pruitt's deputy Andrew Wheeler will take over.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 05, 2018 26 Comments
I keep thinking there will come a point when the public realizes turning politics into a religion is not just unfruitful, but potentially personally devastating. Politics and politicians are fickle and will always fail you given the opportunity. But, we're not there yet. Bridgid Delaney quit going to the gym when Trump won the 2016 election. The owner of the gym Delaney once frequented and Delaney entered into a pre-election bet, if Trump one, Delaney would have to pull 70kg on a "sled" machine. If Hillary won, the gym owner would have to pull double his personal best.

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 05, 2018 14 Comments
Two Britains fell ill four days ago after an exposure to the nerve agent Novichok, the same agent that almost killed Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The British government blamed Russia for the attack on the Skripals, but authorities don't have any evidence as of now to show them why anyone would target Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn Sturgess, 44.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 05, 2018 28 Comments
Riots erupted in the French city of Nantes following the death of a 22-year-old man, who was shot after running over a police officer at a vehicle stop. Cars and buildings--including a local court--were set on fire in the city's Breil district, an area with "largely immigrant populations," media report say.
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