April 2019

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial motions – Judge finds Gibson’s “reputation is central to this case”

Posted by Daniel McGraw on April 30, 2019 16 Comments

I attended court today as the lawyers argued pre-trial motions. As most trial lawyers know, pre-trial “in limine” motions can often decide the case. What the judge excludes and what they allow, how to define certain terminology the jury will hear, and rulings what is important and what is nonsense.

Venezuela in Chaos, US Supporting Opposition

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 30, 2019 16 Comments

Tuesday morning, Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for a military uprising to oust President Maduro.

https://twitter.com/Harry1T6/status/1122140959968350209?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

The New York Times and the European vogue for anti-Semitic cartoons

Posted by New Neo on April 30, 2019 10 Comments

When the international version of the NY Times decided to publish an anti-Semitic cartoon by the Portuguese cartoonist Antonio Moreira Antunes, it was just following a long-established European post-WWII tradition. Antunes has been in the anti-Semitic image business for decades, and won an award in 1983 for his appropriation of a Warsaw ghetto photo, changing the victim of Nazis into a Palestinian victim of Israeli Jews. For this, Antunes received the top prize at the 20th International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AH4feMIi8k&feature=youtu.be

Is Joe okay? Biden Mumbles Through His First Speech as 2020 Presidential Candidate

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 30, 2019 25 Comments

Former Vice President Joe Biden gave his first speech as a Democrat presidential candidate in Pennsylvania on Monday, but it didn't go that well as the 77-year-old man stumbled through the speech. This is weird to me because when giving one-on-one interviews on TV Biden comes across as a well spoken adult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMep2rOKltc

Sorry, Schumer. Stacey Abrams Decides Not to Run for Senate in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 30, 2019 37 Comments

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tried so hard to get failed Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue in 2020. It didn't work as Abrams announced today she will not run for the senate in 2020.

Women’s Studies Profs Decline to Discuss Any Restrictions on Abortion

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2019 0 Comments

“I think most are unlikely to discuss it because they believe the debate is over and their side won."...

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

Sri Lanka Fears More Islamist Terror Attacks, Bans Burqas and Other Face Covering Items

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 30, 2019 9 Comments

Islamist terrorists could carry out another series of coordinated attacks, this time dressed up as military personnel, warned Sri Lankan security forces following the Easter Sunday's suicide bombings on churches and luxury hotels that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds. The Sri Lankan government has enforced a new emergency law banning women from wearing a burqa and other types of face covering due to security reasons -- much to the dismay of the local Muslim leaders. "All sorts of face covers that hinders the identification of individuals" have been forbidden, the new presidential order states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnWfHCtkrro#action=share

San Diego Mourns Loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, Synagogue Victim Who Shielded Rabbi

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 30, 2019 14 Comments

San Diego is mourning the loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the woman killed in a shooting at Chabad of Poway near San Diego, as she was laid to rest amid praise for her kindness, faith and sacrifice.

Kaye, 60, died taking bullets for Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was evacuating children from the synagogue after gunfire broke out, Goldstein said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71zrQeh2Zxs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Give 2019 Harvard Commencement Address

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2019 0 Comments

"sought to protect the environment, offered a strong defense of the EU, and worked to address issues of migration"...

Beto O’Rourke: Hey, Let’s Spend $5 Trillion Dollars Fighting Climate Change

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2019 24 Comments

Beto O'Rourke has stagnated in polls and isn't getting nearly as much adoring press coverage as he did just a month ago. Now he's trying to get some notice by advancing his own version of the Green New Deal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6OmfxiV9jo

Terror plot targeting Southern California sites foiled by the FBI

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 29, 2019 26 Comments

A Southern California man has been arrested for allegedly planning to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause “mass casualties” and avenge recent attacks against Muslims across the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uUfYtHfw3A

Deputy AG Rosenstein Resigns

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 29, 2019 22 Comments

Monday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his two-week notice. His last day will be May 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy3LD5EXQD0

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Appears in Video, Justifies Sri Lanka Bombings

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 29, 2019 9 Comments

For the first time since July 2014, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has shown his face in a new video, in which he justified the bombings in Sri Lanka and praised those who have joined the terrorist group. Rita Katz, the director of SITE Intelligence, tweeted out the the interpretation of al-Baghdadi's words.

Among the far-left, Islamists, and violent white supremacists, anti-Israel antisemitism is the common theme

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2019 35 Comments

It's not like we haven't been warning about this for the ten-plus years Legal Insurrection has been in existence. We have. In posts too numerous to link, we have warned that the anti-Israel movement, including anti-Zionist and far left-wing Jews, has been so relentlessly demonizing and dehumanizing Israel that they were normalizing antisemitism.

Ilhan Omar Laughs Off Meghan McCain’s Anti-Semitism Criticism: ‘Oh, Bless Her Heart!’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 29, 2019 15 Comments

After 19-year-old John Earnest opened fire on the Chabad of Pomway in California, the anti-Semitism that has plagued America came to the forefront. The View co-host Meghan McCain pushed back against both sides when it comes to anti-Semitism, but she rightfully pointed out Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar's anti-Semitism. Omar took a shot at McCain this morning by tweeting, "Oh, bless her heart!" Us in the south know exactly what Southerners mean when they use that phrase.

Many Schools Now Offer Transgender Related Medical Coverage for Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 29, 2019 0 Comments

"range from cross-sex hormone treatments to surgeries that remove students’ genitals and utereses"...

Kim Foxx Subpoenaed Over Jussie Smollett Case While Judge Slams Her for Double Standard

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 29, 2019 25 Comments

Cook County's State' Attorney Kim Foxx's woes continue as retired appellate judge Sheila O'Brien filed a petition for a special prosecutor to investigate Foxx's office over the Jussie Smollett case. Foxx received a subpoena to appear in court along with her top deputy Joseph Magats. This news comes after one Cook County judge slammed Foxx for her double standards after her office prosecuted one woman for filing a false report. Those are the same charges Foxx's office dropped against Smollett.

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