February 2024

“You can endow whatever scholarship you want, except you can’t endow a scholarship that discriminates on the basis of race”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2024 18 Comments

My appearance on Chicago's Morning Answer regarding the Equal Protection Project's challenge to racially discriminatory scholarships: "The sheer number and volume indicates to us, at least, that there is a serious problem at Western Illinois University because in all the dozens of these we filed,...

Longtime Newsom Donor Owns Panera Bread, Which is Exempt From California Minimum Wage Increase

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 29, 2024 51 Comments

Weird how Newsom fought to exempt restaurants that bake their own bread and sell it as a standalone item from the bill. Hhmm...

Democrat Mayor Of Athens, GA, Claims No Connection Between Illegal Aliens and Crime After Illegal Alien Allegedly Murders UGA Student in His City

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 29, 2024 69 Comments

"Mayor of Athens, Ga. in the wake of the first murder at UGA in 30 yrs. Listed threats: Trump, Charlottesville, possible vitriol from American citizens to illegal immigrants. Not listed: Crime, murderers, his duty to citizens."...

Israel On Deadly Gaza Aid Stampede: “No IDF strike was conducted toward the aid convoy”

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 29, 2024 40 Comments

Times of Israel: "Gunmen...

Second Circuit’s Partial Upholding of New York’s Gun Carry Law Appealed to SCOTUS

Posted by James Nault on February 29, 2024 37 Comments

"New York’s 'good moral character' standard is...

U. Virginia Prof Called Off Class to Show Support for an Anti-Israel Walkout

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2024 1 Comment

“There are students who have been spat upon, shoved, that have called horrible names, antisemitic slurs”...

Complaint: Columbia U. Medical School DEI Chief Plagiarized Dissertation, Including Material From Wikipedia

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 29, 2024 77 Comments

The complaint submitted to Iowa State and Columbia came without a name. The source brought up 60 possible plagiarized parts of the dissertation....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_j4Dh9koA

A Significant Number of Foreign College Students Come From Countries With a History of Hating Jews

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2024 3 Comments

"At elite universities, the situation is much more extreme: international students make up almost 25% of the student population."...

Biden Admin to Use Tax Dollars to Pay College Students to Register Voters Ahead of 2024 Election

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2024 35 Comments

"we have under the Federal Work-Study program now allow students to get paid through Federal Work-Study to register people and to be non-partisan poll workers"...

Open-Air Drug Markets and Homelessness are Destroying American Cities

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2024 0 Comments

"a blight on the urban locations where they unfortunately often appear"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKeBb3UKWQ

Anti-Israel Activist Laments That Hijacking Planes Is Not an Acceptable Form of Protest for Pro-Palestinians

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 29, 2024 33 Comments

"You can’t protest peacefully. You can’t boycott. You can’t hunger strike. You can’t hijack planes. You can’t block traffic. You can’t throw Molotovs. You can’t self-immolate. You can’t heckle politicians. You can’t march. You can’t riot. You can’t dissent. You just can’t be."...

Appellate Judge Refuses To Freeze Trump Civil Case Fine But Lifts Ban On Trump Seeking Loans And Running Business

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 28, 2024 35 Comments

"The ruling by Justice Anil Singh ratchets up pressure on Trump to either pay the full amount—nearing half-a billion dollars with interest—or put up a bond that Trump’s lawyers estimated at $550 million to hold off collection while he appeals."...

Illinois Removes Trump From Primary Ballot, Gives Lawyers Until Friday to File Appeal

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 28, 2024 82 Comments

So stupid since SCOTUS is considering the Colorado case....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvJVZAxJE8Y&feature=emb_logo

Supreme Court To Hear Trump DC Case Immunity Defense On Schedule Making Trial Before Election Unlikely

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2024 56 Comments

SCOTUS to hear case on the merits "limited to the following question: Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office."...