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Who’s afraid of the 1st Amendment?
on July 01, 2018
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In Janus vs. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees), the Supreme Court (in a 5-4 decision) ruled that government unions cannot require non-members to pay union dues.
Earlier this week, Obama-appointed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her minority dissent to the Janus ruling that the Court had "weaponized the First Amendment."
Newton, MA public school officials backtrack on pledge to rid curriculum of anti-Israel bias
on July 01, 2018
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In several posts we have described how biased teaching materials about the Arab-Israeli conflict and the history and practice of Islam were used for years in the curriculum of two public high schools in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts:
ABC News: Don Willett is WAY TOO FUNNY to be on the Supreme Court
on July 01, 2018
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Former Texas Supreme Court Justice, and now 5th Circuit Judge, Don Willett has been a favorite of conservatives and libertarians for a long time.
Prof. Glenn Reynolds recently commented:
Antifa attacks Patriot Prayer march in Portland, OR
on July 01, 2018
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Last summer, we covered the cancellation of a planned Patriot Prayer rally in San Francisco. The event was cancelled after "Californian leaders, including House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D), ... adamantly opposed a rally organized by the Patriot Prayer group on the grounds that it is 'alt right' and 'white supremacist'.” Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson ably refuted these allegations at the time.
Gibson, who is running for the U. S. Senate in Washington state, was in Portland, Oregon yesterday with over a hundred of his Patriot Prayer group for an announced, permitted rally.
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Pack the Supreme Court! The latest rallying cry of #TheResistance
on July 01, 2018
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The left knows there is virtually nothing Democrats can do to prevent Trump from carrying out his second appointment to the Supreme Court, so they're thinking outside the box.
The Left’s Uncivil War Week at Legal Insurrection
on July 01, 2018
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#NY23 Dem primary leader Max Della Pia’s campaign website copied from Jon Ossoff
on June 30, 2018
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You remember Jon Ossoff?
He was the high-flying national liberal and media darling who crashed to the ground in the Georgia 6th District congressional special election in June 2017.
Dem Presidential hopefuls are all ‘Democratic Socialists’ now: Elizabeth Warren demands #AbolishICE
on June 30, 2018
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It's Official.
The Abolish ICE movement is now a full-blown Democratic Party thing.
Thousands Attend “Families Belong Together … and FREE!” Rallies
on June 30, 2018
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Last weekend, we covered the "Families Belong Together . . . and FREE!" rallies scheduled for today. Thousands showed up in DC and in various cities across the country.
#WalkAway Movement Gains Steam As Free-thinkers Reject The Left
on June 30, 2018
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We've been covering the effects of the 2016 election on the left, and we aren't the only ones who've noticed just how depraved and debased Democrats and the left have become.
The #WalkAway movement consists of free-thinking liberals who are horrified by what has become of their side, of the Democratic Party, and they are posting videos and social media shares on why they have chosen to #WalkAway.
Reporter succumbs to the poisonous fruit of the #FakeNews tree
on June 30, 2018
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Recently, members of the American press were quickly trying to tie the horrendous shooting by Jarrod Ramos at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD, to President Trump's declaration that the press is the "enemy of the people".
President Trump has been on record that #FakeNews is the enemy of the people, which is true. However, one intrepid Massachusetts journalist decided to create some alternative facts to blame trump for Ramos' attack on the newspaper.
Remember the detainment of ethnic Germans in the U. S. during WWI and WWII?
on June 30, 2018
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Most people are well aware of the U. S. internment of ethnic Japanese, but it's apparently a little-known fact that some ethnic Germans residing in the U. S. were detained in camps in this country during both world wars:
Tom Steyer: Maybe We Can Have a Nuclear War as a ‘Course Correction’ on Trump
on June 30, 2018
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Tom Steyer is the progressive billionaire leading an effort to elect Democrats for the express purpose of impeaching Trump. He thinks of his particular brand of Trump Derangement Syndrome as an extension of the civil rights movement.
Mandatory Diversity Week in Higher Education
on June 30, 2018
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Your weekly report on campus news....
“Abolish ICE” is Democrat for “Open Borders” and Yes, Dems are actually going to run on that
on June 29, 2018
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Abolishing ICE is codeword for open borders.
And Open Borders is where Democrats have been moving for a generation. Now that slow creep is a full out sprint.
While it's been percolating, New York Socialist Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated the No. 4 Democrat in the House in a primary earlier this week, set the movement afire.
DNA Evidence and Genealogy used to Crack 5 More “Cold Cases”
on June 29, 2018
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Legal Insurrection readers will recall our report on 72-year old Joseph James DeAngelo, the former cop who has been accused of being the "Golden State Killer". DNA collected from relatives for analysis was used to track down the suspect in a string of 12 murders and 51 rapes.
