Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Why have universities become the least free places when they should be the most free?

Scenes of Communist Flags, Riots, and Violent Clashes With DHS During 'No Kings' Protests

Chicago Mayor Pushes Reparations Amid $1B Budget Gap

https://www.nccourts.gov/judicial-directory/jefferson-griffin, https://www.nccourts.gov/judicial-directory/allison-riggs

North Carolina Supreme Court Republican Candidate Concedes After Lengthy Court Battle

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 07, 2025 17 Comments

"While I do not fully agree with the District Court’s analysis, I respect the court’s holding, just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case. I will not appeal the court’s decision."...

Bessent Keeps His Cool as Waters Tries (and Fails) to Belittle, Outsmart Him

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 07, 2025 28 Comments

Well, at least Waters can brag that she's better at the Electric Slide than Bessent because, well, that's it....

Report: Human Smuggler Admitted He Hired Abrego Garcia to Traffic Illegal Aliens

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 07, 2025 40 Comments

He "claimed to have hired him on multiple occasions to transport undocumented migrants from Texas to various locations in the United States."...

Rutgers Professor Resigns From AAUP Over Radical Anti-Israel Activism

Posted by Jane Coleman on May 07, 2025 21 Comments

American Association of University Professors continues its descent into activism. Rutgers Professor: "There are people who are now resigning from AAUP because of your radicalization. ...

Cardinals Gather for Conclave to Elect a New Pope

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 07, 2025 49 Comments

The cardinals will vote once today, around 7 PM local time (1 PM ET)....

New President at Minnesota North College a Big Supporter of DEI Policies

Report Blames U. California Faculty for Driving Antisemitism on Campus

Syracuse University Cutting Almost 100 Low-Enrollment Degree Programs

Howard U. Appoints Ibram Kendi to $3 Million Endowed Chair Position

Connecticut Might Issue Grad Student Loans to Offset Trump Limits

Study Finds Most Popular U.S. Graduate Degrees Not Worth the Money

Duffy: Biden, Buttigieg ‘Did Nothing’ to Fix Failing Air Traffic Control System

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 07, 2025 21 Comments

"They literally spent time concerned about the word cockpit and changing cockpit to flight deck."...

Bill Ackman Sides With Trump in Battle With Harvard, Calls for New Leadership

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 07, 2025 10 Comments

"Harvard became, over time, a political advocacy organization for one party. When a university goes from being a university to affecting, you know, becoming a political advocacy organization, it doesn’t deserve nonprofit status."...

Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Expands for the First Time in Decades

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 07, 2025 29 Comments

Natural variability is real and it is spectacular...

LAST CALL – Constitutional Crisis? Article II v. Article III (Online Event, May 18, 8 p.m. Eastern)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2025 9 Comments

The battle between Article III (the judiciary) and Article II (the Executive Branch) has dominated the news since Trump started his second term. REGISTER HERE.

India Fires Missiles at ‘Terrorist Infrastructure’ in Pakistan

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2025 20 Comments

The Indian Army: "Justice is Served. Jai Hind (Victory to India)!"...

Valero Refinery Fire in Benicia is the Latest in California’s Fuel Supply Challenges

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 06, 2025 21 Comments

The fire may now have given Valero incentive to close the facility even sooner than planned April 2026 schedule....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Zv1Sr2kvI

Trade War Fallout in China a Mystery; Beijing Stopped Reporting Key Economic Data

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on May 06, 2025 41 Comments

"Never Kneel Down! Bowing to a bully [U.S.] is like drinking poison to quench thirst — it only deepens the crisis."...

Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Radical Gender Ideology’ Military Ban to Continue While Litigation Continues

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2025 41 Comments

BTW, Trump's executive order does NOT include the word transgender. ...

Trump: U.S. Will Stop Bombing Yemen After Houthis ‘Capitulated’

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2025 53 Comments

"They just don't want to fight. And we will honor that and we will stop the bombings."...

Sen. Tillis Won’t Vote for Ed Martin, Trump’s Nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2025 62 Comments

Tillis said "most" of his concerns centered around January 6th. Martin defended a few of the protesters....

DOJ Investigating Washington Law Forcing Catholic Priests to Break Confessional Seal

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2025 69 Comments

Catholic Can. 983 §1: "The sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore it is absolutely forbidden for a confessor to betray in any way a penitent in words or in any manner and for any reason."...

Germany’s Merz Secures Majority In Emergency Vote, After First Round Failure (Updated)

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 06, 2025 23 Comments

BBC: "No candidate has failed in this way in the 76 years of Germany's post-war republic."...

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