Image 01 Image 03
Sign In or RegisterLogout

Search

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2009 0 Comments
On October 29, 2008, I wrote It’s 3 a.m. and the Prime Minister of Israel is Calling, which appeared at American Thinker. Considering how events in the Middle East are unfolding, and the likelihood that in two weeks the Obama administration will make decisions on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2009 0 Comments
The rise of the blogosphere owes to two developments: (1) the technology of the internet which allows individuals to be heard by a potentially unlimited audience without filtering by traditional news organizations, and (2) the agenda-driven mainstream media, which has driven tens of millions of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2009 0 Comments
I recently identified Blogger Mood Disorder, “a condition in which one’s mood swings up and down in sync with the level of blog traffic.” The Other McCain (the one who has never lost an election) then identified two syndromes related to BMD, “SiteMeter Fever” and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2009 8 Comments
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has requested a three month extension of time to bring an indictment against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, stating that he needed more time to review thousands of telephone intercepts and to interview new witnesses. While I can’t presume to know what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2009 0 Comments
A post at Critical Thoughts blog notes the relative silence of the Blagojevich blogoshpere about the request of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald for a three month extension of the time to bring an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and suggests that Fitzgerald may have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2009 7 Comments
According to news reports, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is prepared to have armed guards bar Roland Burris from the Senate floor, despite the fact that Burris has been legally appointed to Barack Obama’s open Senate seat by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. At the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 31, 2008 1 Comment
Legal Insurrection Blog started on October 12, 2008, with what is still my favorite post, Obama is Door No. 2. In those first days, readership consisted of me, a few relatives, a couple of neighbors, and some friends of relatives. Then a handful of other...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 31, 2008 0 Comments
Barack Obama loves to invoke the “rule of law” when it suits his political purposes, but not in the case of Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris to Obama’s empty Senate seat. In the Burris case, politics apparently trumps the law. There is no substantial...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2008 1 Comment
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has reversed course, and now wants to release to the Illinois House impeachment committee some wiretap evidence relating to the federal criminal case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Previously, Fitzgerald went so far as to ask the House committee not even to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2008 0 Comments
What a difference a decade makes. In the fall of 1998, President Bill Clinton faced impeachment for obstruction of justice and perjury in giving false and misleading testimony under oath regarding his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Congressional impeachment proceedings, while focused on the issue of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2008 7 Comments
Welcome to Legal Insurrection’s Official Guide to Blagojevich Blogs. What makes this “official”? The same thing that makes people think the Franklin Mint is related to the U.S. Mint, even though the commercial says it’s not. These blogs have frequent posts or links specifically about...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2008 0 Comments
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich went on television yesterday and gave a speech to remember. What people will remember about the speech are the catchy phrases: “I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath” has received perhaps the most...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2008 0 Comments
Thanks to Illinois Review for cross-posting this piece.———————————————————————————————–During impeachment hearings before the Illinois legislature on Thursday, December 18, 2008, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attorney, Ed Genson, repeatedly objected to legislators using “illegal” wiretap information as part of the impeachment proceeding. Illinois legislators seemed dismissive, at times...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2008 2 Comments
The first attempt of Illinois legislators to meet to lay the groundwork for impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn’t get off the ground. The legislative committee put together by House Speaker Michael Madigan stopped working after less than two hours. Reports indicate that the committee was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2008 0 Comments
Thanks to Illinois Review for cross-posting this piece.————————————————————————————————Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan has announced that in six days the Illinois legislature will convene a committee to begin considering whether the Illinois legislature should commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Rod Blagojevich. This measured announcement...
Accessibility by WAH