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Harris Once Again Struggles With Basic Economic Questions

'Important Truth': Hillary Defends Calling Trump Supporters 'Deplorables'

U. Arkansas-Walmart Joint BIPOC-Only Mentor Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project

“first came the pen, and then the fist”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2012 11 Comments

If you have not yet read Anne's post yesterday, Moving from an Emboldened Left in 2012 to a Legal Insurrection in 2013, you need to: A reader of this site I was speaking with, who immigrated to the United States from a communist country, said that amongst...

Michigan’s “Right to Work” law already working

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 23, 2012 5 Comments

That was fast! Shortly after the ink was dry on the state's new "Right to Work" law, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder reports that state economic development officials are hearing from manufacturers interested in moving to area. Snyder said it's "premature" to name the companies, but indicated Michigan's...

“I’ve got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re going to hear about it!”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 23, 2012 14 Comments

I wanted to take a moment to wish our many Legal Insurrection friends a HAPPY FESTIVUS! For those of you wondering what Festivus is about, click HERE for details. There are four key components of Festivus: The Festivus Pole The Airing of Grievances Festivus dinner (filled with carbohydrates) The Feats...

Did David Gregory just violate D.C. gun law by possessing a high-capacity gun clip? (Update — No response yet from NBC)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2012 33 Comments

It sure looks that way, unless the gun clip Gregory held up today was just a dummy prop. I saw a number of tweets linking to this post David Gregory Violates DC Gun Law On National TV quoting D.C. Official Code 7-2506.01 (emphasis in original): b) No person...

Waiting for Roger Cohen’s mea culpa on Muslim Brotherhood

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2012 20 Comments

It's time for the person most consistently wrong about the Muslim Brotherhood to admit that just about everything he said about the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Arab Spring was wrong, including: Already we hear the predictable warnings from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu: This could be Iran...

Faculty Members at Arizona State U. Condemn ‘White Ownership’ of Shakespeare

Boise State U. Women's Volleyball Team Forfeits Game Against Opposing Team With Male Player

Report Suggests 'Faculty for Justice in Palestine' has Crucial Role in Rise of Campus Antisemitism

Cornell First-Year Enrollment of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans Drops Following Affirmative Action Ban

Law Professors Lead the Assault on the United States Constitution

Wesleyan U. Rejects Demands From Student Activists to Divest From Israel

Spoken just like a Tea Party supporter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2012 11 Comments

Unintentionally, of course, because of the media-driven Epistemic Closure to Tea Party ideas. The fourth and last of the views from the vehicle spotted by Jon at the Perimeter Mall in Atlanta/Dunwoody (Parts One, Two, and Three): ...

Egyptians want stability, but political realities make for rocky road ahead

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on December 22, 2012 11 Comments

The newly drafted Islamist-backed constitution in Egypt appears to be on the path to approval, but that is doing little to quell the sustained feeling of instability in the country. Passage is a victory for Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, but a costly one. The bruising battle...

Saturday Night Card Game (I could not accuse Salon.com of tokenism, even if I wanted to)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2012 49 Comments

In one of the most snide and offensive columns written this year in The NY Times, University of Pennsylvania Political Science Professor Adolf L. Reed, Jr. called Tim Scott and other Republicans who are black "cynical tokens." In response, I noted that I would not be...

Moving from an Emboldened Left in 2012 to a Legal Insurrection in 2013

Posted by Anne Segal on December 22, 2012 33 Comments

The 2012 word of the year ought to be "emboldened," in reference to the radical left, the anti-freedom elements of our society: the union operatives, naive but militant Occupy, radical anti-Americanists, and leftist community organizers. During my lifetime, there has always been an undercurrent of collusion between...

“You get nothing, I get that for free.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2012 28 Comments

“I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.”...

Legal Insurrection Video of the Year (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2012 11 Comments

It's getting towards that time of the year when we start selecting the Best Of. 2012 was the first year in which we started focusing on videos, thanks in large part to Anne joining us in June. A couple of our videos changed the national dialogue,...

Nuts and Smuts Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2012 1 Comment

Nutty never sleeps on campus: U. Penn Prof. Adolph Reed, Jr. “places a political science veneer on naked racialism” Chicago Teachers Union head uses Sandy Hook tragedy to bash innovative teaching program Oxymoron — David Axelrod to Head U. Chicago’s “Nonpartisan” Institute of Politics Rhode Island prof demands NRA...

It’s still Georgia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2012 11 Comments

Another angle from Jon on the vehicle at the Perimeter Mall in Atlanta/Dunwoody Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2: ...

On the day of the Mayan apocalypse, John Kerry now in line of succession to the presidency

Posted by Joel Engel on December 21, 2012 30 Comments

With the nomination of John Kerry to become secretary of state, our line of succession to the presidency almost makes the North Koreans look good. Make sure nothing is in your mouth but keep a stiff drink nearby as you behold this rogues gallery of they...

No agreement short of a complete sellout can be reached by year-end

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2012 20 Comments

We need to stop operating under the arbitrary year-end deadline...

The Boehner of our existence

Posted by Joel Engel on December 21, 2012 22 Comments

In the immortal words of Speaker John Boehner (via the New York Times): “God only knows” how Washington is going to get control of its finances. Unlikely as it seems, there may have been more feckless Speakers of the House than John Boehner. But if there had...