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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 4 Comments

And we try to deal with as much of it as we can here at Legal Insurrection. In fact, in the coming week there will be a couple of law students to help me -- between semesters -- cover the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire, and...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 47 Comments

There has been plenty of griping and talk by Tea Partiers that if Romney is the nominee, they're staying home in November. I don't believe it for a second.  When push comes to shove, they will not choose four more years of Obama. But I do believe...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 21 Comments

Now he has to vote for Ron Paul as a third-party candidate even if Romney is the nominee, and has to call Romney supporters racist too. This was 2002, "My views are progressive."  (h/t @Allahpundit) ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 11 Comments

As part of his campaign to paint Newt Gingrich as crazy, Mitt Romney has focused on Newt's statement that the Palestinians were an "invented" people.  Romney argued at the Drake University debate Saturday night that Newt had used "incendiary words" which would "create extraordinary tumult" and said "I'm not a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 8 Comments

Carl in Jerusalem screams "OMG - He Can't Be Serious," regarding this video: Carl, you're a lawyer. In order to commence suit in court for return of the drone, demand must be made and the persons in possession of the drone must be given a reasonable opportunity to return...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2011 2 Comments

Or does Fumblama work better? Thanks  for the photo to reader Robert who writes: Found in Cape Coral, FL. Stopped at light, fumbled to get. I read every day. Keep up the good work. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 19 Comments

I have linked to posts by Caroline Glick since the early days of this blog.  Glick is one of the clearest voices on the dangers to Israel and the highly negative effects of Obama administration policy. Glick has weighed in on Newt's comments about the Palestinians...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 12 Comments

The debate is scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern.  [Added, full debate video embedded at bottom of post, it's 1 hour and 20 minutes long] WMUR in New Hampshire, CNN, and Huntsman's website are supposed to have the livestream.  If I can get an embed code, I will.  There...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 14 Comments

Here are some things going on: Correlation or Causation? Supreme Court to take Arizona immigration law case, Kagan recuses herself.  Some of See my prior post.  Court previously upheld in part unrelated Arizona E-verify law. Why Romney is wrong and Gingrich is right on capital gains taxes. Confirmed that drop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 35 Comments

Mitt Romney's campaign has been moving negative on Newt for well over a week with a strategy to portray Newt as crazy, but since Romney's debate debacle Saturday night and more polling showing Newt with a crushing lead almost everywhere, the Romney campaign now is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 19 Comments

The Israelis want to rebuilt a foot bridge called the Mugrabi bridge.  The original bridge collapsed in 2004, so the Israelis built a temporary bridge which now is unsafe. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are claiming that replacing the bridge is an attack on the al-Aksa...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2011 5 Comments

Thanks to reader Blake who took these photos and tweets: Found these stickers plastered all over a jacked up Chevy in Athens, GA. #GoDawgs ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 10 Comments

Some stuff: How much is that drone worth to the Russians and Chinese?  And who believes the Iranians brought it down softly without help? Watching Obama's 60 min interview.  Expecting the worst.  Doubt I'll do a separate post about it, but who knows. Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli call...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 11 Comments

The recall petition drive against Scott Walker has more than a month left to get the required 544,000 signatures.  Organizers assert that over 300,000 already have been collected, The assumption has to be that they will get enough signatures and that there will be a recall...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 9 Comments

We don't get many shots at the Big Leagues, and even fewer at professional sports stardom. So when the Hebrew Hammer has problems, it's Bad for The Jews. As reported at JSOnline, Braun drug test positive: Did Ryan Braun cheat to become the 2011 National League most valuable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2011 25 Comments

Hard to know if the Democratic National Committee thinks it's hurting Newt with this, or helping him (video h/t ElectAd). I do think they're trying to frame Gingrich's image now that he's the frontrunner, consistent with the DNC's reaction at the debate last night: ...

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