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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

A lesson from Tea Party activism…and dancing

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 07, 2014 28 Comments

Professor Jacobson recently noted that we just celebrated the 5th anniversary of the birth of America's Tea Party movement. He noted one of the best aspects about his involvement has been the people that he has met during his "insurrection". As a citizen activist in California,...

Senator Rand Paul speaks at #CPAC2014

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 07, 2014 4 Comments

Rand Paul addressed the crowd at CPAC today in a speech that was largely focused on the constitution and civil liberties. The Kentucky Senator drew applause as he criticized the federal government's policies on domestic surveillance. "Yet, as our voices rise in protest, the NSA monitors your...

Lawyer: Facebook Page “Education for Rachel” is a Hoax

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 07, 2014 44 Comments

At College Insurrection, we have been covering the case of Rachel Canning, the New Jersey teen who sued her parents for college tuition. Rush Limbaugh just talked about Canning's supposed Facebook page, "Education for Rachel." The page contains posts such as this one, decrying the greed...

BDS in Galway: “You’re f-ing Zionist, f-ing pricks, get the f–k off our campus”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2014 30 Comments

More open and honest than faculty supporting American Studies Association boycott of Israel, but there's no real difference....

Rick Perry wows crowd with #CPAC2014 speech

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 07, 2014 17 Comments

Texas Governor Rick Perry kicked off the second day of CPAC with a speech that prompted loud applause and cheers. "I'm reminded this morning of words that speak to the American soul," Perry said in the early part of his speech. "Words spoken by Thomas Jefferson,...

Faculty Book Club Selection at Portland State U. Highlights ‘Awful Scourge of White People’

UPenn Hires Assistant Medical Director for Gender and Sexual Health

Harvard Trying to Borrow $675 Million Through Tax-Exempt Bonds

Political Donations From Faculty at U. Idaho Favor Democrats by Margin of 419 to 1

Family of College Student Killed by Illegal Alien in Chicago Speaks Out at Vigil

Hundreds of College DEI Officers Attend Conference to Complain About ‘Chaos’ Caused by Trump

Dan Bongino at CPAC: “We are the party of real answers”

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 07, 2014 5 Comments

"We are the party of compassion, we always have been."...

Has WaPo Awakened from Its Obama Fantasy?

Posted by David Gerstman on March 07, 2014 25 Comments

The President gets slammed by the Washington Post, which endorsed him twice....

Blog Bash Blogger of the Year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2014 45 Comments

I am pleased to announce that I received the award for Blogger of the Year from the National Bloggers Club last night at the Blog Bash 2014 event held near the CPAC conference. Legal Insurrection was well represented at the event -- from left to right --...

Texas shall not be infringed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2014 4 Comments

From Joe: This sicker is on a minivan outside of Houston. The H sticker next to it is about Henry Rifles. He got it....

Gov. Christie channels Andrew Breitbart at CPAC speech

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 06, 2014 28 Comments

"We have to stop letting the media define who we are, and what we stand for."...

Branco Cartoon – Running Interference

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 06, 2014 5 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco...

Anti-Israel academic boycotters reaping counter-boycott they sowed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2014 16 Comments

Judith Butler helped start an academic boycott war that now is turning against her....

Why did our intelligence fail to foresee Putin’s Ukraine moves?

Posted by New Neo on March 06, 2014 32 Comments

Why was our intelligence community caught so flat-footed about Putin's intentions in Ukraine? That's a question being asked on Capitol Hill, and in Politico. One possible answer to the query is, "No, it wasn't." That one was given by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, and...

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre addresses #CPAC2014

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 06, 2014 2 Comments

National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre is expected to take the stage to speak at CPAC 2014 at 2:30pm ET today, coverage begins at 2:15pm ET. Legal Insurrection reader Dmacleo sent us a note that it will be livestreaming at The Conservative...

Senator Ted Cruz at #CPAC2014

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 06, 2014 2 Comments

Kicking off this morning’s roster of speakers at CPAC 2014 was Texas senator Ted Cruz. In introducing Cruz, the president and publisher of Regnery Publishing said this: “If you’ve attended CPAC in the past, you know that the speakers you’ll hear from will shock, delight, amaze, inform,...

#CPAC2014 is here

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 06, 2014 11 Comments

Today marks the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual event organized by the American Conservative Union. The conference - already underway - features a variety of panel discussions and speeches from notable lawmakers and influencers. The current schedule includes, among others, Sen....

Academic study: SPLC Hatewatch list biased

Posted by Anne Segal on March 06, 2014 10 Comments

No surprise that Hatewatch is a political tool, not an objective listing...