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Left Wing Group: Use 'Jury Nullification' to Resist Trump DOJ

Complaint: Suspect With IED at Gracie Mansion Swore Allegiance to ISIS

VIDEO - Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders One-Year Later

So I guess we’ll count this as a “No” vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 6 Comments

From herm2416: Seen on a car in Fish Creek, Wi. Very pro-Obama in 2008, not nearly that in 2012--not even remotely close! You are my go-to website, Professor! Keep it up, you are appreciated! ...

Ariel Castro commits suicide in prison

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 16 Comments

Via AP: Ohio corrections officials say Ariel Castro who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade has committed suicide at a state prison facility. Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says 53-year-old Castro was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional...

Social media network to launch exclusively for law enforcement

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 03, 2013 12 Comments

Law enforcement personnel are soon to get their own social networking site. From FOX News: The final stages are near completion for the launch of a law enforcement social media network designed exclusively for the men and women in blue. Created by former high-profile New York City police...

Hackers launch ‘OpIsrael Reborn’ for 9/11

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 03, 2013 4 Comments

But how much of a threat is it?...

Did the Jury get it right in The Zimmerman Trial?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2013 58 Comments

Umm, let me think on that. I have until September 12 at 4 p.m. to decide. This event sponsored by the Cornell Law School 2nd Amendment Club is open to the public, although good luck finding parking! Update: In response to some reader inquiries, I'm not sure if...

Student Govt. at U. Maryland-College Park Pledges Solidarity With Islamic Republic of Iran

Research Finds College Student Loneliness Tied to Heavy Social Media Usage

Regents Order U. Iowa to Discipline Employee Who Bragged About Getting Around DEI Ban

UC-Riverside Prof Wants to Get Rid of Terms Like 'Gay' and 'Lesbian' Because They Harm Trans People

Students at UConn Launch Petition Urging University to Declare ICE ‘Unwelcome’ on Campus

Atlantic Cape Community College Reverses Policy to Allow Christian Club to Receive Funds

Syria – Boehner on board and other developments

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2013 54 Comments

There are many developments on the Syria front, some in Congress, some on the ground. We will update this throughout the day, and as usual, have the Legal Insurrection and #Syria hashtag Twitter feeds at the bottom of the post. Update are in reverse chronological order, with most recent on top. https://twitter.com/LarrySabato/status/375098989340680192

natural born Citizens: Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Ted Cruz

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2013 214 Comments

I believe Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal and Ted Cruz to be "natural born Citizens" and eligible to be President. Here's why. 1. Summary There are few eligibility requirements to be President. You don't have to be smart, wise, experienced, honest, educated, or a particular gender or race. Article II, Section...

Is There no Limit to the Administration’s Cynicism Regarding Israel?

Posted by David Gerstman on September 03, 2013 10 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 09/03/2013 - Identifyng a Scapegoat for the President's Inaction...

Greenwald reveals NSA surveillance of Brazil and Mexico presidents

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 02, 2013 15 Comments

The Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has since early June been reporting on leaked documents obtained by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, told a Brazilian television program Sunday that the NSA read emails of the Presidents of Brazil and Mexico. From NBC News: Glenn Greenwald told Globo...

College for everybody: Is it really the best idea?

Posted by New Neo on September 02, 2013 34 Comments

Whatever happened to the skilled labor force? It went to college, and that's not an entirely good thing: When everybody’s special, nobody is. Getting everyone into college means you have to dumb down the curriculum until it is nothing but meaningless drivel that has no application...

Branco Cartoon – Workin’ 9 to 2, What a Way to Make a Livin’

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 02, 2013 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 ...

Authorize the Use of Force

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2013 95 Comments

The conventional wisdom is answering the wrong question....

Syrian Electronic Army Defaces US Marines Recruitment Website

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 02, 2013 10 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit for defacing the recruitment website of the US Marines. https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16/status/374427649193439233 Marines.com, which is operated separately from the official Marines website, was changed in the early morning hours on Monday to display a message from the hacker(s). The message told US...

The Year of Seeing Red Lines

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2013 5 Comments

A.F. Branco has been right on target for several months when it comes to Obama's "red lines." Here are some of his previous cartoons created for Legal Insurrection:

Crossing the Lines - March 22

Not Red-y - April 30

Oberlin Alum: “Please keep reporting on … the situation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2013 14 Comments

In response to my post last night, Oberlin racism hoax exploited to advance “even more extreme policies,” an Oberlin Alum writes: I am an Oberlin College graduate in Chemistry...

Sure

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2013 9 Comments

that's what they all say. From J, "Subaru Rebel" On a Subaru with Virginia plates. ...

Kafkatrapping

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2013 33 Comments

A reader writes: In White-liberal white-baiting link-baiting gone wild you mentioned this: Make an outlandish statement about White people. Watch White people react in denial. Use denial reaction as proof you were right all along. There's a word for this logical Fallacy. It's called Kafkatrapping. In short it takes the form...