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Appeals Court Upholds No-Bond Detention Of Illegal Aliens In Huge Win For Trump

Red, White — and Ashamed? Team USA Skiers Bash the US

Are Nursing and Other “Caring” Professions a “Sink for Pathological Personalities”?

World Government Of the People’s Money, By the People’s Money, For the People’s Money

Posted by David Gerstman on June 21, 2013 5 Comments

G-8 Communique: We don't want no John Galts At the recently concluded G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, the leaders of the world's biggest powers couldn't even come up with a statement openly condemning Syria or Hezbollah. “We very much share the view that it is important for...

Adios Taxifornia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2013 15 Comments

From Danelle: Last Person Leaving Taxifornia Please Turn Off The Lights It's not a bumper sticker, but my sister in law sent this a few minutes ago. Her family is moving to Texas this week and leaving Taxifornia behind. Yes, they were on the way out of LA...

Zimmerman Trial Final Jury Wrap-Up: Insights on Trial Strategy

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 20, 2013 10 Comments

The final jury was selected the Zimmerman trial today, consisting of 6 women jurors and 4 alternate jurors. For those following along with the juror ID numbers, the jurors selected are: B29, B76, B37, B51, E6, E40. Tomorrow we will have an in-depth analysis for each...

Just what we need, a website to “out” ex-vegans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 33 Comments

There are several analogies I can think of for this. But, I'll let it speak for itself. https://twitter.com/divadoll123/status/346989969082023939 Vegan Sell-Out List If you’re no longer vegan, you’re going on the list. The spirits of the billions murdered have risen to deliver: The Vegan Sellout List – an online directory of...

Research 101 (Part 2): Customizing Your News

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 20, 2013 12 Comments

In my first installment of the Research 101 series, I covered the topic of Knowing Where to Start, and pointed readers to many of the helpful documents that I’ve already put together in the past on sources that are available to those interested in performing...

American Medical Association Accused of Politicizing Continuing Education Courses

UCLA Fires DEI Director Over Charlie Kirk Comments

University of Houston Hit With Third Armed Robbery on Campus This Year

UC-Berkeley Prof Substitutes Exam for Creating Wikipedia Pages About 'Queer and Trans People of Color'

U. Minnesota Prof Allegedly Conducted an ‘ICE Drill’ in Class

Pro-Palestinian Activism on College Campuses is Based on a Muslim Brotherhood Blueprint

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Gets Two Years in Prison for Hacking and Fraud

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 20, 2013 4 Comments

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced today to two years in prison on charges of hacking and fraud in a district court in Stockholm, Sweden. From USA Today: The Nacka District Court in Stockholm said 28-year-old Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who is currently serving a one-year...

Zimmerman jury seated after Judge rejects State serial striking of white women

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 34 Comments

Jury is all women, 5 Whites, 1 Hispanic...

Breaking — Senators unveil breakthrough border plan to give Republicans cover to vote for amnesty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 11 Comments

As we speak, a "breakthrough" agreement will be announced regarding border security. More on that later It's all a dance and ratifies a bad policy of rewarding law-breakers over law-abiders. Via Mark Kirkorian at NRO, ‘The Border Security Ruse’: The latest attempt at providing political cover for pusillanimous Republican...

NY Times eliminating almost all its “blogs”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 9 Comments

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Deja Tea Party all over again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 14 Comments

We've been pushing back since the election against the meme that the Tea Party movement was dead. The movement is roaring back because the underlying conditions which gave rise to the movement have not changed. If anything, the concerns over abuse of government power have been...

Zimmerman Trial LIVE – Jury Selection Day 9 All-Day Coverage

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 20, 2013 12 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial Jury Selection live, all day. At day's end I will post a separate wrap-up discussing what happened and implications for the case moving forward. Thanks for joining us! Check out our Day 8 end-of-day wrap-up to see our...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s “Moderation” by Association

Posted by David Gerstman on June 20, 2013 6 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler - 06/20/2013...

Time for Republicans to debate the central immigration issues — legalization and citizenship

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2013 20 Comments

From Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator, Heritage, Levin Call for Immigration Debate: Paul Ryan issued a challenge. The Heritage Foundation picked up the challenge. Mark Levin wants to see this debate as well. It’s time — past time — for a full and open discussion in the conservative...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day Eight Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 19, 2013 30 Comments

Today was the first day of general voir dire of the prospective jurors, now numbering 40. (Click here for a compilation of our notes on all 40 prospective jurors.) The prospective jurors were to be questioned en masse, which required some reorganization of the courtroom....

Michael Hastings and Wikileaks — Let the conspiracy theories begin

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 19, 2013 17 Comments

I think we all know what Wikileaks is suggesting here. On the heels of Edward Snowden's leaks that revealed information about the NSA's domestic surveillance policies and sparked a "national conversation," I'm sure that Wikileaks won't be the only ones to make such speculations about this. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/347425652389052416 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/347475869629022208 For...

Research 101: Knowing Where to Start

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 19, 2013 12 Comments

By now you’ve probably seen Professor Jacobson’s welcome message about my arrival to Legal Insurrection. I’m excited to be here, as I’ve always regarded this site as a place to come for thoughtful analyses on the news of the day, and original articles that delve...

Attorneys in Bradley Manning Trial Fight Over Tweet Authenticity

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 19, 2013 4 Comments

The military trial in the case of Wikileaker Bradley Manning continued earlier this week. An interesting legal point in the case has arisen, as Manning’s defense lawyers pushed back against tweets that the prosecution wanted introduced as evidence. Allow me first to provide a little bit...