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KBJ Angry Dissent After Unable to Convert Any Other Justice To Her Side in Conversion Therapy Case

There is a "Popularized Conception of Birthright Citizenship, Which May Not be Accurate"

Ballroom Blitz: Judge Orders Halt to Construction, Trump Not Amused

Soap in a sponge: The enduring myth that George Zimmerman was told not to get out of his car

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2013 167 Comments

There are many lessons to be learned from the media miscoverage of the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin. We've dealt repeatedly with the false "hoodie" and racial narratives, the ludicrous audio and video analyses, and the misunderstanding of the role Stand Your Ground played [actually,...

Rolling Stone’s Boston Bomber Cover Flops

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 17, 2013 35 Comments

This isn't going over so well. When I was a teenager, I used to wait anxiously for my issue of Tiger Beat to arrive (yes, I'm ashamed to admit that). I think some folks have it right - this Rolling Stone cover is more like Tiger Beat with a mix of Newsweek desperation. https://twitter.com/MoRocca/status/357378616952242176 https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/357279858688139266 https://twitter.com/caroljsroth/status/357338368297799680 https://twitter.com/MichaelEHayden/status/357494372608135168 https://twitter.com/MattMackowiak/status/357356533073448961 Jim Geraghty nails it.

Public Service Announcement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2013 71 Comments

TaxProf is out with his latest law professor blog traffic rankings for the trailing 12 months ending 6-30-2013. I reprint these each Quarter merely as a public service, because you have a right to know. (Usual caveat, because Instapundit does not have a public SiteMeter, you can...

The Marissa Alexander Case Wasn’t About “Stand-Your-Ground” Either

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 17, 2013 118 Comments

By now some of you may have heard about the Marissa Alexander case in Florida. Many people are trying to twist the facts of this case in a fashion that will be familiar to the rational among us who watched the Zimmerman case. Essentially they want to...

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner gives “sequester” a whole new meaning

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 17, 2013 21 Comments

In my last report on San Diego mayor Bob Filner, I noted that he brought Washington, D.C.’s sense of teamwork and fair play with him. At that time, Filner crashed a press conference held by City Attorney Jan Goldsmith responding to the mayor’s call for a...

Boxer and Influencer Jake Paul Says Charlie Kirk Would Have Been a President

Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt U. Invites Planned Parenthood Lawyers to Discuss Racial Justice

Pro-Trans Student Group at Brown Holds Rally to Criticize 'Anti-Trans' Laws

Teacher Unions Sounding Alarm Over New AI-Driven Classroom Model

Students Claim Required English Course at Texas A&M San Antonio Ties Standard English to ‘Oppression’

AAUP Backs Anti-ICE Campaign on College Campuses

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nuclear Option

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 26 Comments

Republicans struck a deal to avoid Harry Reid going nuclear on the filibuster of Obama nominees. So the filibuster remains in place for one of two things to happen: (1) Democrats retain control of the Senate in 2014, and Republicans continue to confirm Obama nominees and legislative...

Liz Cheney running for Senate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 16 Comments

We previously wrote about this, Run, Liz Cheney, Run and Our second team. Now it's official: I wanted her to run because we need competition in primaries -- no more entitlements. Now that she's running, she'll have earn the nomination....

Feds want Zimmerman, any way they can get him

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 246 Comments

This no longer is about George Zimmerman, it's about a Department of Justice serving political interests....

Law schools are turning out too many social engineers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 79 Comments

This week has made my head hurt from all the shaking in disbelief. It's almost overwhelming, the multitude of absurd race-agitating actions and words coming from those who refuse to accept the facts and law as to the Zimmerman trial. This lawyer interviewed by Greta is part of the...

The war Israel is losing, badly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 51 Comments

I plan on violating the EU's directive as often as possible on my upcoming trip to Israel....

Maybe KTVU Should Hire Forum Commenters to Vet Future Pilot Names

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 16, 2013 17 Comments

Ever since California TV station KTVU erroneously aired the fake names of four pilots falsely purported to be those of Asiana Flight 214, the story has gone viral and left many wondering how the station could have possibly missed that the names were fake. Some blogs...

Zimmerman verdict energizes Salon.com’s White Privilege branding

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 125 Comments

Salon.com, which does not have a staff that looks like America, continues its branding as the place to go for lectures on White Privilege, Whiteness, and how race drives almost everything in America. And it's not just David Sirota. They even have a "white people" tag. In the wake...

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Officially Files for Temporary Asylum in Russia

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 16, 2013 25 Comments

Edward Snowden officially filed for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday, according to the Russian Migration Service and a Russian human rights lawyer. Wikileaks also tweeted out a confirmation of the news. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/357115053251633153 From Russia Today: The Russian Migration Service confirmed it has received whistleblower Edward Snowden’s application...

Attorney Andrew Branca Participates on NPR Zimmerman Panel

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 16, 2013 156 Comments

"the permissible number of times my kids can have their heads bashed on the sidewalk by Trayvon Martin is zero"...

Post-Zimmerman Acquittal: Civil Rights, Immunity, and Perjury

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 16, 2013 71 Comments

Well, that's it. George Zimmerman has his legal victory. Late in the night on Saturday, July 13, 2013, George officially survived a brutal and malicious legal assault backed by the full power of a State government intent on hanging a life sentence on an innocent man...

Juror: 5 of 6 believed it was Zimmerman screaming for help (Rachel Jeantel inverview added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2013 309 Comments

And it begins. Juror B37 gave an interview to CNN in which she said it was George Zimmerman screaming for help: [some video problems on CNN's side with embeds but appears to be working now]

Meanwhile, the prosecutors are on the TV circuit defending themselves, and calling Zimmerman a murderer:

How would Florida State Attorney Angela Corey describe George Zimmerman in one word? "Murderer."

Update: Thanks to Common Cents, here is the full video interview:

Branco Cartoon – Free At Last?

Posted by A.F. Branco on July 15, 2013 25 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 ...