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'Intersectionality' - The Destructive Ideology Balkanizing the Country

Virginia Becomes Latest Blue State in Push to Bypass Electoral College

Iconic Leftist Hampshire College Permanently Closing at End of the Year

“When did the government become a jealous girlfriend?” (for me, January 1979)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2013 24 Comments

When I first traveled the Soviet Union, and two guys we didn't know got out of a car and escorted me and some American friends past the long line waiting to get into a night club in Tallinn, seated us at a prime location table which...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day One Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 10, 2013 8 Comments

For live video and coverage for Tuesday June 11th, click here. Just a quick note here to provide a brief wrap-up of today, Monday the 10th's, events in the Zimmerman trial. The morning saw the discussion of some motions and other open business. Notably, George Zimmerman's...

The drip drip drip of Hillary brand renovation continues

Posted by Anne Segal on June 10, 2013 18 Comments

Today we learned that it only took Hillary Clinton less than an hour to become Twitter-verified. Twitter verification is the blue checkmark in the corner of a twitter profile. This speedy event was unrelated to the alacrity with which a charity of Barack Obama's brother was...

Lasciviousness in the defense of liberty is a vice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2013 21 Comments

I'm not on the "Howard Snowden is a Hero" boat. I'm may get on board the "Edward Snowden is no hero" boat. As this plays out, it's not clear that Snowden has added a lot to what we already knew, as Mandy pointed out this morning, but...

Branco Cartoon – Eye Phone

Posted by A.F. Branco on June 10, 2013 6 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 ...

Utah Valley U. Drops Graduation Speaker Who Smeared Charlie Kirk as ‘Bigoted’ After His Murder

Thousands of University of California Workers Threaten Statewide Strike

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna to be Honored at Suffolk U. Commencement

American U. Law School Chooses Progressive Caucus Member Jamie Raskin as Commencement Speaker

Arizona State U. Faculty Refuse to Vote on Proposal to Ban Land Acknowledgments at Meetings

Kansas Governor Signs Bill Banning the Requirement of DEI-CRT Courses at Public Colleges

Zimmerman Jury Selection June 10th

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 10, 2013 16 Comments

For live video and coverage for Tuesday June 11th, click here. This post marks the launch of Legal Insurrections’ comprehensive live coverage of State of Florida v. Zimmerman (1712FO4573). In addition to the types of comprehensive legal analysis already posted in the course of last week’s pretrial...

Big Government Dysfunctional Amnesty Week

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2013 18 Comments

While you were watching the Obama Scandals and the NSA leaks, Harry Reid was moving the Gang of 8 immigration bill to a vote. The Gang of 8 got a big boost when Sen. Kelly Ayote endorsed the bill this weekend. But hope is not lost. ...

Former NSA Employee Leaked Surveillance Details Prior to Snowden

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 10, 2013 20 Comments

Why didn't the prior revelations cause as much controversy?...

Snowden job?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2013 67 Comments

It seems that nothing is ever as it seems. It may be that Edward Snowden is what he seems to be -- an Obama-supporter who, despite barely gaining a GED, managed to work his way into sensitive technical positions at the CIA, NSA and private contractors,...

Zimmerman Case: The Five Principles of the Law of Self Defense

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2013 26 Comments

As we enjoy today’s pause in the courtroom action of the Zimmerman trial it might be a nice time to do a quick overview of how the law of self defense will be fought over at trial. Florida Self-Defense Statutes Most Relevant to the Zimmerman Trial Florida...

Edward Snowden Unveiled as Source Behind the NSA Leaks

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 09, 2013 31 Comments

The Guardian today unveiled the identity of the individual who provided National Security documents that sparked a firestorm of media attention and scrutiny of how the agency collects and utilizes the intelligence it collects from a multitude of commercial sources. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/343799572012875776 From the Guardian: The individual responsible for...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/09/2013 – The Palestinian do-over mentality

Posted by David Gerstman on June 09, 2013 5 Comments

Erekat's Latrun gambit In commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the start of the Six Day War, the New York Times published a press release for the Palestinian Authority, On Anniversary of Arab-Israeli War, a Palestinian Plea: It was here on the wooded slopes of Latrun on...

California elementary school runs “toy gun exchange”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2013 24 Comments

It comes to this...

How to Keep Your Communications Private

Posted by 0387erp on June 09, 2013 26 Comments

In light of the recent hubbub about the NSA having access to pretty much all your communications, the first question seems to be not "How can they do that?" because let's face it...

Zimmerman Case: Experts Call State’s Scream Claims “Absurd” “Ridiculous” and “Imaginary Stuff”

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2013 58 Comments

A Badly Mismatched Battle of the Experts We covered yesterday’s testimony of the state witnesses at length here, so no point in going over that again. Today we're going to take a deep dive into the expert witness testimony of two more of the defense expert...

First Bloggers Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2013 9 Comments

In light of "questions" by both Lindsay Graham (since clarified) and Dick Durbin as to whether bloggers are entitled to First Amendment protection, I thought these two videos might be worth watching. Floyd Abrams (btw, father of Dan Abrams, television legal commentator and proprietor of Mediaite...

Saturday Night Card Game (Bob Shrum looks at Obama scandals and sees … racism!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2013 12 Comments

I don't think we've ever invited Bob Shrum to the card game. After reading this, you'll probably wish I never had. In mid-May Shrum wrote at The Daily Beast, The Obama Scandals Are Desperate Measures by the GOP (emphasis added): Conservatives are back at it again because the GOP lacks...