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Carville: Dems Should Grant DC, Puerto Rico Statehood and Pack SCOTUS When They Regain Power

Michigan Dems Oust Jewish UM Regent, Eagerly Nominate Pro-Hezbollah Candidate

Intersectionality - The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology and How to Stop it

Day One in Trial of Accused Wikileaker Bradley Manning

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 03, 2013 12 Comments

Day one of the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking more than 700,000 military and diplomatic documents to Wikileaks, began today. Starkly different portraits of Manning were portrayed by prosecutor Army Capt. Joe Morrow and defense attorney David Coombs. From the New...

Branco Cartoon – Yuck Yuck Yuck

Posted by A.F. Branco on June 03, 2013 11 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 ...

Judge Rules Major Hasan May Represent Himself in Fort Hood Trial – Update: Will use “defense of others” argument

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 03, 2013 20 Comments

The alleged Fort Hood shooter will be representing himself in court, despite repeated warnings about the disadvantages of doing so from the military judge who issued the ruling today. From the Associated Press: The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will represent himself...

Gov Christie to Fill Appointment After Death of Senator Frank Lautenberg

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 03, 2013 17 Comments

US Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) passed away this morning. From NorthJersey.com (The Record): Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jersey’s longest-serving U.S. senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said. The oldest member of...

Gabriel Gomez called a LINO (Latino In Name Only) by Boston Spanish newspaper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2013 26 Comments

The Boston Spanish language paper El Planeta has an Op-Ed by its former(*) Director and longtime Spanish language media executive Gerardo (Jerry) Villacrés, in which Republican Senate candidate and former Navy pilot and SEAL Gabriel Gomez is called a LINO (Latino in name only)(h/t @DBernstein), ¿Qué es un...

Student Govt. at UCLA ‘Condemns’ Event Featuring October 7th Hostage

U. Wisconsin Scientist Allegedly Tried to Poison Lab Colleague Over a Promotion

Harvard Students Launch Petition Calling Grading Reform 'Racist'

Yale Class Day has Featured One Republican Speaker Over the Course of 50 Years

Independent LGBT Center Event at BYU Displays Painting of Severed Trump Head

Albion College Prof Cancels Class so Students Can Protest Pro-Life Display

IRS pillow talk

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2013 11 Comments

Question Professor, I live in the liberal blue state of California. I really get the sense that liberals are trying to outlaw everything that conservatives find important. It really feels like they look at a menu of conservative issues, values, and hobbies and pick the next thing...

Issa: IRS Targeting Coordinated in D.C.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 03, 2013 16 Comments

Darrell Issa says that the IRS targeting of conservatives was coordinated out of the Washington headquarters office and that he and other lawmakers are getting the proof. From CBS News: House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., citing the testimony of IRS employees who spoke to his...

Old School

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2013 19 Comments

Back in Ithaca this past weekend. Spotted a few blocks from my house. ...

Author of The Law of Self Defense to cover Zimmerman trial at Legal Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2013 16 Comments

The jury selection in the trial of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin starts a week from tomorrow, assuming no unexpected delays. On Friday I posted some of our prior entries on how the racial narrative of the case, as well as pontification by the...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/02/2013 – Hating Hezbollah

Posted by David Gerstman on June 02, 2013 3 Comments

1) Remember when they used to talk about Israel like this? I'm not used to Arabs talking this way about Arabs: Brigadier General Salim Idris, the current chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council of the FSA, said: “If the attacks of Hezbollah [on] Syrian territory...

Now for the “Lamentation of the Women”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 02, 2013 25 Comments

I am still chuckling over Glenn Reynolds' lede into a story about California: WHAT IS GOOD IN LIFE? Dems Enraged Over Perry ‘Raids’ on Out of State Businesses. “Texas Governor Rick Perry has angered some Democrats for his high profile visits to blue states, inviting businesses...

Turkey Protests Continue in Gezi Park, Istanbul and Ankara – Live Updates

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 02, 2013 1 Comment

It's been somewhat less chaotic at the scene in and around Taksim Square’s Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey today, as police forces there retreated some yesterday. Protesters are said to be cleaning up around the area, many of them chanting and singing. Meanwhile, some other...

“Why are liberals so rude to the right?” (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2013 85 Comments

That's the question asked in a column at The Guardian, Why are liberals so rude to the right? (via Instapundit), Why is it that liberals feel no qualms about being rude? Far too many people who are perfectly polite and courteous, otherwise, think nothing of insulting you...

The zero-tolerance war on kindergarteners

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2013 42 Comments

Even talking about Bubble and Nerf guns gets punished....

Volvo Ballet

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

It's great to be back in Ithaca for the weekend. It's The Ithaca Festival, which is similar to the full moon. I'm kinda upset I missed the Volvo Ballet this year: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Non-discrimination and the eye of the beholder)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2013 15 Comments

What would we do at the Saturday Night Card Game if Touré Neblett stopped pontificating? Oh, I know, we'd write about any of a dozen or so pontificators at the completely race-obsessed cable channel also known as MSNBC. This Tweet by Touré caught my eye this week: There's...

Good-bye, Edith

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2013 17 Comments

Jean Stapleton died today. A very accomplished actress, Jean always will be remembered for her role as Edith Bunker on All In The Family. For those of us of, um, a certain generation, the impact of that show cannot be overstated. Update: Dan Riehl corrects my grammar: @leginsurrection...