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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

Eric Holder recused himself from AP phone subpoena issuance, and from investigation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 16 Comments

Eric Holder just ended a press conference. As previously reported by Fox News: Attorney General Eric Holder is recusing himself from the investigation into leaks made to The Associated Press, Fox News has learned. Also, as CNN reported, Holder previously had recused himself from consideration of issuance of...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/14/2013 – The Syria Puzzle

Posted by David Gerstman on May 14, 2013 0 Comments

1) Syria considerations Last week former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller wrote Syria is not Iraq. The gist of his argument is that he trusts President Obama but shouldn't have trusted President Bush. It's a silly argument. However, as Dexter Filkins reports,...

Would all the reporters who savaged Bob Woodward now like to apologize?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 8 Comments

Woodward was prescient about the Obama administration's treatment of the press...

The ignored DOJ scandal — anti-free speech codes on campuses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 9 Comments

Amidst all the scandals exposed these past two weeks, one is being ignored by the mainstream media and most of the conservative media as well -- the actions of the Department of Justice and Department of Education to force colleges and universities to impose anti-free speech codes. We...

Dems find their IRS-Tea Party Scandal savior — look, Citizens United!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 15 Comments

Repeat after them, "Citizens United made the IRS do it"...

California High School Drops Punishment of Student for Pro-ICE Flyers After Inquiry From FIRE

CUNY LGBTQ Center to Host Podcast Discussion About the ‘Trans Politics of Looting’

Northeastern University Students Anxious After String of Crimes Near Campus

Kansas State Suspends Coach for Using the N-Word While Telling Students Not to Use It

Recommendations From Antisemitism Task Force Enrage Columbia University Students

George Washington University Changes Only the Name of its 'Diversity Summit'

Nowhat?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 22 Comments

Can't figure this one out. Spotted in Ithaca. ...

IRS officials in D.C. in on Tea Party targeting, Cincinnati office leaked tax docs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 24 Comments

The whole fish is rotten, but the head doesn't know?...

How do you ask a journalist to be the last journalist to lose credibility defending Obama?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 42 Comments

Obama DOJ secretly grabs AP phone records -- We are all Tea Partiers now....

Verdict — Gosnell found guilty on three counts of murder

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 26 Comments

Also involuntary manslaughter in death of patient Karnamaya Mongar...

Legal Insurrection and Judicial Watch file suit to obtain David Gregory gun law violation documents

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 16 Comments

Judicial Watch, a leading government open records organization, announced today that it has filed suit on behalf of Legal Insurrection to obtain documents regarding David Gregory's violation of the District of Columbia gun laws and the investigation which led to the decision of the District of...

Branco Cartoon – IRS Targeted Grilling

Posted by A.F. Branco on May 13, 2013 4 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 ...

Now we can dare call the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups a conspiracy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 27 Comments

The notion that a few "low level" local IRS employees went rogue is false. The timeline appendices to the Inspector General's report, released by ABC News, detail a far reaching conspiracy to target Tea Party groups with the knowledge of numerous supervisory and compliance persons within...

IRS Tea Party targeting scandal too big to ignore

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 13 Comments

Consider this a follow up to my post IRS reaped hatred of Tea Party sown by Democrats and the media. Mediaite, which really is an invaluable resource for videos of what happens on television news, has several videos of commentary from non-right wing pundits concerning the...

Seven years of college and all they know is targeting “patriots” and those educating about the Constitution and Bill of Rights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 23 Comments

There is so much wrong with the IRS scandal at so many levels, it's almost hard to know where to start. It goes way beyond abuse of power, although it certainly is that. It is, as Newt said this morning on Morning Joe, "culturally sick" (emphasis added): "[Obama]...

Look who I found

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2013 10 Comments

Two longtime Legal Insurrection readers, brothers Jim from California and Jon from Michigan. Jim's daughter was a student of mine and we met yesterday at Cornell Law School's post-commencement reception. You may not be able to see it, but Jim was wearing an AR-15 pin. ...

Weekend Wrap-up of Benghazi Coverage – Notable Quotes

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 12, 2013 33 Comments

The weekend’s media coverage on Benghazi brought in some notable quotes and points of interest: Petraeus: talking points "essentially useless" When the Benghazi talking points were being reviewed and revised by other agencies after the September 2012 attack, former CIA Director David Petraeus indicated that the revised...

The Washington Post leads on the #IRScandal … who will follow?

Posted by David Gerstman on May 12, 2013 24 Comments

This morning Prof Jacobson observed IRS reaped hatred of Tea Party sown by Democrats and the media. A Tweeter responded: @leginsurrection Douthat makes the same point, in a NYer's version of the argument nytimes.com/2013/05/12/opi…— Tampa (@S1CT) May 12, 2013 Indeed. Douthat laid out the case of The Taxman...