Image 01 Image 03
Sign In or RegisterLogout

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

/var/www/vhosts/legalinsurrection.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/bridge-child/readFeeds.incFALSE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 15 Comments

I agree with this assessment by Erick Erickson: Republicans in Congress intend to vote today on Plan B, John Boehner’s fall back plan on the fiscal cliff. The President says he will veto it. In other words, the Republicans are going to go on record that they will...

LATEST NEWS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 2 Comments

The first American killed in the Afghan war, on November 25, 2001. I’ve told his story before (also here), but it is worth remembering every year. As we just finished Hanukkah and approach Christmas, we also remember the others featured previously at Legal Insurrection, Jonathan Daniel Porto, U.S....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 8 Comments

I'm overwhelmed. I can't zero in on any one bumper sticker. It worked. From Jon, taken at the Perimeter Mall in Atlanta/Dunwoody, Georgia, with images of the other sides of the vehicle to follow: Here is a mini-van tesselated with bumper stickers. Methinks these stickers may be serving a functional...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 50 Comments

You've heard about Erik Loomis, the University of Rhode Island assistant professor of history who launched an almost psychotic, foul-mouthed Twitter tirade against the NRA, accusing it of being a terrorist organization, of complicity in and criminal culpability for murder, and a host of other invectives...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 54 Comments

The New York Times today ran a demeaning Op-Ed about Tim Scott, the Republican Congressman from South Carolina who was just appointed to the seat being vacated by Jim DeMint. The Op-Ed was written by U. Penn. Political Science Professor Adolf L. Reed Jr.,  The Puzzle of Black...

LEGAL INSURRECTION QUICK TAKES

Professor Jonathan Turley Reacts to News About Lack of Republican Profs at Yale

Gender Studies Program at U. Minnesota Hands Out Whistles to Alert People of ICE Activity

Brown University Students and Staff Claim Security Worries Were Brushed Off for Years

Elementary School Principal in Pennsylvania Under Fire Over Antisemitic Voicemail Message

Georgetown Prof Says He Works With 'Stupid White People' in Undercover Video

Harvard Grad Students Create ‘Power Rainbow’ to Teach 3rd Graders About Systemic Oppression

SEE MORE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 17 Comments

Obama held a press conference today about gun legislation, but almost all of the press questions were about the "fiscal cliff." Obama's responses were truly amazing, a spiking-of-the-football approach in which he pocketed Boehner's concession on tax rates for those making over $1 million, then moved...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 23 Comments

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 28 Comments

If this didn't come from long-time correspondent, photographer, reporter, bumper sticker aficionado, and music impresario Danelle, I wouldn't believe it. Made a quick stop at my favorite firearms shop today just to see what was in stock. The store was fully staffed, with a help wanted sign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 7 Comments

Using a sports team name which may be offensive to Native Americans, or ripping off their heritage and identity for your own professional gain? The team bus of the Liberal High School (KS) Redskins, in a photo take in early November: Professor, On my way home this evening, I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 21 Comments

The State Department has released the independent review board report, available here.  It provides many details, but ignores the big issue, which is the White House response once the attacks started.  I'm not sure if that was outside the scope of the investigation, but there's...

Posted by Anne Segal on December 18, 2012 34 Comments

After a greater number of McDonald's stores stayed open on Thanksgiving, resulting in an estimated $36 million additional sales this year, an internal memo from the company is urging franchisees to remain open on Christmas. According to an analysis in Advertising Age, that one day accounted...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 74 Comments

Via @RightInAcademia, 22 Stats That Prove That There Is Something Seriously Wrong With Young Men In America: When are we finally going to admit that we have a very serious problem with this generation of young men in America? We have failed them so dramatically that it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 16 Comments

It's bad enough that people already are talking about Elizabeth Warren being a serious candidate for President in 2016, President Elizabeth Warren: Few people have a better and more appealing story and background to seize that opportunity than Elizabeth Warren. Which "more appealing story and background" would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 21 Comments

It is very frustrating to watch John Boehner and House Republicans twist themselves into contortions in a futile attempt to appease Obama. Plan B failed before it was swallowed because Obama believes that he can shift the blame to Republicans based on the arbitrary deadline for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 13 Comments

Please tell me this is not happening, Boehner offers 'Plan B' in 'fiscal cliff' talks: House Speaker John A. Boehner has launched "Plan B" in budget talks, announcing Tuesday that he will bring for a vote his proposal to extend expiring tax breaks for all but...

MORE POSTS
Accessibility by WAH