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Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Homan: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marrying Alleged Brother for Visa Fraud

UVA Law Prof Describes Outrageous Behavior From Colleagues Over Case He Argued Before SCOTUS

National Dance for Obama GOTV effort draws only 12 dancers in NYC

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 27 Comments

Today was National Dance for Obama Day, in which flash mobs were organized as part of a get out the vote effort in numerous cities. The weekend before Election Day, we’re turning up the heat and encouraging people to get out and vote with flash mobs...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 3

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 03, 2012 3 Comments

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 3 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo feast is of photo submissions that include Joe Biden as the...

May this be the last Saturday Night Card Game in the age of Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 14 Comments

Tonight hopefully is the last Saturday Night Card Game in the age of Obama. The series started just over three years ago, and has generated almost 150 posts. I look back on this time period with great sadness as to how everything has been turned on its...

Steal this mailer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 11 Comments

As longtime readers know, I was greatly influenced by Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book. One of the ways to cheat the Post Office in the book was to address an envelope to yourself, and use the return address for the person you wanted to send it...

Elizabeth Warren says has photos showing Indian heritage but “they’re not for you”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 44 Comments

Does it never end? Elizabeth Warren is sticking by her claim that she is Native American despite the mountain of proof otherwise and the near-complete debunking of her family lore.. In this recent interview with a Local ABC affiliate at her home, Warren was asked about whether there was anything...

New Pro-Life Group at U. Southern Maine Faces Vicious Harassment

Antifa Aligned Prof to Teach Seminars at Rutgers This Spring

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Orientation at Amherst College Allegedly Included Students Mimicking Sex Acts

Trump Education Dept. Announces They've Prevented More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Arizona State Board of Education Votes to Cut DEI Standards in Compliance With Trump Executive Order

Media blackout of black Chicago protesters marching against Obama

Posted by Anne Segal on November 03, 2012 27 Comments

Black Chicagoans from the south and west sides took their message to what they say is the source of the problem when they converged outside of a fundraiser held by Mayor Emanuel for Barack Obama and then marched to the studios of ABC News. Their message,...

On Election Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 35 Comments

You'd think that after four years of looking forward to Tuesday, I'd have a master plan for the blog for the day. You'd be wrong. I'm still thinking through what to do, but here's the current thinking -- During the day, have a general "Open" thread, with separate posts...

Documenting another Elizabeth Warren fib — Fairchild Aircraft case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 12 Comments

Warren tried to prevent four families who lost loved ones from getting their day in court...

Revenge is Obama’s rail

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 44 Comments

It's nice that in his closing argument Obama has articulated more perfectly than ever before his political philosophy of revenge. While various people are reacting as if Obama has gone off the rails, revenge is Obama's rail. Dividing Americans into groups and playing each against the other...

“We Will Fight On The Campuses” week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 3 Comments

In case you missed it. The Election War is being fought on college campuses: Cartoon at the Cornell Insider Sums up 2012 Election This time around, young people voting with their pocketbooks not emotions Stupid campus mind games for Obama Cornell Review 2012 Election Guide Panicked Democrats Send Bill Clinton to...

Almost no one shows up to Elizabeth Warren “endorsement rally” in Worcester, MA

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 20 Comments

The current Mayor and several former Mayors of Worcester, MA, held an "endorsement rally" for Elizabeth Warren yesterday: Mayor Joe Petty, along with Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and other Democrats, will lead an endorsement rally in front of Worcester City Hall at 9 a.m. “I’m proud to...

Mea culpa

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2012 9 Comments

From Jeff: Love your bumper sticker posts, and when I saw this, I knew I had to send it to you. Observed this in traffic in Norfolk, VA; one of the areas that will “decide the election” according to the Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com/columbus-des-moines-hampton-roads-will-determine-election/article/2506515#.UEOOi5ZP9GM). Could be a harbinger of doom....

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 4

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 02, 2012 4 Comments

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 4 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Betty in Minnesota. The text reads: Labor Day...

Announcing The Elizabeth Warren File

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 15 Comments

I was just on Nightside with Dan Rea on WBZ 1030 in Boston, a Super Station which covers all of Massachusetts and then some, talking about my latest research on Elizabeth Warren (check back in the morning for more on that). I was pleased to announce the creation...

Scott Brown up 2 in new poll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 10 Comments

Kimball Political Consulting, a Republican leaning firm but one which has not been overly generous in its results for Scott Brown to date (it had Warren up 2 in mid-October), finds Brown up by 2 in a poll just released: Senator Scott Brown holds a 2...

Branco Cartoon – Drip Drip Drip

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 02, 2012 7 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 Facebook page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

Say Goodbye to Tea Party Network News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 130 Comments

Tea Party Network News just launched yesterday. A reader alerted me to it, and while I wasn't thrilled with the layout or design, I was hopeful it would be a valuable resource. When it linked to one of my posts, well so much the better. I...