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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

The Atlantic blames “old white men” for reaction to Obama virgin voter video

Posted by Anne Segal on October 26, 2012 44 Comments

The Atlantic published a piece by Connor Simpson ridiculing conservatives' reaction to the Obama Virgin Voting ad by pointing out that it is conservative old white men who are "outraged." Simpson posted screen shots from four white men, linked a few other white men, and proceeded to...

A Tale of Two Tax Cheats and Three Crooks

Posted by Joel Engel on October 26, 2012 4 Comments

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of tax evasion and fraud, and may be headed to prison for four years. The verdict comes two days after Berlusconi, 76, announced he will not run for premier in upcoming elections. The three-time premier stepped...

At this moment, what we need most is another star-studded pro-Obama music video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 30 Comments

Just what the Obama campaign needed to reestablish its seriousness after as series of unserious campaign themes, like Big Bird, Binders and Bayonets. A new music star-studded video to the theme FORWARD. What I find most interesting is that there is a delusion to the video which...

No, the CIA is not going to take the fall for Obama on Libya-gate (Part 2)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 65 Comments

In my post on October 19 (which seems soooo long ago), No, the CIA is not going to take the fall for Obama on Libya-gate, I predicted: In a ritual as old as the existence of the modern intelligence community, leaks are beginning to spill out...

All eyes on … Wisconsin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 39 Comments

Wisconsin may be the new Ohio, according to Scott Rasmussen: In Election 2000, Florida was the decisive state in the Electoral College. In 2004, Ohio was the ultimate battleground that put George W. Bush over the top. This year, it might come down to Wisconsin...

MIT Professor Shot and Killed in His Boston Area Home

R.I.P. - Conservative Icon Norman Podhoretz Passes Away at Age 95

Martin University Terminates Entire Staff Due to Financial Crisis

School Board in Maine Upholds Transgender Team and Bathroom Ban

MIT Blames Closure of Two Libraries on New Endowment Tax

Missouri Secretary of State Trying to Enshrine Education as a Right in State Constitution

Help Matt Doheny defeat the congressman who never should have been in NY-21

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 0 Comments

With two weeks until Election Day, Operation Counterweight in Upstate New York is approaching its home stretch. You may recall Bill Owens, who slipped into the spot in the 2009 special election in NY-21 after Republican Dede Scazzafava defected to the Democrats in order to spite...

Richard Mourdock for Senate (still)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 16 Comments

Nothing has changed, in my view. Mourdock's comments are being portrayed as "pro-rape" by his political opponents, but that is a gross mischaracterization. Some thoughtful writers have pointed this out even as they disagree with Mourdock on substance, including this post at WaPo by Melinda Hennenberger: Last spring,...

There’s still hope and change

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 8 Comments

From long-time reader Mike in New York: Seen on northern boulevard, long island. Car with CT plates. ...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 12

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 25, 2012 9 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 12 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Sam in California. There's something lovely about the...

Obama campaign — Young female voters should lose voting virginity with Barack (Update – Did Obama copy Putin ad?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 77 Comments

Hey ladies, remember 2008 was not as good for anyone as it was for Obama...

Obama supporters rally around anti-Mormonism

Posted by Anne Segal on October 25, 2012 56 Comments

What would you think if you were told that the most bigoted, intolerant, hateful, and xenophobic political messages this election cycle are being spread by Obama supporters? From ridiculing and disrespecting the Mormon religion to spreading secretly taped videos recorded by an Obama supporter in a Mormon church,...

Boston Globe does “total hatchet job” on Scott Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 40 Comments

Even two Democrats call out The Globe for "totally inappropriate" bias...

Elizabeth Warren still using Aunt Bea as campaign prop

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 17 Comments

You remember Aunt Bea. The Aunt on Elizabeth Warren's mother's side who supposedly a thousand times told Warren that Warren's maternal ancestors had "high cheekbones like all the Indian's do." Those ancestors, of course, were not Cherokee or Native American, and even Warren identified Aunt Bea as White...

Ann Marie Buerkle (R NY-24) running even in heavily Democratic district

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 2 Comments

With two weeks until Election Day, Operation Counterweight in Upstate New York is approaching its home stretch. Below is an update for the 24th District where Ann Marie Buerkle faces a rematch with the Democrat she defeated in 2010, Dan Maffei. Roll Call rates it lean...

Gloria Allred’s Worst Nightmare — Transcript released but her client’s still gagged

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 53 Comments

There will be a circus, but Allred will not be the ringmaster...

The Anger Versus Optimism Election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 15 Comments

This is not a Drudge photo juxtaposition. It's the Des Moines Register, intentionally or not summing up this entire election. Fear versus hope, anger versus optimism, Obama versus Romney: ...

A Close Encounter with Gloria Allred

Posted by Joel Engel on October 25, 2012 17 Comments

It’s a shame that Gloria Allred doesn’t represent herself in court. That way, she could work with both her favorite attorney and her favorite client. Actually, Allred does represent herself every time she calls a press conference with some aggrieved woman or another—whether it’s one of...