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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

Fish Ask: Does this LA Times Make Me Stink?

Posted by Joel Engel on October 16, 2012 14 Comments

Unlike the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times doesn’t have a motto. But if it did, this would work: All the news that's fit to print for people who don't know any better, reported by those who don't want you to. Exhibit 7,593,648: A front-page...

Burn me once, shame on you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2012 12 Comments

Some timeless advice from commenter vonbeck2, taken in Mandeville, LA: As I am always on the look-out for something out of the norm I spotted this and was lucky enough to be able to snap a pick at a red light. I think this is excellent advice....

Supporters of Scott Brown taunted as “field” and “house” blacks

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2012 12 Comments

First it was union members being fined for not picketing for Elizabeth Warren. Then it was Warren supporters taunting a gay staffer with Scott Brown's campaign. Now black supporters of Scott Brown have received the sort of racially based taunts that we have seen directed in the...

Former US Attorney calls for investigation of Elizabeth Warren law license problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2012 37 Comments

Attack the messenger is the defense once again....

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 22

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 15, 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Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012.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 22 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Rod in Texas who writes, "My wife...

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

Labor Unions Fighting Affordable Housing Project for UC-Berkeley Students

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

Nothing says “trust my political judgment” like dressing up in a Big Bird costume

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2012 14 Comments

Please, please keep doing what you're doing, seriously....

DC Metro to release 2013 inauguration fare cards as 2009 stock still remains

Posted by Anne Segal on October 15, 2012 9 Comments

The DC Metro is planning once again to release 100,000 "commemorative fare" paper ($14) and plastic SmarTrip ($15) metro cards for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. The proposed designs depict either Obama or Romney with accompanying pictures and a slogan. President Obama was the...

Elizabeth Warren’s credit card fundraising problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2012 18 Comments

Elizabeth Warren raised $12.1 million in the third quarter, compared to $7.45 million for Scott Brown. It is not yet known how much cash on hand Warren has, but Brown has $10.2 million. There is a problem, though. Warren uses credit card portals which do not...

Forbes, CNN destroy Obama administration’s Benghazi lie

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on October 15, 2012 42 Comments

Forbes contributor, Larry Bell, released an article late last night entitled, "Pants On Fire: Obama Administration Scrambles for Cover as Benghazi Lie Explodes." The article, drawing on reports from CNN, reveals a picture the Obama administration is desperately trying to sweep under the rug. President Obama's foreign...

Candy?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2012 42 Comments

It's really hard for the Commission on Presidential Debates to find truly neutral moderators, because of how neutral is perceived. If the moderator were from Fox News, even if a non-ideological news person like Bret Baier, there would be howls of protest from the Obama campaign...

Branco Cartoon – Three Words

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 15, 2012 6 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 ...

Who Likes Obama?

Posted by Joel Engel on October 15, 2012 18 Comments

For months we’ve read poll results about how much more likable President Obama is than Mitt Romney. I don’t believe them, and the reason I don’t is that for three years I’ve heard people preface their disagreements with Obama’s policies by saying, “I really like...

We will fight him on the billboards

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2012 8 Comments

From Steve: Found along I-43 in the Town of Wilson, Wisconsin, just a couple miles south of the Sheboygan/Sheboygan Falls/Kohler Megalopolis. Sorry the resolution isn't better. Camera phone. From Larry in Florida: Got a good look at this billboard on the way to lunch in Aventura, FL and had...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 23

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 14, 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 23 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from an Donna in New Jersey who writes...

Elizabeth Warren obtained federal fee waivers despite high 6-figure income and 8-figure net worth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2012 43 Comments

Did not pay her "fair share," obtained PACER fee waivers in at least 50 federal districts 2005-2012...

Preview of Presidential Town Hall Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2012 45 Comments

The debate Tuesday night is a "town hall" style. While the prevailing wisdom is that this will help Obama, I'm not so sure. While it will give Obama the chance to give hope and change type mini-speeches, it also gives Romney the chance to push the...

Dan Bongino — Beholden to no one but the voters

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on October 14, 2012 35 Comments

In yet another solid interview, Dan Bongino outlines his vision for Washinton, D.C. The clip is less than 5 minutes, and I recommend watching it in its entirety, but I thought his response to the question of Obamacare was particularly good. Q. Is the Healthcare Reform Act...