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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

Dems more riveted by celebrity photo shoot than Benghazi

Posted by Anne Segal on October 11, 2012 15 Comments

If you had hoped that the Democrats were just as riveted as the American public by the findings of Cong. Darrell Issa's Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on the security failures in Benghazi, you'd be wrong. It seems the Democrats have more important events to attend...

PPP MA Senate poll finds Warren rising same percentage as increase in sample party spread

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 17 Comments

A surge in support, or just a surge in sampling?...

Elizabeth Warren and Alan Grayson, two peas in a pod

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 13 Comments

From Sam Stein at HuffPo, Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson To Benefit From Latest PCCC Effort: One of the most prominent progressive groups in the country is launching a major voter outreach effort on behalf of 20 congressional campaigns, calling it the "crown jewel" of its election...

Chicago Tribune pulls endorsement of radical leftist Schakowsky

Posted by Anne Segal on October 11, 2012 14 Comments

The Chicago Tribune announced this morning they are endorsing fiscal conservative Tim Wolfe over Cong. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th District congressional race in Illinois. This is huge. Schakowsky, endorsed by the Trib in 2010, has been shut out by her former endorser. They are saying her dogged...

Union bosses fining members who don’t march for Elizabeth Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 12 Comments

In 2010, union members were paid to picket for Martha Coakley in her race against Scott Brown. In 2012, union members are being fined by their unions for not picketing for Elizabeth Warren, as reported at The Weekly Standard: A GOP source sends along this video, shot...

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

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

Obama and Media fired political accusations first, aimed later in Libya

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 26 Comments

The Obama administration scandal over Libya has multiple aspects -- the initial denial and downgrading of security, the mishandling of the event as it progressed, and of course, the political cover up. Obama was too busy campaigning to care, and Hillary has some explaining to do....

Fed Judge 2002 – Questions why law Prof not licensed in MA provided legal services from MA office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 29 Comments

"the matter should be of some moment to the Board of Bar Overseers"...

Video – Freedom to Succeed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 16 Comments

From Kevin Rennie's Daily Ructions: Greenwich, Connecticut resident Thomas Peterffy takes to the airwaves today to speak of the blessings of freedom. He’s an authority. Peterffy was born, according to Forbes, in Hungary in 1944 “during a Russian bombing raid.” He made it to America in...

Remember, Biden refers to Obama as the “math wiz”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2012 4 Comments

I wonder if there will be any math questions tonight, like, how much is 10 trillion plus 6 trillion. From reader and frequent photographer Kathy: While visiting relatives in VA, saw this car and snapped the picture at a red light. Paul Ryan was in town today (Harrisonburg)....

Fisher v. U. Texas could have been avoided

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 9 Comments

Argument was heard today in the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas. The issues, as summarized at ScotusBlog were: This morning the Court heard oral arguments in what is likely to be one of the highest-profile cases of this Term: Fisher v. University of...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 27

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 10, 2012 1 Comment

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 27 days to go. Today's great Empty Chair photo comes to us courtesy of Kathy in Utah who writes,...

Brown-Warren Springfield Debate (Update – Moderator avoids asking Warren character questions)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 21 Comments

This is the third of four debates, being held in Western Massachusetts. It starts at 7 p.m. Eastern. You can watch it on CSPAN on television or online, or live fees at masslive.com, policymic.com and bostonherald.com. There will not be a "live" blog tonight, but you can...

People Died, Obama Lied

Posted by Joel Engel on October 10, 2012 32 Comments

In yet another story that you won’t find in the New York Times, Charlie Spiering in the Washington Examiner reported that Hillary Clinton was scheduled to meet President Obama at the White House today “as more damaging details about the terrorist attack against a United...

Elizabeth Warren’s implausible Dow Chemical claim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 21 Comments

Warren represented Dow Chemical at a time it was denying any liability for breast implant claims...

Chicago Tribune withholds endorsement for Jesse Jackson Jr.

Posted by Anne Segal on October 10, 2012 10 Comments

The Chicago Tribune announced today that it is withholding its endorsement for AWOL Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., given his now more than four-month-long absence from attending to his duties in the House of Representatives. The Tribune editorial page, which has endorsed Jackson in the past,...

Branco Cartoon – Ad Dump

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 10, 2012 8 Comments

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Organizing For America caught assisting double voting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 20 Comments

The DNC operation which serves as a de facto arm of the Obama campaign. From James O'Keefe at the Project Veritas website: Project Veritas has released a new investigation that exposes Obama campaign workers, including a Regional Field Director at Organizing for America (OFA), engaged in election fraud. According to...