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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 morning after

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2012 54 Comments

I think it was a tremendous victory for Romney at the debate last night. Usual caveats about there being a month to go, he still may be trailing in some key states, etc. Romney needed to take his case directly to the American people because the media is...

The Leatherneck don’t give a …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2012 9 Comments

From reader and prior photographer Ryan: ...

MSNBC’s Matthews gives epic smackdown of Obama

Posted by Anne Segal on October 03, 2012 66 Comments

Have you learned to tune your t.v. immediately to MSNBC after any political event? If you haven't, you would have missed an epic rant tonight against Obama from *up tingles* Chris Matthews where he chastises Obama for simply "enduring" through the presidential debate: "I don't know...

Best Tweets of the First Presidential Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 90 Comments

Here are the tweets I selected during the debate. I score the first debate as a clear win for Romney. Obama was bumbling, Romney was on target with facts. Even Obama supporters -- the semi-honest ones -- were tweeting in despair.

@theplumlinegs I mean this respectfully, your guy is getting hammered
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 4, 2012

Romney: "trickle down government won't work." #debate2012
— Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) October 4, 2012

Even I want him to have a teleprompter. Obama's delivery is painful #debate
— Anne Sorock (@AnneSorock) October 4, 2012

Obama uses "$5 trillion tax cut for rich" line that CNN rated FALSE in its pregame show.
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 4, 2012

Did anyone just catch O's slight smile as Romney talks? The pres seems slightly amused. Also seems that he senses a real fight tonight
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 4, 2012

President doesn't sound as confident as Romney who is being much more forceful
— kirsten powers (@kirstenpowers10) October 4, 2012

Romney:"I've got 5 boys. I'm used to people saying the same thing over and over again hoping it becomes true."
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) October 4, 2012

Romney line on five sons/used to hearing something repeated - great memorable rebuke of POTUS.
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) October 4, 2012

You know @barackobama is freaking out when he has to talk about.....Donald Trump #debate
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 4, 2012

Presidential Debate Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 327 Comments

Starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. This is just an open thread for people to make their feelings known. I'm not going to "live blog" it. But I may jump in with some thoughts as it goes along, maybe at any breaks. And at the end, there will be...

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

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

Scott Brown challenges Elizabeth Warren on lack of Massachusetts law license

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 33 Comments

The Brown campaign has been silent on the issue of Elizabeth Warren's broad and longstanding practice of law from her Cambridge office without being licensed in Massachusetts. I assume that the Brown campaign wanted to have all their legal ducks in a row before they jumped on...

Media Obama PSYOPs needs a reset button

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 22 Comments

Now about all those media memes about how the election was over. When Romney nominated Paul Ryan. When Clint Eastwood talked to an empty chair. When Romney didn't get enough of a convention bounce. When Bill Clinton gave Obama a bounce. When Romney was the only one...

Branco Cartoon – O-Bomb-Anomics

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 03, 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 ...

Their Kind of Town, Chicago is

Posted by Joel Engel on October 03, 2012 33 Comments

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is running for reelection in Illinois’s second congressional district. Except he’s not exactly running. His name is on the ballot. But Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. hasn't made a campaign appearance since the primary. The Democratic congressman from Chicago is running for re-election for...

Tonight, tonight

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

Haven't decided what to do for the debate, which starts at 9 p.m. Eastern. Live blog? Open thread? Nothing but post-analysis? So many people will be doing "live blogs" I'm wondering if it makes sense to do that here. What do you think? In any event, we will do...

“Rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 29 Comments

A newly surfaced 2002 tape of Obama speaking at an MLK Day Memorial Service is, in many ways, even more important than the Daily Caller video released last night. In this video, revealed at Patterico, Obama plays the class warfare and race cards at the same time, tying...

Fallout continues from govt hit job on Chick-fil-A

Posted by Anne Segal on October 03, 2012 17 Comments

Back in July, when Alderman Moreno and Chicago Mayor Emanuel decided that the best way to represent "Chicago Values" was to penalize a company for its president's personal views, Chick-fil-A had a brand rating of 62 according to rankings by researcher YouGov. New statistics released by...

Elizabeth Warren helped protect Dow Chemical against breast implant claims

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 46 Comments

The Boston Globe is being dragged kicking and screaming to facts regarding Elizabeth Warren's private law practice history, including her representation of Dow Chemical which Warren never previously disclosed to the press (emphasis mine): Warren, a Harvard Law School bankruptcy specialist, released a list of 13 cases Monday...

The Obama fairy tale exposed, once again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 23 Comments

The video of Obama from 2007 will not itself change the election. At that level, it was over-hyped. But it is a reminder of the nasty side of Obama, the side well-hidden, the side which does not hesitate to play racial and class politics when convenient...

Our guy in Chicago

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 2 Comments

A follow up to yesterday's post about a sign in Glenview, Illinois. From reader Jeff: Attached is another of those nasty repubs in Chicago being insubordinate to our fearless leader. Interstate 290 in Schaumburg, a suburb northwest of Chicago. About 15 minutes or so northwest of O'hare airport. If...

The Obama tape

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 118 Comments

A timely reminder that we still don't really know Obama...

I think I’ll watch Hannity tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 44 Comments

Because a tape is being released on Hannity tonight. And based on this tease by Drudge, it should be big. Guesses? One thing for sure, Democrats will scream Racism! for showing a tape of Obama saying words which are not helpful to Obama. Maybe that will result in a...