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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

Utah-04 is in Love

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 14 Comments

I'm not getting overly confident, but this is encouraging, Latest poll: Mia Love pulls ahead of Jim Matheson in 4th District race: Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love has overcome a double-digit deficit to overtake Rep. Jim Mathesonin Utah's hotly contested 4th Congressional District, the latest Deseret...

Absolutely Certain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 25 Comments

The video below, Absolutely Uncertain (h/t @SGLawrence) already has over 800,000 views on YouTube. I understand Irina's point, the trust in Obama has been shaken, and now she is uncertain about Obama's commitment to Israel. I'm not uncertain. I am certain that in a second term, freed...

Insubordination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 24 Comments

will be punished severely. I think the building inspector just found several violations. From commenter 9th District Neighbor, who took this photo in Glenview, IL (Cook County): I snapped this photo today—the sign is very recent, it probably went up over the weekend. North suburban Cook County is...

Elizabeth Warren issues incomplete list of cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 36 Comments

Unwittingly also demonstrates her extensive practice of law from her Massachusetts office...

Brown-Warren post-debate analysis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 29 Comments

Quick takes on the debate which just ended. End Result -- As with most of these things, people will see what they want. I'd say while Brown won hands down the first debate, this one was more even. Brown won big on Warren's personal problems, which took...

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

Brown-Warren Debate LIVE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 7 Comments

This is the second debate, being held at U. Mass. Lowell, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. There should be live feeds on MassLive.com, uml.edu, bostonherald.com, and CBS 3 in Springfield . It may also be on CSPAN. David Gregory is the moderator - ugh. Let me guess how...

Is tonight the night Elizabeth Warren’s law license problem goes mainstream? (Update – No)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 13 Comments

Despite a Drudge link, huge linkage everywhere in the conservative blogosphere, and defensiveness in the left-legal blogosphere, Elizabeth Warren's law license problem has not broken into the mainstream media. Other than some passing references, the Boston press has ignored it, even as debates raged on the...

Branco Cartoon – Bump in the Road

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 01, 2012 7 Comments

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Slow walking ballots to the military, fast walking guns to Mexico and free cell phones to Cleveland

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 27 Comments

Military absentee ballot requests down 92% in key battleground state Virginia...

How “You Didn’t Build That” will come to our public schools

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on October 01, 2012 11 Comments

Is this a parody video or a glimpse of America circa 2015 if Obama is reelected? Either way, its pretty funny (and scary). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EZQvSCGaJI Reminder: The above video was based on true events...

Come on, give us some HEADLINES about MITTMENTUM

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 36 Comments

Don't expect it, even though there is good polling news today for Romney-Ryan, as detailed at Hot Air: Welcome to October! Today must be Poll Day, as media groups try to determine the lay of the land ahead of the first debate on Wednesday. The new...

Elizabeth Warren 2005 – Assists on paper regarding unauthorized practice of law

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 43 Comments

In 2005, then University of Chicago Law School Assistant Professor Lea Krivinskas (now at Loyola Univ. - Chicago Law), wrote a paper for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, titled 'Don't File!': Rehabilitating Unauthorized Practice of Law-Based Policies in the Credit Counseling Industry (free download here). Prof. Krivinskas was...

Yes Sir!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2012 17 Comments

Or is it Ma'am? Anyway, I'm still stuck on merely questioning authority. Spotted in Ithaca: [Note - this post was supposed to run at 7:00 a.m. today, but I scheduled it incorrectly. It actually went live around 9 a.m.]...

Univision report on Operation Fast and Furious

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2012 39 Comments

Via ABC News, an English captioned report by Univision on Fast and Furious. (video embed not working, click on link to view) First some background provided by ABC News: On January 30, 2010, a commando of at least 20 hit men parked themselves outside a birthday party...

Harvard-educated liberal Obamamaniac killer Amy Bishop sentenced to life in prison

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2012 21 Comments

Amy Bishop, who shot up her colleagues at the University of Alabama, was one in a long line of violent criminals the MSM and left-blogpshere immediately tagged as a Tea Partier without any basis. My post at the time, Inevitable “Tea Party” and “Amy Bishop” Link Attempt: There is...

Republican challenger in GA-12, Lee Anderson, leads in new poll

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on September 30, 2012 12 Comments

The battle between Lee Anderson and John Barrow for the fate of Georgia’s 12th Congressional district is under way and it appears that the race is going to be a tight one. This is on the Operation Counterweight final list. After a protracted primary battle,...

In the deep blue bubble

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2012 112 Comments

It's very difficult in Ithaca or Rhode Island to get a sense of how the presidential contest is playing out. Because both New York and Rhode Island are sure winners for Obama, there is virtually no advertising on television in these markets for the presidential race. ...