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Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into

Woman Who Accused Three Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Admits She Lied, Seeks Forgiveness

Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Is This Any Way To Run A Law School?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

I previously posted about the lawsuit by Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell. Widener is seeking to terminate Connell after Connell used a hypothetical example in his criminal law class of the Widener Dean being attacked, and a small number of students alleged that Connell made racist...

Please Brief Me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 32 Comments

I was in the car almost all day.Have the facts about Weiner's tweet been exposed yet?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Update on Bloomberg’s View

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 29, 2011 1 Comment

Kathleen I posted a few weeks ago about how I was happy to see Bloomberg's new "view," an editorial page. Alas, even the (primarily lefty) Slate Magazine has given it the thumbs-down. Virginia Postrel, however, has been her usual astute self with a really...

Now Is Not The Time To Play It Safe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 12 Comments

Choices will have to be made soon, and chief among them is whether to tackle the debt problem head on and take the political risk, or not.I don't see it as much of a risk. Obama will not be defeated unless front and center is...

Official Decree, Part 1: Defacing Gov’t Property Is Illegal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 2 Comments

Official Decree, Part 2: Everything is government property.Send to me by a reader in Columbus, Ohio, who took the photo below last summer and who writes as follows:When I asked the man if I could take a picture of his truck, he tried to give me...

Campus Anti-Israel Protests Declined From Last Spring to This Fall

Racist Graffiti Found at Rhodes College Turns Out to be a Hoax

Indiana University’s 'Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity' Loses Funding

Idaho Board of Education Passes Resolutions Requiring Closure of DEI Offices

Harvard Law Enrolls Fewer Black Students After SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Committing 'Genocide'

I’m not touching this one

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 15 Comments

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Saturday Night Card Game (A Friend Told Me He Chugged 40s In High School)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 7 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Think Progress is reeling from being punked by the Navy Seal Anchor Baby hoax. But Think Progress needs to earn its keep, so it soldiers on.Think Progress continues its the never-ending quest...

Sometimes The Show Must Not Go On

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 2 Comments

Via Drudge, one of the best headlines ever, Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick poniesThis show should not have gone on. For the sake of the children.Video Courtesy of KSL.com--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on...

Public office quotas

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 28, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenSince I have one month left in the states before I head over to London, I've been keeping track of the news in the British Isles. As I knew from living in Berlin in the latter-half of 2009, Europe is always a reliable deviation to...

I hereby take back all Canada jokes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 6 Comments

In a draft statement the G-8 nations were set to echo Obama's call for negotiations based on the 1967 borders, the same framework which caused outrage in the U.S. Congress: Group of Eight leaders will give "strong support" to U.S. President Barack Obama's call for an...

Michael Strong

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 28, 2011 3 Comments

KathleenShould you only watch one TED video on public policy, innovation, education, and human potential, please let it be this one:Michael Strong never disappoints me. ...

“A Great Evil Has Been Loosed Upon The World”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 3 Comments

Nothing really has changed at the U.N., even though General Assembly Resolution 3379 eventually was repealed. From Durban to Durban II to the sick joke that is the U.N. Human Rights Council, the Palestinian agenda always has been about denying Israel's legitimacy, and the U.N. has...

Her watch is stuck at 14:59

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 6 Comments

I think she broke it to preserve that last second of fame, but we're stuck with the pathetic complaints of a complete phony who loves to call attention to herself so she can complain that people are paying attention to her, and yes, she can't...

Palestinians Miscalculate Again, Will Not Obtain State Via U.N. In September

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2011 3 Comments

The threat of the Palestinians going directly to the U.N. General Assembly to obtain recognition as a sovereign state has been the latest in a long line of attempts to obtain the 1967 borders and to avoid serious concessions on non-territorial items, such as the...

Good read for the long weekend

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 27, 2011 1 Comment

KathleenVictor Davis Hanson, writing in City Journal, details the necessity of studying conflict, despite a near-ubiquitous hesitation to do so in our modern era. (More details of this can be found in 'The Peace Racket.')"Indeed, by ignoring history, the modern age is free to interpret...

Kagan Should Recuse Herself As To Obamacare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2011 6 Comments

Several readers wrote to me asking me to post on this. It certainly is worth noting, because Elena Kagan's involvement or not in whatever Obamacare appeals make their way to the Supreme Court could make a difference.Justice Kagan did not recuse herself from consideration of Virginia's...

Still Digging For “Stolen Votes” In Wisconsin Sup Ct Election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2011 12 Comments

As of this writing, JoAnne Kloppenburg has not yet announced whether she will file a court challenge to the recently concluded recount, which found her losing (again) by just over 7000 votes. A court challenge must be filed by Monday Tuesday.As documented here, Team Kloppenburg...