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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 28 Comments

Write a two sentence post asking readers to "brief" me on whether Anthony Weiner has been "exposed," with a video making a play on "weiner" and "boehner," and I generate enthusiasm and comments.Write a multi-paragraph post about important issues of academic freedom and race politics in law school,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 2 Comments

And the Kurdish State.  Via Israel Matzav, Spain to recognize 'Palestine' on the '1967 lines' The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday that Spain has decided to recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines before September. A spanish diplomat told Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 14 Comments

A denial no politician wants to have to make.  From CBS News:I did not send Twitter crotch picSomeplace Bill Clinton was heard to mutter, "Well, Weiner'll just have to win, then." --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 6 Comments

My guess is that the owner of this vehicle not only objects to these colors running the world, but also is part of the open borders crowd which objects to these colors even running our own country.A variation on a theme, spotted today in Ithaca:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper...

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

KathleenDespite the fact that it is nowhere near a tsunami-prone area, the German government announced that it will phase out nuclear power over the next decade. Currently, Germany receives roughly a quarter of their energy from nuclear sources and no alternatives were cited in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 0 Comments

The head of Hezbollah has visited Syria to discuss "reforms":Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to discuss reforms in Syria, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, identified with Hezbollah, reported on Monday.Nasrallah "held more than one meeting with President Assad to...

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...

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!...

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...

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...

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...

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

...with a ten foot pole.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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