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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 Congressional Wealth Gap

Posted by Anne Segal on August 02, 2012 30 Comments

Ballotpedia has compiled data on the average net worth of our elected officials for the years 2004 to 2010. As the average net worth of Congress has increased since 2004, and held about even from 2007 to 2010, the average American family net worth dropped...

Rubio proposes Olympic medal tax break

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 02, 2012 59 Comments

It's been met with praise, and skepticism. (Via Yahoo!News) "Athletes representing our nation overseas in the Olympics shouldn't have to worry about an extra tax bill waiting for them back home," Rubio said in a statement. "We can all agree that these Olympians who dedicate their...

“We haven’t forgotten Elizabeth Warren, the fake Indian, and neither have a lot of other people”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 22 Comments

Elizabeth Warren figures her false claim of Cherokee ancestry and heritage will go away. She has raised tens of millions of dollars from Hollywood stars and the progressive movement, she's tied in the polls, and she just was booked to give the warm up speech...

One if by MSNBC, Two if by NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 4 Comments

Reader Charles writes: It's been something of a good week for conservatives, hasn't it? Ted Cruz's victory on Milton Friedman's birthday seems to take the cake, as it were, as did Romney's overseas trip and Glenn Beck's Restoring Love. It's at that last event in Arlington, Texas where I...

Map of Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day across America

Posted by Anne Segal on August 02, 2012 17 Comments

Over the past 24 hours, we have been compiling Legal Insurrection and others' Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day pics from across the country and plotting them on a map by location. Click on a placeholder to see the pictures taken at that spot; zoom and pan across...

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

Arizona State Board of Education Votes to Cut DEI Standards in Compliance With Trump Executive Order

Seton Hall University Approves Democrat Club But Denies Turning Point USA

UC-Berkeley Suspends Lecturer for Bringing His Anti-Israel Politics Into the Classroom

Conservatives – good at buycotts, bad at boycotts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2012 96 Comments

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day has proven something I've noticed before. Conservatives are very good at buycotts, but very bad at boycotts. There have been attempts by some conservative and religious groups to boycott various businesses over political issues. But I can't think of one, at least not recently,...

Legal Insurrection readers’ Chick-fil-A photos

Posted by Anne Segal on August 01, 2012 50 Comments

We've been compiling Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day photos here and on our google map (click to see the map here). [caption id="attachment_28726" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tim, Knoxville, TN[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28817" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tom, Grand Junction, CO[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28744" align="alignnone" width="300"] L, Tulsa, OK[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28746" align="alignnone" width="300"] Anonymous, Peabody, MA[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28760"...

Chicagoans hungry to flip the bird to Rahm, nicely

Posted by Anne Segal on August 01, 2012 81 Comments

Some of you asked just what the scene's like on Chick-fil-A appreciation day in Chicago, home to #ChicagoValues, and the city at the heart of the controversy over Chick-fil-A after our mayor congratulated an alderman in shutting the company out of opening a second location...

Ted Cruz victory speech

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

Here is Ted Cruz's victory speech last night in its entirety. ...

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: more satisfying than voting?

Posted by Anne Segal on August 01, 2012 62 Comments

Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, where supporters of the restaurant chain use their dollars to eat at the restaurant and show appreciation for the company whose CEO has come under fire for expressing his views on traditional marriage. The event was suggested by former Arkansas...

Despite huge funds, Mike McIntyre (D-NC7) can’t shake challenger

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 01, 2012 4 Comments

As election day nears, Operation Counterweight continues. Today the spotlight is on the race between incumbent Democrat Mike McIntyre and Republican challenger David Rouzer for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District. McIntyre has been called one of the most vulnerable House Democrats of this election cycle. A...

New video testimonial series: “I’m A Proud Native American, And Elizabeth Warren Does Not Represent Me”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2012 16 Comments

The group Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren is now being joined by non-Cherokee Native Americans in a series of video testimonials with the theme "I'm A Proud Native American, And Elizabeth Warren Does Not Represent Me." The post announcing the new series states: Natives United Against...

same as the old civility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2012 8 Comments

The new civility, that is. From Linda in Tennessee, sent with the subject line "the new civility ...

Here we go – upset brewing in Wisconsin Rep Senate Primary?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 16 Comments

PPP called it pretty closely in Texas, and now is showing a toss-up among Eric Hovde, Tommy Thompson and Mark Neumann. Thompson, the former Governor, had been considered the clear favorite, but not anymore. The primary is August 14. Per reader Charles, Hovde is backed by...

Ted Cruz serves Chick-fil-A at victory party

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 55 Comments

Ted Cruz won a stunning victory tonight. Twitter was abuzz. But one Tweet with a photo seemed to capture the night. Cruz has Chick-Fil-A at victory party #txrunoff #txsen instagr.am/p/NxCunHAvz9/ — Jane Cummins (@janecummins) August 1, 2012 Tea-partier Cruz has Chick-Fil-A at victory party in the #txrunoff instagr.am/p/NxCunHAvz9/ (In case...

Texas Runoff Results (Update – AP and others call race for Cruz!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 75 Comments

% Reporting - 95.4 Ted Cruz - 56.6 David Dewhurst - 43.4 Texas Sec. of State Election Results page is here. Twitter hashtag #TXRunoff. Politico has a map of results by county. AP Results website is here. Related post - Ted Cruz serves Chick-fil-A at victory party -------------------------------------- Sarah Palin issued...

Elizabeth Warren backs away from claim she’ll “save capitalism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 39 Comments

No one could have seen this coming. No one. I don't mean that Elizabeth Warren was stretching things a bit when she said that people on Wall Street have told her she'd save capitalism. No, the complete surprise is that Warren has fessed up and admits that...