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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 125 Comments

But since he probably only has to put up 10% in cash, he should be walking free soon. (Order here and at bottom of post) Via Orlando Sentinel: A Sanford judge today ordered George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 31 Comments

Via Professor Bainbridge, the Presbyterian Church once again is considering a divestment of Israeli companies as part of an ongoing attempt to boycott everything Israeli: Once again, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is considering divesting from certain companies that do business with the Israeli government. As I explained the last...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 33 Comments

well, you know. (Surely someone will go there.) Via The Hill: A subset of the Marine Corps band struck up one of Mitt Romney's walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration. A White House pool report said the band...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 19 Comments

Or at least they will be soon, via AP: The Palestinian president cleared the way Wednesday for a possible autopsy on  Yasser Arafat's remains, following a request from his widow after a Swiss lab  said it found elevated levels of a lethal radioactive isotope on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 16 Comments

Self-conscious we much? From reader and blogger C. Dodd Harris, IV, who spotted this vehicle in Louisville, KY: Saw this today, seemed like it was up your alley. ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 17 Comments

One of the best July 4ths I've had in a while. I feel a sea change, after the bummer of last week.  The media did its best to demoralize us, and we did a pretty good job on ourselves as well. I'm reinvigorated, and more motivated than...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 34 Comments

The conundrum - how to be intellectually consistent that the mandate was an unconstitutional penalty to force people into commerce, yet deal with the fact that The Chief and the four liberal Justices called it a constitutional tax. I said the only solution to this pretzel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 30 Comments

Every year on July 4 there is a mini-parade in the neighborhood in my home town in Rhode Island, apart from the "big" parade through the center of town. Mostly it's for the neighborhood children, and it ends with ices and candy, after reciting the Pledge of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 25 Comments

A reader [see update] sent me the link to the article below which examines the "box checker" phenomenon in college and law school admissions.  I think the same analysis applies with regard to professional advancement in fields where there is enormous pressure to diversify, such as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 24 Comments

Reader TowsonLawyer writes: Just in time for the Fourth of July - Lost Film from 1945 Here's the story from Richard Sullivan: 67 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 19 Comments

Yet another sign of the times. From Kathy, taken near Gainesville, FL: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2012 31 Comments

The hot news today was a story at National Journal about how the Romney campaign supposedly was Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2012 5 Comments

It may seem counter-intuitive, but Upstate New York (the NY flyover country) is a key to holding the House, and will form a core of Operation Counterweight.  In 2010, Republicans picked up several seats upstate; redistricting has caused the loss of one upstate seat (and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2012 28 Comments

I remember hearing about this case, and it struck me as strange at the time but not enough to write about it. Add the case to a long line of fake hate crimes -- which often occur on campuses or among students/faculty, where the desire to achieve...

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

Mia B. Love appeared on MSNBC today, and it was a pretty fair segment. As noted here before, while Jim Matheson is beatable, it's not going to be easy.  Matheson falsely portrays himself as a moderate. That "outside money" rolling in mentioned at the end will not...

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

I guess that doesn't surprise me. Also, does Christie thread the needle on the tax/penalty issue?  Or just muddle things even more?  (not his fault, really) Via Mediaite: Sure. Yeah. I mean, listen, I thought all along that it was a tax. And I don’t think it’s exclusively...

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