Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Pull funding "for one or two universities, and you will see hundreds of others fall into line"

Major Kamala Fundraiser: Leaving 'Democratic Party is Like Leaving a Cult'

Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League

Providence School Board Approves Plan To Send Layoff Notices To All Teachers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 11 Comments

The Providence, RI, School Board voted tonight to send layoff notices to every teacher in the school district, approving a plan about which I posted earlier, Providence Teachers Union Head Compares Layoff Notices To Pearl Harbor Attack. The notices are required to be sent by...

Why Play By Rules

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 24, 2011 3 Comments

when you can pay people to make them up for you? George Soros, the only acceptable billionaire by liberal standards, is opening up a hedge fund in this measly economy. How? Why? George Soros ...

Stop The Freedom Lovers, Now

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 0 Comments

Well worth the read, Doug Mataconis:We Must Stop Those Evil Koch Brothers From Helping Expand Individual Liberty.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

German Update

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 24, 2011 4 Comments

One of my friends is studying in Berlin this year. Recently, he went to a neo-Nazi protest (and counter-protest) in Dresden and wrote up his experience. I left out the context (which can be found in the full article here), but here is the meat...

Pawlenty Makes His Move?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 15 Comments

Tim Pawlenty is taking a leading and unflinching public position supporting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in the battle with public sector unions.As pointed out a The Hill, Pawlenty has been more aggressive and consistent at defending Walker:Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) sought Thursday to...

Charges Dropped Against Anti-Israel Protesters at UNC-Chapel Hill

Faithful Catholic Colleges Experiencing Surge in Enrollment

George Mason University Professors Demand End to Pro-Hamas Activity on Campus

Vanderbilt Graduate Workers Union Drops Efforts to Organize Following Legal Setbacks

As Syria Falls and Iran Fades, Turkey Seeks Regional Takeover

The Free Beacon Interviews Edward Blum, Slayer of DEI Policies

The “Rant Heard ‘Round The World” Gets Better With Time

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 6 Comments

Thanks to Instapundit. for reminding me that it was just two years ago that Rick Santelli fired off the Rant Heard 'Round The World:It gets better with time, and applies equally to the public sector unions which expect taxpayers to subsidize pensions and benefits which...

She Supports Israel “When They’re Not Being A**holes”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 6 Comments

The video below (h/t Markos Krugman) has received a lot of attention because the pro-union protester called someone who apparently supported Gov. Scott Walker a "bad Jew."But I found equally interesting the woman's response when the person she called a "bad Jew" asked her if...

Southern Poverty Law Center Still Peddling Lie That Giffords Shooter Was Right-Winger

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 13 Comments

The SPLC has come out with its latest list of active right-wing "hate groups," now claiming the list exceeds 1000 such groups. SPLC continues to list two Klan groups in my home state of Rhode Island, even though those claims have been shown not to...

A Horror Story

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 23, 2011 8 Comments

K. McCaffrey --- The news is always filled with stories about folks who fall victim to unfortunate circumstances. Brian Aitken, though, had months of hell from the hands of an insipid New Jersey judge:Brian had already left to drop off his things (which included the...

Executive Branch DOMA Power Grab

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 18 Comments

The decision by the the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act is a massive power grab by the Executive Branch.The Justice Department is tasked with representing the "government" is the broad sense in legal matters coming before the courts. ...

Gov. Walker’s Association with the Koch Brothers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 9 Comments

Is all the rage on the internets:Oh, sorry, wrong video.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Providence Teachers Union Head Compares Layoff Notices To Pearl Harbor Attack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 9 Comments

The City of Providence is a fiscal mess. The former Mayor, David Cicilline, is now a Congressman, but he left behind a huge budget gap which the new Mayor, Angel Taveras, and the Providence school district are struggling to cope with.The Providence School Board has...

All Your Thoughts Are Belong To U.S.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2011 56 Comments

That seems to be the import of the ruling by federal Judge Gladys Kessler in upholding the Obamacare mandate in a suit brought by a group of private plaintiffs in Mead v. Holder (pg. 45, emphasis mine):As previous Commerce Clause cases have all involved physical...

They Soooo Want To Be Like The Egyptian Protesters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2011 12 Comments

The attempts of the union protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, to compare themselves to Egyptian protesters is reaching comical proportions.Sure, we saw all the silly, and sometimes threatening, signs.But now Think Progress has a headline (also image right) accusing Gov. Scott Walker of deliberately cutting off...

Learn Liberty, Really

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 22, 2011 3 Comments

The Institute for Humane Studies, seemingly the epicenter of all pro-liberty events, funding, and seminars, has expanded to include videos from some of their scholars on a new website. LearnLiberty.org has just been launched, but it has already proved to be a great resource. It's...

Me On DaTechGuy’s Radio Show

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2011 1 Comment

On Saturday, February 19, 2011, I was a guest on DaTechGuy's radio show on WCRN 830 True Talk Radio, a 50,000 watt superstation in New England. We touched on the Sherrod v. Breitbart lawsuit, the Wisconsin union battle, the federal budget cuts passed by the...

Maybe There’s A Good Reason Gov. Scott Walker Exempted The Police

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2011 3 Comments

from his plan to scale back (not eliminate) collective bargaining for state workers. And contrary to the general mainstream media spin that Walker was rewarding a politically supportive group, perhaps Walker realized that when contronting the public sector unions, he would need all the protection he...