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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

Florida Judge Rules Against Obamacare, Injunction Denied As Unnecessary Since Entire Law Unconstitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 21 Comments

Federal Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida, in a lawsuit by 26 state attorney generals, has held that Obamacare is unconstitutional. Judge Vinson first found that the mandate was unconstitutional, and then found that the mandate could not be severed from the rest of...

The Three Branches of Government

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 12 Comments

According to Chuck Schumer, via Townhall (h/t @gpollowitz):So if these are the three branches of government, what do we call the 57 states?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Has It Ever Been About Palestine?

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

Not really. Here's Jon Podhoretz's take on the recent troubles in Egypt, It's never been about Palestine:The anti-Mubarak revolution won't only topple an authoritarian regime. It will also topple 40-plus years of wrong-headed thinking about the causes of Middle East instability among the world's foreign-policy...

And Our Kids Ask, “What’s A Letter?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 0 Comments

From Gizmodo via HotAir, from the earliest days of the internets:-------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Big Law Firm Takes Down Big Conservative Blogger

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 51 Comments

I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere. Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog.Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm with a large presence in Washington,...

Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred

New Course at U. Colorado Boulder to Explore Feminism Through Disney Female Characters

Several Top Schools Urging International Students to Return From Break Before Trump Takes Office

People Still Have Lots of Questions About Spending in the Kamala Harris Campaign

Boise State U. Shuttered Campus DEI Centers Over Thanksgiving Break

National Spelling Bee Approves Feminist Term 'Womyn' for Kids' Competition

Pages of Note

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 30, 2011 2 Comments

One of my friends at Cornell is keeping a blog as he studies abroad in Syria. Jonathan Panter is a conservative in support of Bush foreign policy, as well as a junior government major at Cornell. He speaks Arabic and has traveled extensively in the...

Mohamed ElBaredei Steps Out Of His Sheep’s Clothing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 19 Comments

Mohamed ElBaradei is one of those figures who, because he is fairly westernized, easily manipulates western media and left-of-center bloggers and pundits into thinking he wants a western-style democracy in Egypt.It is not surprising that despite his obvious opportunism, ElBaradei has become something of a...

Ithaca Falls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 2 Comments

Definitely needed a long walk in the snow, including past Ithaca Falls, to escape the craziness. A fall version of this shot is here.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

While He Fiddled On Obamacare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 18 Comments

Obama does bear responsibility for the high, and now likely perpetual, unemployment rates, the skyrocketing budget deficits, and the rapid rise in our national debt in the past two years. Domestically, the obsession with passing Obamacare and expanding government had a direct cause and effect...

Egyptian Upheaval Shows Why Territory Still Matters for Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 10 Comments

The upheaval in Egypt demonstrates the folly of those who claim to support Israel yet who seek to compel Israel to withdraw to the pre-1967 borders without adjustment.The pre-1967 borders are what amounts to the completely arbitrary armistice lines drawn at the end of fighting when...

Saturday Night Card Game (What Do The Race Card, Israel Lobby Derangement Syndrome, and SPLC Hyperbolic Disorder All Have In Common?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2011 6 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:The answer to the headline question is ...

Egypt on the Vanguard

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 29, 2011 10 Comments

(K. McCaffrey) -- In Egypt, the internet has effectively been shut off. One of my favorite websites, www.accessnow.org/, which looks to preserve freedom by upholding internet access, is working hard on cracking this. (They also continually try to liberate freedom of information for Iranian...

Hey, At Least We’re Winning The War

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2011 4 Comments

... on the environment, according to this bumper sticker spotted in Ithaca this morning:Now if only we could win the war on liberal bumper stickers.(Bonus question, what's that bumper sticker with the windmill on it?)Update 2-1-2011: Commenter Bob wins the prize, for finding the windmill bumper...

Media Matters: Egypt Erupts, So Let’s Blame …The Israel Lobby!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2011 14 Comments

As of this writing, it remains unclear whether Mubarek will hold onto power in Egypt. As I pointed out before, the implications for peace in the region are enormous, as an undermining of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel could spark regional war.There is understandable caution...

They Are Winning

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

This photo of the Class of 1978 at Cairo University is worth thousands of words:Particularly when you compare it to more recent photos, as Phyllis Chesler does.(h/t @Iowahawk)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Grassroots

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

Remember, support for Obama is grassroots.Grassroots.Grassroots.Opposition is purely astroturf.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

PDS Infects NBA

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

We cannot avoid Palin Derangement Syndrome even when watching basketball:TNT says it is sorry.Update 1-29-2011: From James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal (via Instapundit) comes what may be an even lower low, a school play in Missoula, Montana in which a reference to beheading...