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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 57 Comments

Drudge ran a classic headline today regarding the decision of the Department of Homeland Security to suspend all existing cooperation agreements with Arizona in light of the Supreme Court's unanimous upholding of §2(B), permitting authorities to check the immigration status of persons otherwise lawfully detained: While...

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Posted by Anne Segal on June 25, 2012 26 Comments

The University of Chicago, the once prestigious home to Milton Friedman and Art Laffer and birthplace of the "Chicago School" of free-market economics, is now flirting with the idea of becoming the future home to a quite different type of thinker--Keynesian Barack Obama. University of Chicago...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 22 Comments

Michael Patrick Leahy rolls out the second in his series of four posts on the investigation -- or meaningful lack thereof -- into allegations of "scientific misconduct" and misleading use of data contained in a scathing review of Warren's book,  As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 12 Comments

Via Patterico (h/t Instapundit and readers): Aaron tells me by phone that the word is Judge Rupp signed the order, modifying the peace order against Aaron to let him speak publicly about Kimberlin. P.S. There is a very interesting aspect of Kimberlin’s response that I will be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 80 Comments

The Supreme Court decided the Arizona immigration law, S.B. 1070.  Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. The Court struck the provisions dealing with state criminal penalties and other provisions which imposed procedural requirements on illegals in the state.  Among the provisions the Court struck is the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 18 Comments

You can check out the live action at ScotusBlog's live feed.  The Supreme Court's opinion page updates with new opinions not long after announced in court. If either of the two biggies come down, I'll create a separate post. Updates:  Montana campaign case summarily reversed. Case might...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 4 Comments

For you know what. In case you were not around this weekend, be sure to take a look at: Elizabeth Warren goes Alinsky on Cherokee women (Rule 12) “Walk Down the Aisle with Barack” contest (it was just a joke, but hit a little too close to home apparently) Swormy MSNBC (or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 12 Comments

This is a GUEST POST from friend of the blog SGLawrence, who is vacationing in upstate New York this summer: I was driving on Route 209 through Ellenville, New York in the Catskills on Saturday, June 23, 2012, when I noticed a gentleman sitting all alone in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 2 Comments

make him work harder. From reader and frequent photographer Jason, taken a couple of weeks ago in Raleigh, NC: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 26 Comments

From Keith Burgess-Jackson, in April 2010 (hey, I just saw it, but it's timeless): Two comments on the Tea Party movement. First, progressives refer to its members as angry. This is an attempt to replace a cognitive state (belief) with an affective state (anger), and thereby...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 13 Comments

It's gone from the headlines and the news reports. Whatever happens this week, one footnote may be whether Elena Kagan should have recused herself on the Obamacare case as she did on the Arizona immigration case. Via Judicial Watch on March 22, 2012: Judicial Watch, the nation’s largest government watchdog group,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 48 Comments

Mike Huckabee was going to be the hammer used by anti-Rush Limbaugh forces both competitive and political to unseat Limbaugh once and for all. During the height of the anti-Rush fever, I highlighted how Cumulus Media sought to leverage the anti-Limbaugh boycotts by holding Huckabee out as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 5 Comments

Thanks to AmandaFitz in the Tip Line for the link to this parody of the original Honey Badger video. Language warning on both videos. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 72 Comments

Results just announced.  51.73% to 48.27. You can watch Al-Jazeera English live stream.  You also can follow the #Egypt hastag on Twitter. Now we'll find out if they still plan on marching on Jerusalem. Remember, when the protests against Mubarak broke out in January 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 13 Comments

From friend of the blog, Anne Leary of Backyard Conservative. With gang violence continuing to spiral, and now taking place in the fancy and liberal Lincoln Park section of town, Anne notes: Will Chicago bleeding heart limo libs be mugged by reality?: Gang violence erupts in Lincoln...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 5 Comments

How much fun have bumper sticker makers had with the "O" in the Obama logo? This driver found a couple we haven't seen before. From Cathy, who sent it in an e-mail with a subject line "The Jackpot": ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 29 Comments

I posted videos of George Zimmerman's reenactment and lie detector test Thursday. That video reenactment is considered pretty helpful to Zimmerman, as it is consistent with other known evidence.   Jeralyn at TalkLeft (h/t Instapundit) makes the distinction between variations and differences: There may be many variations in George...

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