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USA Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

Intersectionality is an "intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism"

Purges of Conservative and pro-Israel Faculty leave "very few to speak up for Jewish students"

Zimmerman’s father and on-scene EMT testify at bond hearing

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on June 29, 2012 32 Comments

George Zimmerman's father and the EMT who treated Zimmerman at the scene the night he shot Trayvon Martin testified today at his second bond hearing. Via ABC News: During the hearing, Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara played a tape of a 911 call in which a woman tells...

What if that huge conservative doctrinal achievement was mere dicta?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2012 58 Comments

I have expressed my frustration with those who see some salvation in the supposed advancement of constitutional federalism in the ruling by Chief Justice Roberts and the four conservative dissenters that the Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clauses did not justify forcing people into commerce. Those...

It could happen anywhere, but it happened there again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2012 27 Comments

We all know about the sexual assault on Lara Logan during celebrations over Mubarak's resignation, see my post It Could Happen Anywhere, But It Happened There. There also were the cases of the French journalist Caroline Sinz and US-Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy assaulted in Tahrir Square, see...

New RNC ad hits on that taxing aspect

Posted by Anne Segal on June 29, 2012 33 Comments

Today the RNC released a t.v. ad hitting Obama on his denials that Obamacare is a tax: Hot Air writes: This is probably the best attack that Republicans and Mitt Romney can muster from yesterday’s defeat — and it’s likely to be effective. Whatever boost Obama gets...

The Obamacare ruling from a marketer’s perspective

Posted by Anne Segal on June 29, 2012 24 Comments

The Obamacare ruling has implications beyond those affecting policy and judicial precedent; the Supreme Court decision allows Obama to claim the total success of his far-Left ideology, with a stamp of approval that goes all the way up to the Supreme Court. Why is that so...

Larry Summers to Resign Harvard Teaching Appointments Over Epstein Files

Student Govt. at Boston College Releases Statement Condemning ICE

Indiana U. School of Medicine Offers Training in ‘Gender-Affirming Medical Treatment’

CUNY Prof Under Fire for Allegedly Making Racist Comments on Zoom Call

Texas Tech Cancels Event Organized by Group Promoting Late-Term Abortions

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk Murder Case

We still need a wave

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2012 24 Comments

When it comes to the House, Republicans don't need a wave. Via Charlie Cook: One might have expected that two years after Republicans picked up 63 House seats—the biggest gain in a midterm election since 1938—Democrats would be on track to win back a boatload of those...

Funny how that new judicial restraint works

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2012 50 Comments

The self-delusion that yesterday's affirmation of Obamacare's mandate under the taxing power of Congress was a conservative victory continues in full force today. (See links and quotes at HotAir and Instapundit) Judicial restraint now means ignoring the will of Congress as to the purposes and structure...

Obama spikes the t-shirt

Posted by Anne Segal on June 29, 2012 22 Comments

President Obama tweeted out a link to a t-shirt for sale on his campaign website Thursday evening: Still a BFD: OFA.BO/ayPgAZ— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 29, 2012 The t-shirt reads, "Health Care Reform: Still a BFD," and is being sold for $30. "BFD" stands for "Big F--ing...

I can see this bumper sticker from the steps of the Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2012 6 Comments

Keep your hopes alive, you're well on the way. Another one from Kathy, spotted in Harrisonburg, VA: ...

Mark Levin on Obamacare ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 70 Comments

Makes many of the points I made today, including rejecting the delusion that this was a victory: ...

Stop the self-delusion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 143 Comments

Some well-meaning people are peddling the notion that today's Obamacare decision was a long term victory, that we lost the battle but won the war, that there was some master plan by Chief Justice Roberts to gut the expansion of Commerce Clause power under the...

Not above the law: Holder first U.S. Attorney General to be voted in Contempt of Congress

Posted by Anne Segal on June 28, 2012 34 Comments

This afternoon the full U.S. House of Representatives voted 255 to 67 to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for failure to turn over specific documents. Eric Holder is now the first U.S. attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress...

Supreme judicial activism in restraint’s clothing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 71 Comments

The most disturbing thing about today's decision is not that we lost on the mandate. The majority opinion on the Commerce Clause (the Chief Justice plus the conservative dissenters) was quite good, and vindicated those who mounted an argument as to "inactivity" to the derision...

The Dow Jones and Obamacare decision

Posted by Anne Segal on June 28, 2012 14 Comments

The Dow Jones dropped nearly 100 points in the hour after the Supreme Court Obamacare decisions were announced, just after 10am. It dipped to 12,462 at its lowest point after having begun the day at 12,626. ...

How right I was: “IRS The New Health Care Enforcer”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 41 Comments

On August 14, 2009, I tried to sound the alarm as to where Democrats' health care proposals were heading. At that time I was dealing with the precursors to what became Obamacare. The congressional language distinguishing the mandate as a penalty and the political arguments that...

The reaction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 57 Comments

Romney's statement: Obama lied to the American people. Again. He said it wasn't a tax. Obama lies; freedom dies.— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) June 28, 2012 Not taking Congress at its word on penalty is the new judicial restraint #SCOTUSlogic— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) June 28, 2012 SCOTUS to POTUS:...

To the Voting Booth!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 198 Comments

Consider this Pep Talk IV. Was it over when Harry Reid pushed Obamacare through at Christmas time in December 2009? Not when voters took to the voting booth and elected Scott Brown. Was it over when Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats were forced to accept the Senate version...