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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

Promises a Marine Widow Cannot Bear to Hear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 2 Comments

As written by Rachel Porto, 23, widow of Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto.As posted in The Washington Post on Mother's Day:A cassette tape is waiting for me. It sits in a small bubble mailer on my night table. It stares at me when I walk in...

She Doesn’t Have To Win You Over, You Have No Place To Go

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 0 Comments

From my favorite political scientist (who lists an outdated place of employment in his post bio)[see update], Can Kagan Win Over Liberals?:Recently, I argued that President Barack Obama should take advantage of the unusually favorable political situation to appoint a strong, proven liberal to replace...

Clinical Law Profs Don’t Even Count As 3/5ths Of A Person

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 5 Comments

The Obama administration is beginning to push back against the accusation by four law professors that Elena Kagan had a discriminatory hiring record while Dean of Harvard Law School.I highlighted these claims -- and the paucity of logic behind them -- in my prior post,...

No One Could Have Seen This Coming

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 8 Comments

And by "no one" I mean only the politicians who voted for Obamacare.Because they willingly ignored warnings that they were selling public policy based on phony numbers: Congressional Budget Office estimates released Tuesday predict the health care overhaul will likely cost about $115 billion more...

Sarah Palin Waves Red Cape

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 3 Comments

Prediction - The internet will not slow down after the November election:Sarah Palin's book, 'America By Heart,' out Nov. 23.Because Palin's new book will cause the entire internet to collapse long before the election:Sarah Palin's New Book. Get the Dramamine.Since the book will be about...

Anti-Israel Group at Columbia U. Distributes Pamphlet With Link to Financer of Terrorism

More Bans on DEI Policies are Coming in 2025

Offshore Wind is Bad News for New York and New Jersey

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

Kagan Said She Meant What She Said About Gay Marriage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2010 10 Comments

On Monday I posted about Elena Kagan's written answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with her nomination for Solicitor General. I noted that while Kagan evaded and talked around many questions, which is all too typical for a nominee, Kagan did not avoid the...

One Kagan Question Answered

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2010 3 Comments

Phew:We'd heard the former governor actually dated Kagan when they were students at Harvard, but a spokeswoman for Spitzer denied any love connection. "They have been good friends since 1977 -- when they were college freshmen. They never dated," said Spitzer's rep.Not that there would...

We Get Rock Stars, They Get Groupies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2010 3 Comments

I have the answer to the question of why we get conservative rock stars nominated for the Supreme Court, while they get groupies.Here it is:So keep banging the spoon on the high chair.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:The Great Deception of 2008And Now We Stereotype Blacks As LiberalsFollow me...

I Am Not The Only One Praying For This

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2010 9 Comments

The NY Times laments that liberals cannot manage to get a full-throttled liberal nominee on the Court to do battle with Antonin Scalia (emphasis mine): The selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the nation’s 112th justice extends a quarter-century pattern in which Republican...

Will Kagan Dispute What The Meaning Of “Is” Is?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2010 4 Comments

In a post early this morning, I noted that in written answers to questions in connection with her confirmation hearings for Solicitor General, Elena Kagan wrote:"There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage."In response to my post, Allahpundit (here and here), Ann Althouse and...

Supreme Irony – Kagan Nomination Ends Gay Marriage Hopes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2010 26 Comments

Later this morning, Elena Kagan will be nominated for the Supreme Court seat currently held by John Paul Stevens. The meme has taken hold that Kagan is a stealth candidate who has avoided taking positions on important constitutional or other issues throughout her career. But on one...

Eric Holder Agrees The Arizona Immigration Law Is Not Racist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2010 9 Comments

The reaction to the Arizona Immigration law has been outlandish. While there are legitimate civil liberties concerns, as there are with many laws, the use of terms such as racist and Nazi to describe the law went beyond the pale.Eric Holder agrees that there...

Why Do They Hate Elena Kagan?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2010 16 Comments

The left-wing blogosphere hates Elena Kagan. Really. The venom percolating up from the depths of the nutroots is getting pretty toxic.For the most part, the right-wing blogosphere is sitting back and enjoying how people like Glenn Greenwald are tripping all over themselves to attack Kagan...

Saturday Night Card Game (Charles Blow Is The New Frank Rich)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2010 8 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Charles Blow, the NY Times' once-a-week "visual Op-Ed columnist," is out to make a name for himself. Much like Frank Rich, who jumped from theater critic to political flame...

So Why Am I Already Defending Elena Kagan?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2010 12 Comments

Strange. I'm not sure I support Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, assuming she is the nominee, but I'm already finding myself having to defend her.If Elena Kagan were a liberal legal hero, with a long record of reaching the correct conclusions from the left-wing...

Is Anyone Steering This Vehicle?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2010 14 Comments

Or are we just careening from crisis to mishap to near catastrophe, like a spinning top as it loses speed?Just wondering.Have a nice weekend.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Roll The Dice On Kagan?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2010 4 Comments

Elena Kagan "reportedly" is going to be Obama's pick. Which means that Elena Kagan probably will not be Obama's pick, or at least don't bet on it.Quite the topic in the law-related blogosphere is Kagan's sparce paper record, at least in comparison to other nominees...