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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2013 34 Comments
My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations has provided much material for Legal Insurrection over the years, including the dispute as to the name itself. Splitting the year between Ithaca and Rhode Island provided me with the distinction of having Patrick Kennedy and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2013 3 Comments
The Haves: NYU loans millions to top faculty for vacation homes NYU vacation home scandal just latest example of college compensation extravaganzas Law school uses ‘used car salesman’ tactics to pressure prospective students The Have Nots: Duke student lived in a van to escape student...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2013 2 Comments
Kind of like wearing the ribbon. Spotted by my wife in Rhode Island.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 23 Comments
Some of my renowned “quick, newsy bits and links” of which I am so proud: Supreme Court ready to throw out affirmative action?  NY Times is worried, and at least one conservative thinks it’s lining up as a distinct possibility. Prop. 8 backers seek 9th...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2010 4 Comments
The ruling Labour Party in Britain has used its control of the National Health Service to help its campaign for the May 6 general election, via the Times of London: Labour was today caught up in a new row over its use of personal data...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2010 18 Comments
It’s not good when a political spouse has to jump to the rescue. It makes the politician look weak. Michelle Obama’s interview in which she complains about the treatment of her husband certainly is not a first in political history, but this statement really baffled...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2009 110 Comments
MSNBC, Obama’s favorite network, reported on Obama’s trip with Joe Biden to get a burger. Just two wild and crazy guys out for some red meat. Andrea Mitchell (does she have nothing else to do?) reported that Obama ordered a burger and mustard. Sounds like...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2009 12 Comments
Andrew Sullivan complained that as of 7:27 p.m. on April 16, 2009 (approximately three hours after the interrogation memos were released by DOJ), none of DrudgeReport, Instapundit, Michelle Malkin or Pajamas Media had a post on the topic: No mention of the torture memos appears...
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