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@SCOTUSblog trolls confused haters on Twitter

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 01, 2014 15 Comments

Angry tweeters mistake SCOTUSblog for SCOTUS.

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What will be America’s reaction to murder of three Israeli teens?

Posted by New Neo on July 01, 2014 7 Comments

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind foreign policy.

The really old Constitution had a pretty good month

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2014 11 Comments

And the Bill of Rights, too.

Hobby Lobby ruling sets off nuclear reaction

Posted by Bruce Carroll on June 30, 2014 85 Comments

There's no reaction like a left-wing overreaction.

Obama Bypasses Congress On Immigration Reform

Posted by RedDawn on June 30, 2014 34 Comments

"On my own, without Congress." - President Obama

Bodies of kidnapped Israeli teens found

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2014 17 Comments

Gil-ad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Fraenkel are dead.

Zimmerman Libel Suit Against NBC Thrown Out

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 30, 2014 61 Comments

Judge Debra Nelson, who presided at murder trial, rules Zimmerman's victim status alone is sufficient to subject him to deliberate libel

Hobby Lobby wins in 5-4 decision over Obamacare contraception mandate

Posted by Amy Miller on June 30, 2014 44 Comments

No contraception mandate for closely held corporations.

Supreme Court limits compelled public sector union dues

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2014 36 Comments

The Supreme Court just handed down its decision in Harris v. Quinn, where the issues were (via ScotusBlog): (1) Whether a state may, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, compel personal care providers to accept and financially support a...

Rape Culture Theory Ensnares Innocent Men

Posted by Prudence Paine on June 30, 2014 29 Comments

Relaxed standards assist female accusers, but for accused men, the process can be punishment itself.

Branco Cartoon – The Smell Test

Posted by A.F. Branco on June 30, 2014 4 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco

Call to Action: “Kansas is the battlefield. Remember Mississippi.”

Posted by RedDawn on June 29, 2014 8 Comments

We spoke with Dr. Milton Wolf, candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas. Here's his take on the state of the race.

Obama to pick former Procter & Gamble executive for VA Secretary

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 29, 2014 17 Comments

President Obama is expected to announce former CEO of Procter & Gamble Bob McDonald as his pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. From Reuters: President Barack Obama has chosen former Procter & Gamble Chief Executive Bob McDonald, an Army veteran, as his nominee...