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Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 25, 2013 17 Comments
At Legal Insurrection, it sometimes is worthwhile taking a look at the fruits of American justice. I have some intriguing updates to share on two of our country’s most notorious idiotic criminals. Readers may recall that the son of Mike Kernell,a Democratic congressman from Tennessee,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 23, 2013 51 Comments
Look out, Anthony Weiner’s back and in charge.  This time (allegedly) as “Carlos Danger.” New lewd messages and photos have emerged from an anonymous source, and they are purported to have been sent by Weiner, who is now running for NYC mayor. The website The...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 23, 2013 29 Comments
Last week, Professor Jacobson wrote about “Rubio’s biggest problem in 2016“: I don’t mind a politician I disagree with on an issue half as much as I mind a politician I normally agree with getting played. While I may not share the Prof’s indulgence of...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 22, 2013 101 Comments
ABC News reports that the first public sighting of Zimmerman since his acquittal occurred late last week while he was pulling a man from an overturned pickup truck on the side of the road. Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2013 201 Comments
I have a really bad feeling about the Zimmerman verdict. Logically, it should be a slam dunk of “Not Guilty” on all charges, since the evidence clearly shows Zimmerman was acting in justifiable self-defense as he was being beaten by Trayvon Martin. Or at least...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 19, 2013 12 Comments
By now you’ve probably seen Professor Jacobson’s welcome message about my arrival to Legal Insurrection.  I’m excited to be here, as I’ve always regarded this site as a place to come for thoughtful analyses on the news of the day, and original articles that delve...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 19, 2013 4 Comments
The military trial in the case of Wikileaker Bradley Manning continued earlier this week.  An interesting legal point in the case has arisen, as Manning’s defense lawyers pushed back against tweets that the prosecution wanted introduced as evidence. Allow me first to provide a little...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2013 17 Comments
Mandy Nagy (aka “Liberty Chick”) is a leading investigative writer and researcher, primarily covering the institutional left, protest movements, hacking and cybercrime, and technology. For many years Mandy has been at the forefront of breaking stories about connections between and among left-wing groups, working with Andrew Breitbart and others. In late...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 16, 2013 9 Comments
James O’Keefe’s book, Breakthrough: Our Guerrilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy, should really come with the following warning for summer readers: CAUTION: Compelling book causes intense concentration; sunburn is possible. As I recover from being toasted by the California sun, I wanted to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 21 Comments
Chris Christie all but hands Cory Booker a Senate seat on a silver platter, not giving Republicans a chance to mount what would have been a tough fight in 2014, and it’s cool and he’s a media star. From John Sexton at Breitbart.com, Chris Christie...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2013 52 Comments
To say that there is disgust growing in the ranks is an understatement. If adults who broke the law to come here illegally get citizenship, it will be a spit in the face of millions of legal immigrants who followed the rules, and many millions...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 06, 2013 44 Comments
Following the unfolding scandal of the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of the Tea Party, I keep the following thought in mind: Neither party in Congress can be relied upon to satisfactorily resolve this issue.  They created the IRS, fund the IRS, and oversee the IRS. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2013 11 Comments
Question Professor, I live in the liberal blue state of California. I really get the sense that liberals are trying to outlaw everything that conservatives find important. It really feels like they look at a menu of conservative issues, values, and hobbies and pick the...
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