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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 20, 2013 33 Comments
There are several analogies I can think of for this. But, I’ll let it speak for itself. OMG. Here's a website where vegans "out" ex-vegans and send hate mail. You can't make this sh*t up. — divadoll123 (@divadoll123) June 18, 2013 Vegan Sell-Out List If...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 19, 2013 30 Comments
Today was the first day of general voir dire of the prospective jurors, now numbering 40.  (Click here for a compilation of our notes on all 40 prospective jurors.)  The prospective jurors were to be questioned en masse, which required some reorganization of the courtroom....

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 Andrew Branca on June 18, 2013 7 Comments
Goal Achieved of 40 Prospective Jurors for Full Voir Dire Today marked an important achievement at this step of the preliminary voir dire of prospective jurors–the desired 40 candidates have been selected for advance to form full-length voir dire, enabling things to progress the next...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 17, 2013 22 Comments
A full transcript of the Guardian’s live online Q&A session with NSA leaker Edward Snowden is provided below.  The contents of the session were transcribed as is, without any edits or corrections to content, only formatting edits. You can also download it via PDF. (Note: ...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 17, 2013 2 Comments
As protests in Turkey near their third week, two major union federations have called a work strike to oppose the eviction of protestors and demand an end to police violence. The Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions (KESK) and Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DISK) will...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 16, 2013 3 Comments
Tomorrow begins the second week of jury selection in Florida v. Zimmerman, and we here at Legal Insurrection will once again be following the process on an all-day, live coverage basis. We’ll host a live stream of the courtroom and a rolling Twitter feed of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2013 7 Comments
as in fracking country. Good thing it’s being kept out of New York State’s Southern Tier, or there might be a booming economy and jobs for the young people. From Kevin: I have friends that live in Horseheads who get all apoplectic over the Marcellus...
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