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Will Hobart College continue to allow anti-Israel faculty boycott group HQ on campus?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2014 6 Comments

The anti-Israel academic boycott by African Literature Association violates Hobart's anti-discrimination policies.

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Nietzsche Club Banned at University College London

Posted by Adam Kissel on June 06, 2014 13 Comments

Inviting students to study philosophers and their ideas! What a direct threat to safety!

Gratz College, May 29, 7:30 p.m.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2014 0 Comments

See you there?

Vassar College Wins (Update – Video added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2014 29 Comments

My speech for Israel and against the academic boycott was well-attended.

“College campuses essentially operate on mob rule at this point”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2014 28 Comments

Condoleeza Rice withdraws as Commencement speaker at Rutgers after protests (Update -- Does this mean Hillary should be banned too?)

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2014 22 Comments

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Trinity College Profs issue letter rejecting anti-Israel academic boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2013 7 Comments

Thank the college's President and Dean of Faculty for their strong statement against the boycott

Goucher College channels Daniel Patrick Moynihan in denouncing anti-Israel academic boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2013 5 Comments

"Our college will not abide by this measure, through which, in our view, the American Studies Association completely discredits itself."

Trinity College profs issue letter supporting Israel boycott, but less than 10% sign

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2013 10 Comments

The President of Trinity College in Connecticut is one of over 50 University Presidents who have issued a very strong statement rejecting the academic boycott of Israel. The Trinity statement consisted of a letter to the President of the American Studies Association, and reads (emphasis added): To The...

Kenyon College withdrawing from American Studies Assoc over Israel boycott (Update – Indiana too)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2013 6 Comments

The List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel is growing rapidly. These two announcements are significant because they involve withdrawals of Institutional Membership, not just condemnation. This makes four universities (Penn State Harrisburg, Brandeis, Kenyon, Indiana) who are withdrawing membership, plus several others (Willamette, Hamilton,...

Donate to Legal Insurrection Building Fund, Part 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2013 34 Comments

In case you missed it over the long Thanksgiving weekend, this is our semi-annual fund drive. Please consider a donation or subscription. Also, given that this is CYBER MONDAY, consider using the Amazon.com links in the sidebar since a small portion of your purchase goes...

Kenyon College students dress up as ghosts, you can guess the rest of this story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2013 39 Comments

Reader 9thDistrictNeighbor and her husband are Kenyon College graduates. She sent me a link to a story from November 21 about two Kenyon students who dressed as ghosts, were confronted by campus security, accused of racism, and ultimately apologized for being insensitive to their white...

Middlebury College suspends student in 9/11 flag grabbing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2013 34 Comments

We previously wrote about Anna Shireman-Grabowski, a Middlebury College student who, with non-student activists, removed a flag memorial on 9/11 this year remembering the victims of the World Trade Center attack, claiming solidarity with the Native American Abenaki tribe: My intention was not to cause...

Legal Insurrection is 5 years old

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2013 43 Comments

You know the story why this blog was started on October 12, 2008 at 5:42 p.m. Here’s what the blog looked like on November 15, 2008 and for the first 2 1/2 years while we were on Google Blogger (Yikes! It’s like looking at your junior high school photo): Hey, look...

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