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Live updates – Egyptian military launches crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood...
(Live video and Twitter feeds at bottom of post.) Kind of back to the future, considering how Mubarak cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood for decades. There may be elections in the future, but the...
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Fourth of July Picks for Movies, Food & Drinks
The Fourth of July weekend is a perfect time to spend with friends and family, especially when you can mix in a little history and entertainment. I thought it might be helpful to round up a few good...
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Zimmerman Trial Review– How We Got Here, And Where We’re Going
As the State prepares to rest its case against George Zimmerman as early as tomorrow, I can’t help but juxtapose where we ought to be in terms of the weight of evidence of Zimmerman’s guilt of second...
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July 4th Night
Dan Bongino — future Congressman in MD-06 — delivered the keynote speech at the Convervative Soiree in Maryland. You can check out CLASSIC VIDEO: Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Independence Day Address at...
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Muslim Brotherhood “Day of Rejection” in Egypt
(Live video and Twitter feeds at bottom of post.) In the past two years the Muslim Brotherhood has shown the ability to put millions of people on the street. They have called for a day of protest today...
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Zimmerman Trial Day 9: Live Video, Analysis of State’s Case & Witnesses
I trust that everyone had a safe and satisfying celebration of the birthday of the greatest nation on earth yesterday, and that no fireworks were left unexpended (if any were left unexpended, deduct...
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Trayvon Martin’s Brother: Originally not sure if it was Trayvon screaming on...
Jarvis Martin, Fulton half-brother, testified in court today that the voice on the 911 call was that of Trayvon Martin. On cross-examination, however, it was revealed that two weeks after first hearing...
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WaPo treats delay of ObamaCare employer mandate as equivalent of flesh wound
As Mandy Nagy previously noted here, the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, will now be delayed until 2015. The decision to delay Obamacare's employer mandate...
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Snowden Leaks May Have Impact on Upcoming Cybersecurity Talks Between US and...
As the US prepares to meet with China next week, recent leaks by Edward Snowden appear to have put cybersecurity talks in jeopardy. From The Hill: The Obama administration had hoped to press China on...
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Egypt Update: Deadly Clashes Between Morsi Supporters and Opponents
A Health Ministry official indicated that ten people have been killed in clashes between Morsi supporters and opponents as demonstrations continued across Egypt today, according to the Associated...
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Branco Cartoon – Risky Business
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 Hollywood to Promote...
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Zimmerman Trial Day 9 — Families Feud Over Scream Identification
Today began with the expectation that it would the the day on which the State rested its case. That proved true, and it was. It was also among the most bizarre and disturbing days of a lengthy trial...
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Did the internet eat your brain?
If you are reading this on a Saturday over a holiday weekend then the video below from Legal Insurrection reader and sometimes commenter Bill Dyszel probably applies to you. You may remember Bill from...
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“The Great Unpaid” Week at College Insurrection
The Great Unpaid: The Joke’s on NBC: SNL interns join class action suit seeking unpaid wages American U. Student: Unpaid internships exacerbate inequality U. of Arizona Student: Paid internships should...
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Racialized prosecutorial indiscretion in the Zimmerman case
Considering the wonderful job Andrew Branca has done covering the George Zimmerman trial, I’ve been relegated to something approaching potted plant status here. It ain’t broke, so I ain’t gonna fix...
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Debating the Egyptian “Coup”
1) Debating the coup at the New York Times Much of the editorial opinion and some of the reporting in the mainstream media has opposed the Egyptian military’s forcible removal of Mohammed Morsi as...
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Turkish Police Crack Down as Protesters Return to Taksim Square
Police in Turkey were cracking down Saturday on protesters who returned to Taksim Square, a site that has been the subject of protests for over a month. Reports indicate that police are using water...
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Saturday Night Card Game (Will banning racism be held racist?)
The Supreme Court has another affirmative action case on its docket for next term, as explained by Jennifer Gratz (the plaintiff in Gratz v. Bollinger / U. Michigan), The two-faced defense of...
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Run, Liz Cheney, Run
In tomorrow’s NY Times, a story from Jonathan Martin, formerly of Politico, about a possible Liz Cheney run for Senate in Wyoming in 2014 primarying Mike Enzi. Considering that in 2012 Mitt Romney got...
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The forgotten voting block: 3rd Amendment supporters
There’s sudden attention being paid to the 3rd Amendment: ‘Forgotten’ Third Amendment Surfaces in Nevada Case A Real Live Third Amendment Case Nevada Family Says Police Occupation of Homes Violated the...
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