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Outside of the partisan bubbles, legal observers concede that Democrats dropping the sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the 11thhour should make Republicans furious. At the same time, they think the GOP should have given ample time to investigate these claims, not establishing an artificial deadline. George Washington Law Professor Jonathan Turley has an op-ed in The Hill, where he lays out his concerns about the probe, noting that we need an end to this drama, not a prolongation of it. Also, he notes the dangerous precedent that Democrats are setting by warning in not so uncertain terms that...

President Trump is not only right in claiming he can’t be subpoened in special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, but he can also issue a blanket pardon to any targeted in the probe, a move that would essentially shut it down, according to a top legal expert. By offering a pre-pardon, Trump could signal to potential “flippers” that they won’t have to go to jail for refusing to testify against the president or his 2016 presidential campaign. According to George Washington University Law School Professor John F. Banzhaf, the president has several ways to thwart Mueller, including a move “to...

George Washington University President Thomas LeBlanc says he will not consider implementing a divestment resolution passed by the student government in a secret vote. The resolution, which was voted on anonymously, passed Monday evening by a vote of 18 to 6, with six student senators abstaining. Monday’s meeting was the Student Association’s second attempt to hold a vote on the resolution. The previous vote was cancelled due to a lack of security, whereupon supporters of the BDS bill responded by taking over the student government offices and demanding the vote be rescheduled for the following week. The resolution accuses Israel...

George Washington University (Washington D.C.) - The session will teach students and faculty that Christians “receive unmerited perks from institutions and systems all across our country” and “experience life in an easier way than non-Christians,” according to the university website.

Delivering remarks on domestic terrorism at an event co-sponsored by the George Washington University’s program on extremism and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin announced on Wednesday the creation of a new position within the Department of Justice (DOJ) aimed at investigating violent extremism. “We are here to talk about combating domestic terrorism, which the FBI has explained as ‘Americans attacking Americans based on U.S.-based extremist ideologies.’ The threat ranges from individuals motivated by anti-government animus, to eco-radicalism and racism,” stated Carlin. He continued, “Homegrown violent extremists can be motivated by any viewpoint on...

According to a survey of George Washington University professors, some 30 percent generally endorse the eventual addition of President Barack Obama’s face to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The survey, conducted and reported by The College Fix, is hampered by an extremely limited sample size. Nonetheless, the results are fascinating. Of the 10 history and political science profs queried, three suggested that Obama may eventually be added to the huge sculpture of four enormous presidential heads carved into the granite face of a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Terror mastermind and senior Al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki is dead a senior U.S. official confirms. Al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al-Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said. excerpt - Yemeni security officials and local tribal leaders said al-Awlaki was killed in an air strike on his convoy that they believed was carried out by the Americans. They said pilotless drones had been seen over the...

Huma Abedin the top confident and closest aide for Hillary Clinton is an assistant editor to an Islamic Journal called “Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs” http://www.imma.org.uk/editorialboard.htmIn fact the “Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs” and its “Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs” were founded by Huma Abedin father Syed Z. Abedin was a famous Islamic scholar but died when Huma was 17, and now both the Islamic institute and its journal are headed by her mother Saleha Mahmood Abedin also known as Saleha S Mahmood a famous Islamic scholar and deputy dean of an Islamic school in Saudi Arabia called Dar Al-Hekma...

Nidal Hasan was an advisor to Homeland Security team.  Look on page 29 of the Homeland Security Institute link below. Go to page number 29, scroll down toward the bottom on the Left Column He is listed under "THINKING ANEW- SECURITY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION", as Nidal Hasan, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine (8TH DOWN ON LEFT COLUMN PAGE 29).  http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf  

George Washington University President Steven Knapp has no plans to take disciplinary action against a group of students involved in an anti-Muslim flier hoax, a university spokeswoman said yesterday. "We have established judicial policies and procedures," university spokeswoman Tracy Schario said. "I am confident that President Knapp will let them take their course." However, Mr. Knapp "reserves the right to intervene" in the university's student-judicial process, she said. Graduate student Adam Kokesh and senior Brian Tierney with five other students took responsibility Tuesday for the fliers, which contained the phrase "Hate Muslims? So Do We!" The students said the posters...

Ranks Thin At GWU by: Malcolm A. Kline, August 31, 2007 Colleges and universities rarely teach cause and effect anymore and it shows. Consider: George Washington University’s drop in the U. S. News rankings on the heels of its student government wrist slap of its former president for the kind of behavior that drives Republican lawmakers out of office. “U. S. News and World Report ranked GW 54th in its annual listing of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate programs, a rank on par with the University’s decade-long, near-50 showing on the list,” Andrew Ramonas reported in a story posted on...

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter visited GW's campus Feb. 10. Gary Livacari defends the decision to bring her to campus. Tim Kaldas explores what it means for the College Republicans to stand behind Coulter's remarks: The anger has settled and the hysterics have faded. The Ann Coulter event of Feb. 10 is now a permanent chapter in GW history. For the College Republicans, it was the pinnacle of an already outstanding year. Ms. Coulter's address reminded the student body that conservative activism continues to prosper - in full force - at this ostensibly "progressive" university. Despite dire warnings from campus feminist...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft remained in intensive care at a local hospital on Saturday because of a painful illness that involves inflammation of the pancreas, the Justice Department said. A department spokesman said Ashcroft's condition was unchanged, without specifying what it was, since he was admitted to George Washington University hospital on Thursday complaining of stomach pains and diagnosed with a severe case of gallstone-caused pancreatitis. The illness, which usually begins with pain in the upper abdomen, can occur when a small gallstone moves far enough into the bile duct to block the flow of pancreatic...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General John Ashcroft remained hospitalized Saturday in an intensive care unit for treatment of a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis, a serious and painful abdominal illness. Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo said Ashcroft was being treated with antibiotics and painkillers. Corallo said there has been no change in his condition. Doctors were still evaluating the attorney general and awaiting results of tests before deciding on their next steps, which could include surgery. Pancreatitis is treated with antibiotics and fasting, and often clears up after a week or so. But in some cases, surgery is required. In...

<p>January 11, 2004 -- Yinka Dare, the Nets' first-round draft pick in 1994, has died after collapsing at his New Jersey home. He was 32.</p> <p>A medical examiner determined that Dare, pronounced dead Friday at Englewood Hospital after being rushed to the emergency room, had a heart attack due to an arrhythmia condition that was discovered when he was in college at George Washington.</p>

'Priceless' AIDS research stolen DURBAN, South Africa, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- South African criminals stole a computer from a U.S. scientist holding years of research into an AIDS vaccine. Professor James Mullins from George Washington University was mugged by seven men outside his Durban hotel where he was due to release his findings at South Africa's first-ever conference on AIDS. Mullins has offered a reward of nearly $1,000 for the return of his laptop, the South African Broadcasting Co. said. The news agency said police are unlikely to find those responsible as less than 10 percent of South Africa's violent...

<p>DURBAN, South Africa (Agence France-Presse) &#8212; A Washington-area scientist says he lost priceless work on an AIDS vaccine when he was mugged at knife point while attending an AIDS conference in South Africa.</p> <p>James Mullins, a professor of microbiology at George Washington University, said Monday that seven men attacked him Sunday afternoon outside his hotel in Durban, taking his laptop, which contained years of research that could have led to an AIDS vaccine.</p>

'Priceless' AIDS research stolen DURBAN, South Africa, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- South African criminals stole a computer from a U.S. scientist holding years of research into an AIDS vaccine. Professor James Mullins from George Washington University was mugged by seven men outside his Durban hotel where he was due to release his findings at South Africa's first-ever conference on AIDS. Mullins has offered a reward of nearly $1,000 for the return of his laptop, the South African Broadcasting Co. said. The news agency said police are unlikely to find those responsible as less than 10 percent of South Africa's violent...