they believe in the Indian Constitution, but they have always favoured separatism in Kashmir which is a grave challenge to the constitutional spirit."

While on one hand, Kanhaiya is putting the jawan on the same pedestal as the samvidhan, he never thought twice before accusing the same jawans of raping women in Kashmir in his speech on 8 March. The current discourse of JNU's Left largely seems to building on hyperbolic rhetoric, half-truths, misrepresented facts and jargon.

Consider this: JNUSU vice-president Shehla, speaking at the India Today Conclave said that the “bail order of Umar Khalid says that the section 124(a) sedition charge does not apply in his case”. This statement was factually wrong. Reportedly no where judgement mentions this. Rather, in talking about section 124(a), the judgement discuss variousstay pending appeal. On Christmas Eve, a two-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit denied that motion as well.

The two judges are Robert Bacarach, appointed by Obama, and Jerome Holmes, appointed by George W. Bush. Like Shelby, Bacarach is a well-known liberal.

Some media outlets may use the fact that Holmes was appointed by Bush to suggest that same-sex marriage is an issue where both Democrats and Republicans agree. But that misstates this issue, as Holmes has proven to be no conservative. At minimum he is a moderate, and the evidence is accumulating that he is a closet liberal in the mold of retired Supreme Court Justice David Hackett Souter.

In 2010, in American Atheists v. Duncan, the Tenth Circuit held that roadside crosses commemorating Utah state troopers who lost their