Outside the Beltway

A New Jersey judge, along with a Judge in Pennsylvania, is among the first to rule on the meaning of the ‘natural born citizen’ clause.

A Connecticut Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and seller of the weapons used in the Sandy Hook Shootings to go forward, but a Federal Law appears to make dismissal inevitable.

Just days before a high stakes primary in New York, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over familiar themes in their latest debate.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

The second place finisher in the Republican primaries is looking like the first loser.

Donald Trump is complaining about a ‘rigged’ delegate selection process, but the truth is that the fault lies with only one person, Donald Trump.

Paul Ryan takes himself out of contention as a potential Republican nominee.

Nebraska legislators are talking about abandoning their somewhat unique method of allocating Electoral College votes.

Justice Sotomayor argued last week that we ought to look somewhere other than just the Courts of Appeal, the Ivy League, and the Northeast for Supreme Court Justices. She’s right.

With just over a week to go, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have solid leads in New York.

There are many aspects of the way delegates to the party convention are chosen that is “undemocratic,” but it’s unclear why this is a problem.

Another historic launch and return by SpaceX.

If Donald Trump fails to get a majority to win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland, battles taking place behind the scenes now suggest that the floor fight in Cleveland could be long and contentious.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

Even as the outcome becomes more certain, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton seem to be attacking each other with increasing acrimony.

A country music legend has passed.

A group of New England Patriots fans are providing us with the latest example of stupid lawsuits that don’t belong in Court at all.

Bernie Sanders pulled off another win, but it puts him no closer to having a realistic chance of winning the nomination.

Ted Cruz pulled off a win in Wisconsin, giving some hope to the “Stop Trump” crowd.

How much command of detail should we demand of presidential candidates?

One down. How many more to go?

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