Outside the Beltway

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

Parents of disabled kids have successfully sued to mandate masks in schools.

Comparing the careers of the sitting Justices with Judge Brown’s

The days of unanimous votes are long behind us.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

The convicted criminal has been released pending appeal.

The Russian leader is very unlikely to be hauled before the Hague.

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

A novel and persuasive argument.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

Most people liked it more than I did.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

The front-runner was indeed the pick

Manhattan’s new DA seems to think he has a weak case.

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

Surprisingly, yes.

The 45th President is unlikely to face Federal prosecution but state and civil suits are not going his way.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

Our system lacks accountability.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

The infamous duo will have to do what they were already supposed to do for a year.

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján is hospitalized with a stroke.

Did you know that the elephant population has tripled over the last six months?

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Breaking News

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

The court wisely deferred to Congress in setting its own rules.

The Kenosha Police Department is still holding his weapon, clothing, and other property for no apparent reason.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

Is a contribution after an election different from one during an election?

A provision of the 14th Amendment to keep Civil War generals out of office is back in play.

We deserve better.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

The highest court in the land issued a split decision on President Biden’s COVID policy.

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

A lone judge has halted the military’s vaccine mandate.