Outside the Beltway

Some good news in the hacking wars.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

Vague reporting makes it hard to know whether the latest scandal is scandalous.

Retired generals are no longer in the military.

Prosecutors want rioters to pay for it.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

Federal police officers continue to be immune from lawsuits.

A recent poll provides interesting insights.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

Separate investigations are merging, with a criminal component being added.

An over-eager supporter or something more sinister?

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

Cybercrime pays after all.

For now, at least, it can shift millions of its earnings to Luxembourg.

A shocking yet unsurprising statistic.

Should wills have an expiration date?

A typical case of American blind justice.

Getting an impartial jury in an internationally-famous case is next to impossible.

The Supreme Court justice least concerned with precedent wants to overturn a longstanding one.

Rudy may not be a very good lawyer…

Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

No, he can’t get up to 75 years.

They were “disrespectful to the rule of law.”

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

We need to rethink traffic stops.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

My home state has become the first in the South to join the trend.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

Overruling every case President Trump was involved in is getting silly.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Elected officials should not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

A loon wolf terrorist who followed Louis Farrakhan was responsible.

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

Here we go again.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

The Supreme Court refused to block a lower court order.