Outside the Beltway

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

You get what you vote for

Trying to upend 150 years of legal understanding with the stroke of a sharpie.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers insurrectionists are now free.

It was a busy eleventh hour.

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

Going out on another unforced error

Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Barrett sided with the Court’s liberals.

The public has a right to know what its prosecutor has found.

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

Pornhub has banned itself in nineteen states to the delight of legislators.

Yet again, a court affirms he committed sexual assault.

Gaetz’s own party hates him almost as much as the Democrats hate him

They repeatedly said he has been found “liable for rape.” The nerve.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

The dark side of federalism.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Trump’s Deputy AG nominee is an promising choice

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

The consequences of the post-Roe world.

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

Ignorance and motivated reasoning are never a good combination

Six GOP members of the House are targeting military ballots.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

The first sitting New York City mayor to be so honored.

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

A bizarre court decision requires violating state and federal law.

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

A superstar athlete’s treatment by police raises troubling questions.

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

I suspect it isn’t going to work

It would be nice if it just happened without any help.

The predicted has happened.

Why the rent is too damn high.

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

Most departments have shockingly little screening of their officers.

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

Perfectly sensible suggestions that are unconstitutional, politically infeasible, or both.

Spoiler: the same people often work at both

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.