Outside the Beltway

David Petraeus provided highly classified secrets to his mistress. Will he be charged?

The men responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre are dead, but the problems for France, and the rest of Europe, may just be at the beginning.

New details in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raise more questions.

Some will say two years isn’t long enough, but under the circumstances it seems appropriate.

An entirely unsurprising decision from Federal Prosecutors in Washington, D.C.

A Federal Judge has dismissed the first lawsuit filed against President Obama’s immigration “executive action.”

Shortly after the new year, we could know whether or not the Supreme Court will issue a definitive ruling on same-sex marriage by the end of June.

The Army’s investigation of the disappearance five years ago of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been referred to a top General, who will decide if a court martial should be convened.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

More interesting developments from the Supreme Court on what has been one of the biggest legal stories of 2014.

Not surprisingly, the F.C.C. has rejected a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

Nebraska and Oklahoma are suing Colorado over the Centennial State’s decision to legalize marijuana, but they don’t seem to have much of a case.

A Federal Judge has issued a ruling that sort of says that President Obama’s Immigration action is unconstitutional. Except it’s poorly reasoned, and apparently not legally binding on anyone.

The families of many of the Sandy Hook victims are seeking to have the manufacturer of the AR-15 held legally responsible for what happened. While understandable, their lawsuit is misplaced and largely without legal merit.

The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.

Vice-President Cheney’s amoral defense of torture has come to define how most conservatives view the issue, and that’s a problem.

A hostage crisis has been unfolding overnight at a cafe in Sydney, Australia that has apparent links to international terrorism.

The Justice Department won’t force James Risen to testify in a legal investigation, but faces a new choice in a different case.

Unlike Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson has lost his bid to have his suspension overturned.

The budget bill Congress set to pass Congress would effectively reverse the will of the voters of Washington, D.C., who just voted to legalize marijuana.

Apparently, law schools are in the business of coddling their special snowflake children now.

What now?

Chris Rock wants us to remember that Bill Cosby isn’t the only celebrity accused of rape.

The Court holds that Federal Law does not require employees to be paid for the time waiting to get through mandatory security screening.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

The Supreme Court is set to decide if the state can deny a license plate with the Confederate flag design because it is “offensive.”

For the fourth time in three years, a Federal Court has ruled that Florida’s law requiring drug tests for welfare recipients is unconstitutional.

How will Republicans react if, as many expect, the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage across the nation?

Thinking about that the state, law, violence, and the Garner incident (and contributing to the tl;dr phenomenon).

Yet another example of the need for context when discussing stats.

Not surprisingly a new poll finds that African-Americans perceive the American justice system far differently than whites.

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

An utter journalistic failure from Rolling Stone.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

Texas has joined with 16 other states in a lawsuit against the Obama Administration over the President’s executive action on immigration. At first glance, it doesn’t appear to have much legal merit.

A former RNC chair says a black man’s life isn’t worth a ham sandwich.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

The next President will have a profound ability to shape the future of the Supreme Court, but that is unlikely to be the most important issue on voters minds in 2016.

The U.S. Government is looking for lawyers willing to work for free.

The man who shot and killed Michael Brown has resigned, but that’s unlikely to satisfy protesters who still seem to be demanding criminal charges that are never going to come.

In a slap to the face of the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell, an arbitrator has overturned the indefinite suspension that was imposed on former Ravens Running Back Ray Rice back in September.

Next week, the Supreme Court will be asked to determine the line between free speech online and criminal threats