Outside the Beltway

The most bizarre race of 2014 is finally over.

A surprise move from Governors Christie and Cuomo that sounds like a good idea but may not be as effective, or legal, as it sounds.

Another school shooting.

A Federal Judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Tea Party groups over the IRS targeting scandal.

An idea whose time has come? Not really.

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

Yesterday’s apparent terrorist shooting in Ottawa reveals again a phenomenon that seems difficult if not impossible to stop in advance.

New York State’s gun law takes rights away from nearly 35,000 people without any due process whatsoever.

A collision between marriage equality and religious liberty, but it seems clear that religious liberty should win this one.

Another pre-election stay ruling from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

The Roberts court has been very good on First Amendment issues, but it needs to address the First Amendment issue right outside its front windows.

A victory for the opponents of Voter ID laws that will be untouchable by the Supreme Court.

A not surprising outcome to a move that have had motives entirely unconnected to litigation.

Someone needs to remind the City of Houston that the First Amendment applies to them.

A national sandwich chain makes its employees sign a very restrictive covenant not to compete. It’s probably not enforceable.

After a setback, Texas will be allowed to enforce its Voter ID law. At least for now.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A District of Columbia Judge has ruled that photographs of women taken in public do not violate the law.

And Alaska makes 30.

The numbers don’t lie.

A victory for opponents of Voter ID in Texas, but it’s not likely to stand up on appeal.

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

Opponents of Voter ID laws should not get too excited over the fact that the Supreme Court has stayed Wisconsin’s law from going into effect for now.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The die is cast.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

Attorneys for celebrities caught up in the leak of nude photographs are targeting Google.

Does the seriousness of a crime vary depending on the gender of the parties involved?

Amazon warehouse workers want to be paid for time going through security checks to leave work.

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.

The streets of Hong Kong have been filled with protesters upset over China’s efforts to control the city’s political future.

Facts are stubborn things.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.