Outside the Beltway

Presidents have gotten away with ignoring Congress when it comes to foreign military adventures for a very long time.

The IRS will allow all married gay couples to file joint returns, but that still leaves couples in most of the country with more hoops to jump through.

The Sacramento Bee has released this remarkable video of President Gerald Ford testifying about the assassination attempt by Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

A case out of New Mexico presents an interesting collision of First Amendment rights and anti-discrimination values.

Reports of the death of the Voting Rights Act have been greatly exaggerated.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

One of the iconic speeches in American history is copyrighted.

A Federal Judge has declared the NYPD’s “stop & frisk” policy to be unconstitutional.

The Air Force is telling airmen to take common sense steps to “avoid becoming a victim” of sexual assault.

In the end, it doesn’t appear that the Boston Marathon bombings could have been prevented by law enforcement.

The government contractor that conducted Edward Snowden’s background investigation faces criminal indictment.

Another legal setback for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s crusade to regulate what New York City residents can eat and drink.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

Bradley Manning will learn his fate at 1 pm tomorrow. He’s guilty.

Detroit is bankrupt, but that isn’t stopping the Red Wings from getting $400 million in taxpayer subsidies for their new stadium.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

Juror B29 says George Zimmerman “got away with murder” but concedes he wasn’t guilty of murder.

We’ve still got a long way to go.

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

University of Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison has been suspended after barking at a police dog.

A Federal Judge wasn’t very pleased when Administration lawyers told her that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over the President’s drone policy.