Outside the Beltway

Amanda Marcotte argues that society secretly sympathizes with rapists.

Is the war in Libya illegal?

When you look at it a little more closely, the Texas cheerleader case looks to be a case of bad lawyering.

The 60 day deadline for Presidential discretion under the War Powers Act will expire next week. Congress won’t do anything about it.

The first round of appellate arguments over the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act took place today in Richmond, Virginia.

A Texas high school student who was kicked off her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to cheer for her rapist had her lawsuit dismissed as frivolous and was ordered to pay $45,000 in legal fees.

Local newspapers in Belgium inexplicably don’t want to be linked by Google and are using copyright law rather than a robots.txt file to enforce their wishes.

Another case of TSA groping has hit the media.

Singing the 1974 Carl Douglas classic “Kung Fu Fighting” can get you arrested in England.

A major law firm has withdrawn from defending DOMA in Court, and a public controversy has erupted.

Yes, please secure your home networks. But also: perhaps the police need to reevaluate their tactics.

Terry Jones may sue the City of Dearborn for its prior restraint actions against him. And he should.

By engaging in a blatantly unconstitutional prosecution of Pastor Terry Jones, Dearborn has actually boosted his nonsensical cause.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.

David Simon on the drug war, the underclass, and America’s seamy underbelly.

President Obama’s signing statement on the allocation of funds to Presidential “czars” sets a potentially dangerous Constitutional precedent.

Once again, President Obama has ignored Candidate Obama’s promises to reign in the Presidential powers assumed by George W. Bush.

Arizona’s so-called “Birther Bill” seems to violate several provisions of the Federal Constitution.

Another celebrity trial shines a light on our bizarre justice system.

The law of war is not fully clear when applied to modern conflicts.

A Huffington Post contributor who had no expectation of being paid for his contributions is suing HuffPo for $105 million.

The Obama Administration is resisting efforts to expand Fourth Amendment protections to services like Gmail. That’s unfortunate.

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

The Obama Administration has given up on the idea of trying the September 11th suspects in a civilian court. Considering how much that trial would have perverted the justice system, that’s a good thing.

The only people responsible for the murders in Afghanistan are the people who committed them, but the demagogues like Terry Jones deserve condemnation as well.

Given the schedule they’re on in the Courts of Appeals, it is likely that the Supreme Court will rule on one or more of the lawsuits challenging the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act just before the start of the 2012 campaign.

Like all Presidents before him, Barack Obama is asserting the right to virtually unfettered discretion when it comes to military matters.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has told prosecutors that they can get away with withholding evidence that clears an innocent defendant and never have to face the consequences of their action. That is an outrage.

Amnesty International is drawing attention to capital punishment in the United States, with bad math and a credulous media on its side.

Xavier Alvarez lied about having been awarded the Medal Of Honor. Should that be a crime? The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals says no, and they’re right.

The federal government has spent seven years and some six million dollars pursuing Barry Bonds. Why?