Outside the Beltway

Chief Justice Roberts sided with a majority in upholding the individual mandate and, indeed, all but some trivial portions of the Affordable Care Act.

Thanks to a surprising decision by Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has survived the Constitutional challenges against it.

The US Supreme Court has struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a federal crime to lie about military honors, on free speech grounds.

Regardless of how the Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, the upcoming election has the potential to reshape the Court for decades to come.

As gas prices fall, the politics of fuel prices are changing.

A Fortune Magazine investigation puts a new spin on Operation Fast And Furious, but questions still remain.

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

There’s no evidence that Fast & Furious, whatever it was, was a conspiracy to lobby for tighter gun control laws.

Men who graduate elite universities earn an additional $107,000 lifetime. It costs $234,440 to get a Yale degree.

In advance of tomorrow’s ruling, some pundits on the left are displaying some very odd views on the role of the law in American politics.

After years of calls for a College Football playoff, we’ll finally get one. Let the criticism begin.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

London’s iconic clock tower, known affectionately as “Big Ben” for some 150 years, has been renamed “Elizabeth Tower” in honor of QE2’s 60 years as royal figurehead.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.

At least one law student needs a refresher course in the First Amendment.

I’ve joined The Atlantic’s debate over a thought-provoking cover story by Anne-Marie Slaughter.

From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.

Mitt Romney will likely be the first challenger able to outspend a sitting president. He’ll need it.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ankara Puts NATO on Speed Dial,” has been posted.

More evidence of the extent to which Members of Congress have profited from the inside information they receive.

How dominant is the Southeastern Conference? It’s won more titles in the big sports since 2005 than all other conferences combined.

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”

Are the Stuxnet and Flame attacks the opening shots in a dangerous new era of secret war?

The Supreme Court left the most important part of SB1070 intact, but it faces serious challenges in the future.

Today, the Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the 8th Amendment.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the most controversial provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.