Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has ruled to keep the long-standing “dual sovereigns” exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause in place.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”

The Supreme Court heard argument today in a case challenging a 1992 law barring sports gambling in all but a handful of states, and the Justices appeared skeptical of the law.

A Federal Judge has blocked enforcement of a Dept. of Justice policy purporting to block funding to so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

Ignorance of history and process is a hallmark 17th Amendment repeal arguments.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

How close to success is the National Popular Vote initiative? (Spoiler alert: not close).

Another Federal Court has found another Trump Executive Order unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana.

Rick Perry is endorsing Ted Cruz for President, leading to the question of why Ted Cruz thinks an endorsement from Rick Perry has any value whatsoever.

Governor Abbott may claim he seeks to restore the constitutional order, but in fact his proposals have a lot in common with those who opposed the documents ratification in the first place.

A New York Judge has upheld an injunction against Draft Kings and Fan Duel. It’s probably correct under New York law, but that just means the law needs to be changed.

Many who speak with great passion about the Constitution rather frequently make anti-Federalist arguments.

The Second Amendment isn’t broken, and you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

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

Why did House Republicans vote overwhelmingly for a bill that their own theories would find to be unconstitutional?

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

First it was same-sex marriage, now it’s a abortion. Rick Perry hasn’t met a Constitutional Amendment usurping state power he doesn’t like.

Does the 10th Amendment contain the answer to the same-sex marriage debate? Not really.

Romney wants to make a federalism based argument for why his MA health care bill is good, while the PPACA is tyrannical. However, just saying that is not an argument.

House Republicans engaged in a publicity stunt on Friday that displayed a profound misunderstanding of how government actually works in the United States.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

Why would policy outcomes be different under the 17th Amendment?

Instead of decades-old retreads like talking about abolishing the Department of Education, it would be nice if we had a real debate about the fiscal circumstances in the country.

California voters are two weeks away from possibly legalizing marijuana, but the Federal Government doesn’t care.

Yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional is likely to collapse on appeal.

A district court judge has issued a ruling that could have wide ramifications for the question of same-sex marriage.

No, the founding fathers of the United States were not “very afraid of a central government.” Indeed, such an assertion makes no sense.

George Will has some real questions for Elena Kagan. Too bad nobody’s going to ask them.