Outside the Beltway

A reasonable ruling clarifying a poorly-written prior opinion.

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

Lawyers in North Carolina are trying to get a Congressman off the ballot.

A contrast in styles.

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Biden wins again.

The party is unlikely to suffer consequences for its anti-democracy actions.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a case from Connecticut filed by the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

There’s the truth, and then there’s Donald Trump’s version of the truth. The two are seldom related.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Another poll in the wake of this month’s mass shootings shows increased support for several gun control measures. That doesn’t mean Congress will act, though.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

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Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

Last week, the House passed two bills to strengthen the laws regarding background checks for guns, but they’re not likely to even make it to the floor of the Senate.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has upheld the Administration’s ban on bump stocks.

Congressman Bradley Byrne has entered the race to challenge Doug Jones for the Senate from Alabama in 2020. This seat is likely to be a Republican pick-up regardless of who the Republicans nominate.

The shooter who killed five people in a factory in Illinois on Friday should not have had a gun to begin with.

Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?

For the first tine in nearly ten years, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Second Amendment rights.

Washington has become the latest state to ban the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles to persons under 21.

As expected, the Justice Department has issued a new rule banning bump stocks. However, it is likely to face legal challenges.

The Trump Administration is preparing to ban bump stocks in the coming weeks.

Trump’s words matter.

An Oregon state agency is suggesting that Walmart’s decision to restrict arms sales to bar people under 21, but over 18, from being able to purchase firearms violates state law.

A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down part of a Hawaii law barring open carry of weapons, but this win for gun rights advocates may turn out to be short-lived.

Jarrod Ramos should have been in jail, let alone allowed to have any weapon more dangerous than a butter knife.

We have a generation of schoolkids who aren’t even surprised when there’s a shooting at their school. That’s a problem.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept yet another Second Amendment case for review, continuing a streak that goes back some eight years.

Support for gun control spiked in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting but it appears to be returning to more normal levels, and that’s bad news for gun control advocates.

Another Federal Court loss for gun rights activists challenging state laws banning “assault weapons.”

A proposal that has no chance of passing may harm the movement he’s seeking to help.

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.