Outside the Beltway

How far should judicial confirmation hearings go in asking potential Judges and Justices their opinions about issues that may come before them?

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.

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

With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.

General (Retired) Michael Hayden has some harsh, and concerning, criticisms of the Trump administration.

Mississippi has passed a law that seems designed to directly challenge the underpinnings of Roe v. Wade.

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.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

Donald Trump has been President 300 days and the record reveals no real accomplishments and increased dissatisfaction with the job he’s doing.

Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear a case that is likely to have a significant impact on the powers of public-sector unions.

The Senate appears ready to get rid of another procedural move designed to block judicial nominees.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

Chicago is joining the growing list of jurisdictions challenging the Administration’s policy on sanctuary cities.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first case on partisan gerrymandering in more than ten years, but opponents of the practice shouldn’t start celebrating just yet.

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is hinting at a new Supreme Court vacancy this summer.