Outside the Beltway

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

As its convention begins, one has to wonder what has happened to the Republican Party.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

As public education continues to wallow in the past, some parents are looking elsewhere for alternatives.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

There is another explanation for the sometimes confusing nature of the dissent in the ObamaCare case.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

One law professor suggests that we need to double the size of the Supreme Court. Is he right?

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

The dispute between the Justice Department and the House of Representatives just became a bigger deal.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s immigration announcement has been very well received among Latino voters.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

President Obama’s immigration policy shift is legal, it’s good policy, but bypassing Congress won’t solve our immigration problems.

If the Department of Justice does not fully comply with Congressional subpoenas, then there seems to be no alternative other than holding the Attorney General in contempt.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

States actually have constitutional authority over the selection of electors, not of the president.