Outside the Beltway

Thanksgiving is a giant contradiction, just like America

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

All of the legal remedies are impossible.

A reasonable ruling clarifying a poorly-written prior opinion.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

A mere technicality?

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

Definitions are fun, right?

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

Dissenters to a denied emergency appeal argue it is.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.

Continuing a discuss from below.

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

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.