Outside the Beltway

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

From Juiceboxer to arguably the most important media figure on the left.

Spoiler: the same people often work at both

A whopping $50 million donation from a single nepo baby put him over the top.

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

Here we go again.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

Running for office or just running?

Legal analysts are skeptical.

And so it begins?

Could it be that he was untruthful?

You know, Russia, Russia, Russia.

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

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

Is a contribution after an election different from one during an election?

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

An over-eager supporter or something more sinister?

Look at who’s lined up against H.R. 1.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

Another entry in the “stunning, but not surprising” category of political observations.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

Its founders are laughing all the way to the bank.

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

A law professor makes a bad argument in favor of a pet policy.

Competing in fourteen states plus overseas territories in one day is expensive.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

In a new court filing, House Democrats hint they might move to impeach the President again if the evidence warrants such action.

After a hearing that largely recapped the past month of hearings on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee is set to unveil Articles of Impeachment today.

California Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. will remain in office for the rest of 2019 notwithstanding his guilty plea.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.

The impeachment inquiry moves to the House judiciary Committee this morning.

Later today, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. will plead guilty to charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from his campaign’s bank account.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

The third part of a long, but connected, set of thoughts.

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is under criminal investigation by the same office he once headed as U.S. Attorney.

Two associates of President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani were arrested on their way out of the country, and the question is what connection Giuliani may have to the reasons behind their arrest.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

The White House has released a summary of the July 25th phone call between President Trump and the President of Ukraine. It doesn’t help President Trump or his defenders.

House Democrats are set to investigate the payoffs made to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.