Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

The Supreme Court appears ready to impose at least some limits on civil asset forfeiture at the state level.

Happy Friday!

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.

The Catholic Church’s problems may have just gotten a lot more serious.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

A once iconic American retailer appears to be on its last legs.

Nearly four years after the fact, a Chicago Police Officer has been found guilty of murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

In what appears to be a first, Judge Brett Kavanaugh took to the media to defend his nomination. Not surprisingly, he chose a friendly venue.

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos received a very generous sentence in return for his guilty plea.

Day One of questions for Judge Brett Kavanaugh went about as you’d expect.

Chicago won’t have Rahm Emanuel to kick around anymore.

Democrats have pulled the trigger and essentially eliminated the power of superdelegates except in the unlikely event that a nominating convention goes to a second ballot.

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games over his handling of allegations of domestic violence by an Assistant Coach dating back to 2015.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

Trump’s trade war will claw back 25% of the growth in GDP, slightly more than 20% of the wage growth and more than wipe out all the jobs his tax cuts would provide.

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.

The midterm elections are still four months away, but Democrats are already making moves to prepare for the race for their party’s Presidential nomination in 2020.

The Democratic National Committee is one step closer to adopting a rule change that would make superdelegates largely irrelevant to the party’s nomination process.

There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.

A Federal Judge in California has largely rejected a Trump Administration challenge to a series of new laws in California designed to protect so-called “sanctuary cities.”

With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.

There have been dynasties in American team sports before. But this one feels different.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.

President Trump waded back into the National Anthem debate when he revoked the invitation of the Philadelphia Eagles to come to the White House today.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

An inordinate amount of cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of border security. It’s only partly the fault of the current President.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

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

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of 2018 beat expectations slightly, but it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future.

Travis Reinking shot four people dead in Nashville over the weekend with a gun that he wasn’t supposed to have access to. Thanks to what seem to be loopholes in existing gun laws, he had one anyway.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Trump Administration Order that purported to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

The long-time public radio host has died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

Speaking of trade war talk…

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

Last night, he finished in double digits for his 867th consecutive game. There are 71 players in the Hall of Fame who didn’t play in that many games.

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

Critics warn this move would lead to a drastic undercount of Hispanic voters, impacting Congressional districting, federal programs, and more.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

A gadfly candidate who has denied the truth of the Holocaust won a GOP primary in Illinois because nobody ran against him.