Outside the Beltway

The targeting of international students.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

Are the press out to get the President? Or abetting a coverup?

All of the legal remedies are impossible.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

A longstanding precedent may be in jeopardy.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The abaya is now banned as well.

Should the government need a warrant to get information it can buy on the open market?

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

Who knew they got cell reception?

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Is a threat in the eye of the receiver or the issuer?

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

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

An already awful system on steroids.

Here we go again . . . .

A comparison of the two texts.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

You’re a monster, Dr. Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole.

The reactions to a verdict that were predictable (indeed, predicted) are over the top.

Exercising Constitutional rights comes with a price.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

The actor known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” is gone at 54.

Fear of Chinese spies led to a bizarre and illegal operation within the Commerce Department.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The Supreme Court refused to block a lower court order.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Comparing the White House’s approach to that of sports leagues on testing.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

The Supreme Court isn’t taking much of a break this year.

What has the Supreme Court wrought?

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.