Outside the Beltway

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

Florida’s New Governor has removed the Sheriff of Broward County over his officer’s lack of response before and during the Parkland shooting.

A Federal Judge has ruled that neither the Sheriff’s Office nor the School Board had a specific duty to protect individual students during the shooting last February in Parkland, Florida.

The white supremacist charged with killing a counter-protester during last year’s events in Charlottesville has been convicted of first-degree murder.

The evidence against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi continues to mount. Will the Trump Administration care?

Yesterday. the Supreme Court heard argument in a case that makes the argument that nearly half of Oklahoma is actually Native American territory.

The C.I.A. has apparently concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. What will the Trump Administration do about this?

The man responsible for the deaths of eleven people in a Pittsburgh synagogue has been indicted on 44 counts by a Federal Grand Jury.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

Another landmark decision from the Washington State Supreme Court.

Another example of just how imperfect our system of justice can be.

Last week, the Washington State Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional. The latest in a string of victories for opponents of capital punishment.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

The confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh begin today, but the outcome seems foreordained.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

In what amounts to a significant, albeit not surprising, change in Catholic doctrine, Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances.

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

As Washington gets ready to fight a new battle over Roe v. Wade an new poll shows that most Americans oppose overturning that decision.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that reaffirmed a principle that should be axiomatic, namely the idea that a Defendant has the sole authority to decide whether or not to concede guilt.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

Unable to get his way with the legislature, New York’s governor is taking a provocative step.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

The President would like to copy Singapore’s zero-tolerance policy. The US Constitution stands in his way.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

Charles Manson, who led a cult-like “family” to a series of murders in 1969 and subsequently spent more than 40 years in prison, has died at the age of 83.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

Bowe Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge and reduction in rank, but will not serve time in prison.

The Bergdahl case comes to an end.

A race for the Virginia House of Delegates straight out of a civics book.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

A guilty plea in a particularly shocking case of police brutality.

With the exception of the mandatory Federal death penalty appeals, the legal process is basically over in the Charleston Church shootings.

A military judge has rejected a motion to dismiss the case against Bowe Bergdahl based on comments made by Donald Trump when he was a candidate for President.

Not surprisingly, Dylann Roof received a sentence of death for the murder of nine people at a historic African-American church.

To nobody’s surprise, Dylann Roof was convicted of the race-motivated murders in a Charleston church.

He has a fool for a client.

Now, the road to trial will move forward.

The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.

The death penalty appears to be effectively dead in Delaware thanks to a decision by the State Supreme Court.

It won’t be a very good holiday season for Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof.

Following in the footsteps of state prosecutors, Federal prosecutors have announced they will seek the death penalty for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

The man who killed three and wounded several others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood seemingly admitted guilt and motive in a courtroom outburst, but questions about his mental capacity remain.