Outside the Beltway

Turkish security personnel who assaulted peaceful protestors in America’s capital will go free.

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

A D.C. lawmaker latches on to an insane conspiracy theory.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

Continuing a pattern that has gone on for eight years now, the Supreme Court has declined to hear another appeal regarding a Second Amendment challenge to state gun control laws.

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

A Trump judicial nominee who could not answer basic legal questions in a hearing last week has withdrawn his nomination, but this is likely to happen again unless the Administration fixes some obvious flaws in its selection process.

Meet Matthew Peterson, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia who apparently doesn’t know much about trials.

Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear yet another Second Amendment case.

For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump Administration from implementing its ban on transgender soldiers.

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

The District of Columbia has decided not to risk an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down its restrictive concealed-carry law.

The Las Vegas shooting provides a good opportunity to enact a common sense gun control law that even Second Amendment advocates agree is called for.

A Federal Appeals Court has declined to review a panel decision striking down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

Nearly 200 Members of Congress and the Senate have filed suit against President Trump alleging that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Fulfilling a promise.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hinted that the Federal Government may stop giving deference to states that have legalized marijuana.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Maryland’s ban on certain so-called “assault weapons,” but it’s unclear if the Supreme Court will even take up the case.

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

Beginning late this morning, the Electors in each of the states will meet to carry out their Constitutional function. Despite the drama accompanying this year’s election, there’s likely to be far less drama than some people seem to be hoping for.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

Bernie Sanders doesn’t seem to realize that the political world has already moved past the race for the Democratic nomination.

Hillary Clinton easily won the final contest of the 2016 primary season, and the Clinton-Sanders reconciliation dance began.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals deals a setback to the gun rights movement.