Outside the Beltway

The Judicial Confirmation process needs to be fixed.

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

A federal judge poses an interesting question in a case over Obama’s contraceptive mandate.

A potentially significant ruling on Separation Of Powers.

David Gregory committed a technical violation of DC’s gun law to make a point on a national news show. Conservative gun control opponents are angry.

Did NBC’s David Gregory violate D.C. law on Sunday?

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

Is the triumph of political forecasting good for our democracy?

Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

A victory for advocates of Voter ID laws in a Washington, D.C. Federal Court.

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Defense of Marriage Act is under challenge through a unique angle: estate taxes.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Mississippi is more conservative than Massachusetts is liberal.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Entirely unsurprisingly, the shooting at the Family Research Center’s office in Washington, D.C. is already being politicized.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.

There’s very little evidence or logic to support the attacks coming from the right against Chief Justice Roberts.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

The stage is set for a showdown between the Executive and Legislative Branches.

As of today, there are 75 vacant Federal Judgeships, including one that has been open for seven years.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Washington has become the first state in decades to privatize its state-run liquor stores. They’ve coupled this with onerous fees on private distributors.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.