Outside the Beltway

Talking to adversaries is a good idea. Of course, it matters how it is done.

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.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.

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

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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

Mark Levin says we’re “morons” and “illiterate in English” because we’ve quoted the NYT.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that completely eviscerates the memo prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

Continuing a long-standard tradition, the Trump Administration claims it doesn’t need to get legal authorization to keep American troops in Syria.

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.

A significant and important development in the Russia investigation that shows that President Trump’s claim that the stories of Russian interference in the 2016 election were “Fake News” is completely untrue.

Another day, another Court ruling against the Trump Administration.

Another Federal Judge has placed a hold on President Trump’s order to end DACA.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

Donald Trump has blocked the release of a memo prepared by House Intelligence Committee Democrats to rebut the Nunes memo. It’s hard not to see this as a blatantly partisan move.

A Federal Judge In Kansas has blocked enforcement of a state law barring anyone who does business with the state from engaging in a boycott of Israel.

Republicans have released the memo prepared by Congressman Devin Nunes that purports to call into question the basis for the Russia investigation. In the end, though, it amounts to much ado about nothing.