Outside the Beltway

A Federal Judge has ruled against an elected official who blocked a constituent from accessing her Facebook page.

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

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Twitter users who have been blocked on the service by President Trump are suing him, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated.

The revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with someone represented as being a Russian government official just keep getting worse.

Sarah Palin has filed a defamation suit against The New York Times alleging defamation in an Editorial linking her to the January 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. From the facts alleged, she appears to have a good case.

On the second anniversary of its decision in Obergefell, the Supreme Court struck another blow in favor of LGBT rights.

In light of a recent Supreme Court decision, the Federal Government is ending its defense of an effort to revoke the trademarks of the Washington Redskins.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

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

The Supreme Court ruled today that states may not exclude church-run schools from an aid program with a wholly secular purpose.

In a decision that hands a victory to both sides, the Supreme Court has partly upheld, and partly lifted, the stay on President Trump’s Executive Order that banned travel from six majority-Muslim nations.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

The Supreme Court rules that states cannot bar convicted felons from using social media sites.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Federal Government cannot deny trademark protection because a requested trademark is “disparaging” to a racial or ethnic group.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

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.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

The Trump Administration’s Muslim Travel Ban suffers another defeat at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

The Administration suffers another defeat in defense of its effort to ban Muslim immigrants.

Lt. General Michael Flynn is declining to comply with a Congressional subpoena regarding the Russia investigation, and invoking his rights under the Fifth Amendment.

An important redistricting decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today.

Less than a week after revealing that the F.B.I. was investigating the Trump campaign regarding ties with Russia, F.B.I. Director James Comey has been fired by President Trump.

Another Federal Court has found another Trump Executive Order unconstitutional.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

The Supreme Court made it harder for states to keep fines and other payments in cases where defendants are exonerated.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case dealing with whether Missouri can deny a religious school from participating in a program to make school playgrounds safer.

A big win for opponents of Voter ID laws.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

Two more losses for the Trump Administration.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

Hawaii is the first state to challenge the Trump Administration’s revised Muslim travel ban.

President Trump has issued a revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim nations.

The Supreme Court will now consider a case regarding whether or not a state can bar a former felon from accessing social media sites.

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.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

For seventy-seven minutes yesterday, President Trump held forth in a press conference that confirmed the most dire predictions about what he’d be like as President.

Another judicial slap at the Trump Administration.

There were fireworks on the floor of the Senate last night, but it was really just politics as usual.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.

A legal victory, at least for now, for opponents of Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from seven majority Muslim nations.