Outside the Beltway

A 7-2 decision by the highest court in the land is less decisive than the numbers suggest.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

We need a better vocabulary for treating the spectrum between rude and horrific.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The President of the United States has sent a bizarre, rant-filled letter to the Speaker of the House. Revealing just how unbalanced he actually is.

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

The House Judiciary Committee is ready to begin its phase of impeachment hearings after Thanksgiving.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.

When the facts make for a poor defense, attack the process.

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violates due process protections in the state and Federal Constitutions.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

In military justice Bizarroland, Rep Duncan Hunter intentionally commits “reverse UCI.”

The Vermont socialist likes to invent rights that don’t exist.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that places new limits on civil asset forfeiture by state and local government.

In a replay of last week, Virginia’s top Democrats are calling on a state official to resign. This time, though, it’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax.

Federal employees deemed “essential” missed a paycheck yesterday in violation of US labor law.

As expected, Bill Cosby’s lawyers have filed an appeal of his conviction earlier this year on sexual assault charges.

The Supreme Court appears ready to impose at least some limits on civil asset forfeiture at the state level.

A Mississippi law that seeks to ban most abortions after 15 weeks was struck down by a Federal District Court Judge.

The White House and CNN have settled the dispute over Jim Acosta’s press pass, but future conflict between this Administration and the press corps seems inevitable.

Despite a court ruling that says otherwise, the Trump White House appears prepared to once again revoke the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

A Federal Judge in Washington ruled that the White House acted improperly when it arbitrary revoked CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

Late last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth Federal Court to rule against the Trump Administration’s efforts to repeal DACA.

President Trump is now claiming he will end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via Executive Order. He clearly lacks the authority to do this.

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 four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.

Thoughts that have been bouncing around in my head for over a week.

The State of Texas is arguing in Court that a school district can force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

I’ve changed my mind on a couple of things and hardened my opinion on others.

Why a much-cited analogy in the Brett Kavanaugh controversy is problematic.

Several days after detailed sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee, I’m not fully sure what to believe.

A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.

Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.

Senate Democrats appear to be recognizing that there’s basically nothing they can do to stop the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

The situation isn’t as awful as portrayed by the AP—but it’s still pretty bad.

Today is a great day to reflect on the Enlightenment ideals that fueled a Declaration.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

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.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.