Outside the Beltway

Each state sets its own election rules. That’s not a good thing.

This time up: JD Vance and election denialism.

Some direct evidence of the effects.

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

A few predictions that are going to disappoint just about everyone.

Inter-generational power is a thing.

Good news with a cautionary note.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Perfect timing, it would seem.

Legal analysts are skeptical.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

It’s easy if you try.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

Lawyers in North Carolina are trying to get a Congressman off the ballot.

Is there a sarcasm font?

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Some Democratic election observers think so.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

It makes voting harder.

Making it harder to vote in Iowa.

AZ, GA, and Pa are on the table.

They were rejected bigly.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

At high noon.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

A party-line vote may scuttle mail-in voting in a crucial swing state.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

House Democrats are set to investigate the payoffs made to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

A panel of three Federal Judges has found Ohio’s Congressional District map to be unconstitutional, but a case currently pending before the Supreme Court could mute the impact of this decision.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

The Supreme Court is taking up the issue of partisan gerrymandering. This time, though, they’re likely to reach the merits of the cases rather than punting like they did last year.

The publisher of the National Enquirer admits that it made payments to a Playboy model for the purpose of protecting Donald Trump’s campaign for President.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia, and has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.

New reports indicate that Donald Trump was closely involved in the efforts to buy the silence of a Playboy model and a former adult film star.

A Federal Judge is letting a North Dakota Voter ID law that clearly discriminates against Native Americans stand.

For the second time this year, a three-judge panel of Federal Judges has struck down North Carolina’s Congressional District map. The immediate question is what impact, if any, this will have on November’s election.