Outside the Beltway

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

A few liberal law professors say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should resign now so President Obama can pick her successor.

Another major campaign finance case from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.

The challenges to the Affordable Care Act will remain in the Courts of Appeals for now, but they’re still on a pretty fast track.

House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any litigation regarding the Affordable Care Act. It’s a phony argument, but that’s because it has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal ethics.

Eliminating earmarks is good policy and good politics.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

Elena Kagan has announced that she will not participated in the consideration of more than half the cases currently scheduled to be hear by the Supreme Court when it’s new term begins in October.

The 9th Circuit yesterday ruled that Stolen Valor laws violate the 1st Amendment and that there is a limited right to lie.

Pat Leahy suggests allowing retired SCOTUS Justices fill in when a sitting member recuses himself. A great idea on paper, it won’t work in practice.

Should we abandon the notion of civil marriage? Would doing so end the clash over homosexual unions?

Are we nearing the point where presidents won’t be able to fill Supreme Court vacancies?

Mitch McConnell and Al Franken provide a lesson in Senate comity.

Thanks to a united Republican Caucus, the Senate failed to take up a deeply flawed campaign finance “reform” bill.

Elena Kagan may be smiling because her confirmation is assured, but she doesn’t have as much public support as previous nominees.

Not surprisingly, Elena Kagan finished her testimony without giving any real ammunition to the Republicans.

Arlen Specter is struggling with a reason not to vote against Elena Kagan.

George Will has some real questions for Elena Kagan. Too bad nobody’s going to ask them.

Elena Kagan is not telling the truth when she says her politics are “completely separate” from her judging.

The testiest exchange during today’s hearings in the Senate came when Jeff Sessions tried to confront Elena Kagan over military recruiting at Harvard Law School, and failed miserably.

Elena Kagan’s interest in vigorous and open confirmation hearings ended roughly the moment she was sworn in by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.

As Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings begin, Senate Republican’s seem to have very little to hold against her.

When it comes to the Supreme Court, most Americans have no idea what they’re talking about.

Mitch McConnell says he’s open to a filibuster of the Elena Kagan nomination, but he has a very limited idea of what a “filibuster” actually is.