Outside the Beltway

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.

John Boehner’s latest political move is designed mostly to appease the GOP base, but it’s likely a non-starter from a legal point of view.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

A hopeful First Amendment decision from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court rejected another opportunity to clarify Federal Law on testimonial immunity for journalists.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

Boehner ready to pack it in?

Is the GOP headed down a road that leads to yet another doomed impeachment and trial?

Good news for Republicans.

It might not be pretty.

The economy may be recovering but voters don’t want to hear that, Democratic strategists warn.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

At least on Capitol Hill, the political middle is dead and buried.

Many Republicans won’t like Jeb Bush’s recent comments about illegal immigration, but he’s right.

Time to have some sympathy for those poor penny-pinching Congressmen and Senators? Hardly.

Fifth Amendment? They don’t need no Fifth Amendment, apparently.

As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.

For now at least, Republicans are far more enthusiastic about voting in November than Democrats. That could be decisive.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.

Ted Cruz keeps putting his own party in difficult situations, mostly because he has only his own ambition at heart.

Don’t expect much out of Congress for the rest of 2014, or for the two years after that either.

Going after Hillary Clinton by attacking her husband won’t work.

Big news out of the House of Representatives

John Boehner explains quite succinctly why nothing big is getting done in Congress.

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

The President’s sixth State Of The Union Address was fairly low-key.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Is 435 the right number?

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.