Outside the Beltway

A Second Amendment victory in the District of Columbia,

Senate Republicans are working on legislation to fix the PPACA’s subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the Federal Government in June.

In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.

Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.

Carly Fiorina seems to be inching close to a Presidential run for some reason.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?

Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.

The House voted to repeal the PPACA for the 56th time, but it’s clear that this vote will end up being a pointless as all the others.

For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.

The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.

The Justice Department won’t force James Risen to testify in a legal investigation, but faces a new choice in a different case.

The Supreme Court is set to decide if the state can deny a license plate with the Confederate flag design because it is “offensive.”

A crushing but expected defeat for a veteran Democrat.

It’s an old story. Republican leadership wants to avoid a government shutdown, but the hard core conservatives want a fight, this time over the President’s immigration action. We have a week to see how it unfolds.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

When push comes to shove, top Republicans may still try to make Mitt Romney happen.

Outdated rules? It sure seems like it.

Much like the disease itself, Ebola panic seems to have disappeared as the midterm elections become ever more distant in the rear view mirror.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

Civil asset forfeiture gives “highway robbery” a whole new meaning.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Scott Walker argues that Governors tend to make the best Presidents. He’s largely correct, but he’s not the only Republican who fits that bill.

Increasing the minimum wage proved to be popular at the ballot box Tuesday, unsurprisingly, However, it did not help Democrats on the same ballot.

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

The Koch Brothers are putting money behind an effort to reform a part of the legal system that is ignored far too often.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

The first person to be quarantined under the new policy announced by New York and New Jersey is raising concerns about the way she was treated, and whether the policy is even the right idea.

New York State’s gun law takes rights away from nearly 35,000 people without any due process whatsoever.

A national sandwich chain makes its employees sign a very restrictive covenant not to compete. It’s probably not enforceable.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

The Khorasan Group is, functionally, al Qaeda. Or is it?

Congress seems ready to avoid having to vote on expanded attacks against the Islamic State

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.