Outside the Beltway

In a logical extension of the Supreme Court’s decision in D.C. v. Heller, a Federal Judge has struck down D.C.’s law barring people from carrying handguns in public.

Fairly or not, the President has created the impression that he is not a good leader, and there’s not much he can do about it at this point.

One of the most repeated comments about the 2016 race is based on something that just isn’t true.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of public employee unions to force people to join their ranks.

Native American names are everywhere.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Did sending some of its workforce home without pay impact the work environment at the Defense Department? Duh.

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.

The Texas GOP wants to “pray away the gay.”

A Reuters political blogger has set tongues wagging about the possibility another First Lady might run for the U.S. Senate.

Preserving the filibuster.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Market Watch presents this infographic of “the most and least expensive states to live in the U.S.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

The Second Amendment isn’t broken, and you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

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

Another Circuit Court finds that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a weapon in public.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

A Federal Judge in New York upholds, for the most part, that state’s new gun control law.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Thanks to a Federal District Court Judge, most of Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain.

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The Supreme Court may have just given a boost to those who want to subject online sales to the same sales taxes as in-person sales.

Another conflict between the Obama Administration and a news media that is frustrated about the extent they are being controlled by being refused access.

A second Federal Court of Appeals in a week in two weeks has ruled the PPACA’s birth control mandate is unconstitutional.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.