Outside the Beltway

Perhaps some justice for the casualties in the War On Drugs

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.

A pattern continues.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

Yes. Amanda Knox could be extradited.

The American justice system is unique.

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

Another Federal District Court ruling on the Constitutionality of the NSA’s data mining program, this time more favorable to the NSA.

There’s a potentially fatal legal argument looming out there for the PPACA.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

Does the Attorney General really think advocacy is a crime?

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

Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

The Pentagon is recalling up to 300,000 furloughed civilian employees on the same day that Congress voted to pay all furloughed employees when the government reopens.

Who should qualify as a “journalist” for purposes of a “Shield Law?”

President Obama has decided not to enforce a law. This is most unusual and somewhat disturbing.

Prism ain’t got nothin’ on the Hemisphere Project.

Reports of the death of the Voting Rights Act have been greatly exaggerated.

Until this year, being gay could get you kicked out of the military. Now, it comes with perks.

The Attorney General wants to fight the war on drugs less stupidly.

In the end, it doesn’t appear that the Boston Marathon bombings could have been prevented by law enforcement.

Conservatives are doing what they criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

How can anyone possibly support the death penalty?

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The president says we should honor Trayvon Martin by preventing similar tragedies in the future.

Every piece of mail you send and receive is being logged by the Postal Service.

Lois Lerner is likely headed back to Congress over the largely phony charge that she waived her Fifth Amendment rights.

An employer has scored a major victory in its fight against Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has wasted no time issuing a full-throated statement endorsing today’s DOMA ruling

Effective immediately, Texans will have to show photo identification to vote.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A major Constitutional ruling from the Supreme Court.

Despite an extradition request from the United States, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong overnight on a flight to Moscow and parts unknown.