Outside the Beltway

The NYPD is wantonly violating the 1st Amendment.

Questions have been raised about whether it is proper for Elena Kagan to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

We’re learning more about the Obama Administration’s decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.

The latest revelations about Operation Fast And Furious raise more questions than they answer.

The Supreme Court is on track to issue its most anticipated ruling in years right in the middle a Presidential campaign.

Should it matter if a teacher has an accent?

It turns out DOJ didn’t have $16 muffins after all–they were just charged $16 for each muffin.

The DOJ needs to go on a low-carb diet.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Why was the ATF allowing thousands of weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug gangs?

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

Even if Casey Anthony had been convicted, there’s a good chance she would have won on appeal.

Where is the line on using the White House to further the president’s re-election effort?

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

Mitt won’t sign the Susan B. Anthony List’s Pro-Life Pledge.

President Obama overruled his top legal advisors in deciding that the Libya operation does not amount to “hostilities” under the War Powers Act.

Both sides in the John Edwards case are heading into uncharted territory.

Once again, Congressional abdication has led to an Executive Branch power grab.

Marc Thiessen claims Khalid Sheikh Mohammad mocked the CIA interrogators who waterboarded him.

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.

The debate over “enhanced interrogations” has been renewed by the bin Laden mission, but whether it “worked” or not isn’t the question.

Changing our relationship status to Complicated.