Outside the Beltway

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s patently unconstitutional abortion law.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash is the lone Republican voice speaking out against the President, and he’s making a strong case for his position in favor of impeachment.

John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” has been released from prison but the war in which he was captured goes merrily along.

New York has passed a law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of the President’s New York State tax returns.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

The Toddler-in-Chief has issued an ultimatum.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

The Trump Administration lost what is likely to be the first of many court challenges to its effort to stop Congress from doing what the Constitution requires it to do.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

Taiwan has become the first nation in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

As it has in so many other areas, the right has sacrificed it’s previously held beliefs on international trade to feckless obedience toward President Trump.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking an extension on her promise to leave office at the same time that the political future of her Conservative Party becomes increasingly doubtful.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.

There are several months to go before a budget must be passed but there are already signs that the White House and Congress could be headed for an impasse.

The New York Times has obtained about ten years worth of Donald Trump’s tax returns from the late eighties to early nineties. They don’t tell us much that we didn’t already know.

A perfectly reasonable initiative with a significant downside.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

The Treasury Secretary is declining to comply with a Congressional request for the President’s tax returns. Whether this is proper is a question that will have to be resolved by the courts.

Later this week, the House Judiciary Committee will vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, but it most likely won’t go anywhere.

The move creates a rare Senate opening in the Equality State, and an opportunity for the daughter of a certain former Vice-President.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest entrant into the race for the Democratic nomination for President, and the field isn’t done growing.

A months-long standoff is stopping hurricane relief.

In the end, Impeachment is a political act more than a legal one. For that reason, Democrats should not pursue impeachment unless they have a reasonable chance of winning.

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

His passing is a sad reminder of another era of the Republican Party.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

President Trump has not surprisingly vetoed a Congressional resolution to limit American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. His defense for doing so is utterly absurd.

A bipartisan bill will protect the tax preparation industry at the expense of the citizenry.

A lesson from Puerto Rico and further reasons why the EC is a problem.

The law is not on the President’s side.

A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

He’s a national treasure who has been appropriately honored for a lifetime of service and sacrifice. But this seems different.

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

Institutions matter. (No, seriously, they really, really matter).

An odd bureaucratic reshuffling, seemingly out of the blue.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.