Outside the Beltway

California’s legislature has approved a bill that would legalize physician assisted suicide in the nation’s largest state.

Scott Walker used to have a commanding lead in Iowa, now he’s in 7th place. That’s just another sign of the troubles facing his campaign.

Some House Republicans are trying to delay the vote on the Iran Nuclear Deal with an argument that has no merit whatsoever.

A new poll shows that the vast majority of Americans oppose Kim Davis’s refusal to follow the law, even while some Republican candidates rally behind her.

At least on paper, Senate Democrats now have enough votes to block the Senate from voting on a resolution disapproving of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

A trial court Judge in Oregon is the latest public official to refuse to do his job.

Senate Democrats are now just one vote away from being able to block a veto override, meaning that the effort to block the Iran Nuclear Deal will most certainly fail.

Some Republicans are threatening a government shutdown over funding of Planned Parenthood, but a new poll shows that it would be a big political risk for Republicans.

If the Administration gets its way, efforts to block the Iran nuclear deal may come to a quick end in the Senate.

Scott Walker is flip-flopping on immigration again, while his poll numbers sink like a stone.

Another poll shows that most Americans, and even most Republicans, support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

The Senate Majority Leader says there will be no immigration reform while Obama is President. This is unlikely to help the GOP’s already serious problems with Latino voters.

A Federal Appeals Court has dealt a setback to Texas in the battle over its Voter ID Law.

A little known Congressman from North Carolina has filed a motion to “remove” John Boehner from the Speakership.

In the end, the odds that Congress can actually stop the new deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program are pretty low.

A good first step, but there’s a lot more than needs to be done to reform the criminal justice system.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formally entered the race for President, but can he overcome his flip-flops and a turn to the hard right?

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

The unqualified hack who led OPM while China stole 21 million sensitive personnel files has finally resigned.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

The Federal Government is threatening to hold up plans for a new Redskins stadium unless the team changes its name.

SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.

Debating the proper role of the judiciary.

Wherein I take the view that as our understanding of language changes, so too does our application of the Constiution.

A proposed California law would require all students who attend public school to be vaccinated, with limited exemptions for medical reasons.

Bernie Sanders is closing in the polls, but it still seems as though it doesn’t mean as much as some political pundits will try to tell you it does.

A Congressman wants to force Supreme Court Justices to get their health care through the ObamaCare exchange.

The era of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act is over.

Political reality shows us that the shootings in Charleston are not going to have any appreciable impact on the likelihood of any type of gun control law passing anywhere outside of the bluest of the blue states.

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.

The tide has turned.

It’s easier for an American citizen to go to Iran or North Korea than it is for them to go to Cuba, That’s insane.

As early as tomorrow, the Supreme Court could issue its ruling in the latest Obamacare case. Depending on the ruling, Republicans could find themselves in a political firestorm.

Pope Francis’s new encyclical isn’t exactly being received positively by American conservatives, because they seem to be missing the point.

A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.

A Federal Appeals Court In Washington has ruled that the military tribunal convictions of one group of Guantanamo Bay detainees was unconstitutional.

House Democrats defied President Obama on an important trade deal today, thus arguably marking the official beginning of his lame duck status.

Before the end of the month, the Supreme Court could issue a ruling that ends subsidies for the vast majority of people who bought insurance under the PPACA, and the political battles are already starting.

Kansas Republicans are threatening to cut off funding for the entire state judicial system if the state’s Supreme Court strikes down a law the legislature likes.

He hasn’t declared yet, but Scott Walker is running for President, and he’s pandering to the most extreme wing of the Republican Party.

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Many provisions of the Patriot Act lapsed at midnight, but apparently the world hasn’t ended.