Outside the Beltway

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.

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.

Later today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order barring Federal Contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation. But that’s not even the most controversial part for some conservatives.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

That ball is in your court, Congress.

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.

John Boehner’s latest political move is designed mostly to appease the GOP base, but it’s likely a non-starter from a legal point of view.

The current Congress is on course to be the least productive in decades.

Judging by the early results, the so-called “Right To Be Forgotten” recently created by Europe’s highest court is creating more problems than it will solve.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

Mitch McConnell is making promises to pro-life groups that the GOP probably won’t keep, but it’s still a politically risky move.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

We federal civil servants are apparently in for a backdoor pay raise.

A New York Federal Judge has ruled that unvaccinated children can be forced to stay home during outbreaks.

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.

The left-right divide is worse than it has been in decades, and we’re paying the price.

Mostly because of politics, the hopes of some and fears of others will never be realized.

Using a chemical to commit a purely domestic crime doesn’t make you an international criminal, the Supreme Court correctly decided today.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

Preserving the filibuster.

Tennessee makes an unfortunate return to the past.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

Could the upcoming House Select Committee on Benghazi actually accomplish something useful?

So, this happened.

The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

An unsurprising result in a lawsuit that never should have been filed

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

The law of unintended consequences strikes again.

Once again the Affordable Care Act meets the Law Of Unintended Consequences

Once again, the Supreme Court reminds us that limiting political speech is unconstitutional.