Outside the Beltway

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

“The average Canadian has quietly become richer than the average American,” claims a pro-Canada organization.

Add journalism to the list of professions Americans don’t seem to have much confidence in.

A new report will likely add fuel to the fire of conservative outrage over Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the PPACA.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

So, we’re safe from that broccoli mandate, right?

There is another explanation for the sometimes confusing nature of the dissent in the ObamaCare case.

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

Let’s leave Egypt to the Egyptians.

The 1976 Pulitizer prize winner is phoning it in.

The “Mormon Question” that has long plagued Mitt Romney is being raised again by a new study showing the sentiment rising among liberals and non-believers.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

Public opinion of the Supreme Court has declined in recent years. But It’s not because of anything the Court did.

87% of those who gave at least $200 to Barack Obama in 2008 have not yet done so in 2012.

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Will Twitter impact the 2012 elections? The evidence seems thin that it will.

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

Did Joe Biden misspeak, or drop a hint that he shouldn’t have?

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Why have so few Republicans stood up to condemn Allen West?

NRO’s John Derbyshire went off on a bizarre, racist, rant yesterday.

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

This week’s hearings in the Supreme Court caught many proponents of the Affordable Care Act off guard.

It seems to have been a rough day for the individual mandate at the Supreme Court.

Starting tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court dives into the most significant case that has been before it in many years.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

Rush Limbaugh may be a jerk, but he has a right to be a jerk.

Is it fair to single out the most powerful man in radio’s commentary for attention?

The GOP has sold its soul.

The popular notion that the United States military is monolithically Republican is mistaken.

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

So far, Iowa voters don’t seem to be bothered by the Ron Paul newsletters.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Mitt Romney’s campaign seems have Newt Gingrich targeted.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

Perversely, highly qualified nominees for the courts are more likely to be rejected by Congress.