Outside the Beltway

Republican Congressman Justin Amash has always been a rebel within his own party, now he’s making that even more apparent.

In a first of its kind move, voters in Denver have voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans say they won’t vote for President Trump in 2020. but that’s only half the battle for Democrats

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

Larry Sabato lays out a quite plausible path.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

Only the best people, dontcha know.

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

The House of Representatives has begin the process of challenging the President’s recent declaration of a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

The way we elect Presidents make it unlikely that a third-party candidate like Howard Schultz could ever actually win the the Presidency.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is considering an independent run for the Presidency. This would likely be good news for President Trump.

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

The issues are different than in Florida or Arizona, but the Georgia Governor’s race remains unresolved as Stacey Abrams hopes to find enough votes to force the race into a runoff.

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

By popular demand . . .

Trumpism is a direct by-product of the poisonous populism of the Tea Party movement, and they’ve both taken over the Republican Party.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Gary Johnson was a successful two-term Governor in New Mexico. Now he’s making a bid to represent the Land of Enchantment in the U.S. Senate.

Another step forward in the seemingly unstoppable movement toward nationwide legalization.

A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.

Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.

You might say he body slammed the opposition.

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

The Secretary of State of West Virginia has barred Don Blankenship, who came in third place in the GOP Primary, from mounting a third-party bid on the November ballot.

Republicans will hold their 2020 National Convention in the same city that hosted the Democrats back in 2012.

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.

The GOP and Donald Trump are indistinguishable now. But it’s not clear what that means.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.

When it comes to a potential interview with Robert Mueller, President Trump faces risks no matter what form that interview takes.

The White House is pushing back on the allegations of misconduct that were made against Ronny Jackson this week, and trying to use them in a high-profile Senate race in Montana.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?