Outside the Beltway

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

Two Republican candidates for President say that Republican elected officials should simply ignore the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage.

Possibly big news out of Canada

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.

Australia has an interesting new idea about how to encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

Once again, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren says she isn’t running for President, and has no plans to do so.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

A brutal assessment of Chris Christie’s presidential chances.

The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?

After weeks of giving every indication that he’s running for president yet again, Mitt Romney has announced that he’s not a candidate for 2016.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

With no real opponents in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has no reason to rush getting into the race.

The Tea Party may be the most vocal wing of the GOP but most Republicans seems to favor candidates that aren’t quite so right wing.

Mitt Romney certainly seems to be running for president again. And he’s now on at least his third reinvention.

Elizabeth Warren said once again that she’s not running for President, now or in the future. That’s not going to stop the efforts to draft her, though.

He’s tan. He’s rested. And, apparently, he’s ready. Mitt Romney seems very interested in 2016 all of a sudden.

The first popularly elected African-American Senator, and the first African-American Senator to serve since the end of Reconstruction ended, has passed away.

A Federal Judge has dismissed the first lawsuit filed against President Obama’s immigration “executive action.”

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is not running for President, and she is unlikely to change her mind on that. Nonetheless, the speculation that she is will continue for some time to come because it suits her interests and the interests of others.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

The numbers don’t lie, Mitt Romney remains popular among Republican voters.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

When push comes to shove, top Republicans may still try to make Mitt Romney happen.

Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.

Looking into uncontested and partially contest House districts from the 2014 cycle.

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

A disappointing setback.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Everything old is new again.

The Roberts court has been very good on First Amendment issues, but it needs to address the First Amendment issue right outside its front windows.

Mitt Romney 2016? Not as far as his wife is concerned.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.